. The street railway review . ver sills, 7 ft. 8Ain.; over posts at belt, 8 ft.; sweepof posts, i^-t in.; from center tocenter posts, 2 ft. 8 in.; thickness of side posts, 3% in.; cornerposts, 3^ in. The side sills are 4x6^ in. with I2x% in. plateson the inside to which the bases of the posts are attached; the endsills arc 5^4 6% ■ The cars arc mounted on Brill Eurekamaximum traction trucks with wheel base of 4 ft.; diameter of driv-ing wheels, 33 in., and of pony wheels, 20 in. The trucks have solidforged side frames and arc equipped with .^ motors. This truckcarries the car body low, s
. The street railway review . ver sills, 7 ft. 8Ain.; over posts at belt, 8 ft.; sweepof posts, i^-t in.; from center tocenter posts, 2 ft. 8 in.; thickness of side posts, 3% in.; cornerposts, 3^ in. The side sills are 4x6^ in. with I2x% in. plateson the inside to which the bases of the posts are attached; the endsills arc 5^4 6% ■ The cars arc mounted on Brill Eurekamaximum traction trucks with wheel base of 4 ft.; diameter of driv-ing wheels, 33 in., and of pony wheels, 20 in. The trucks have solidforged side frames and arc equipped with .^ motors. This truckcarries the car body low, so that the platform step is but j-,A •from the rail, and from step to platform 13 in. Motor Driven Car Hoist. The accompanying engraving illustrates a motor driven posiiivegcared car hoist now being manufactured by the Pittsburg Ma-chine Tool Co., of .Allegheny, Pa. The construction is fully ap-parent from the engraving. The columns are located in a pit be-low the level of the tracks and the car is run in over the I-beams. .MOTDH .XH IHilHT. on Ihc regular track. Tiniberi arc thrown across the I-bcanis underthe Imdy of the car and power is applied to the lower shaft atthe head of the machine and the car is quickly raised. This lower»haft at the head of the machine is made the right size to accom-mr»dalc the regular street car motor, anrl as there are usually a num-ber of idle motors around a car barn any standard mcilur can beallachcd at a trifling cost. R. D. Nuttall Co. in Chicago. The R. D. Nuttall Co., of Pittsburg, Pa., has appointed J. its Chicago representative, the appointment becomingeffective June ist next. During the past two years Mr. Gallagherhas been the Chicago representative of the Mayer & Englund Co.,of Philadelphia, with offices in the Merchants Loan & Trust Build-ing, and he will continue to act in that capacity. His territoryfor the Nuttall company will he practically the same as for theMayer & Englund Co., embracing Michigan, Minn
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