. The street railway review . also exhibited a new voltmeter that is even more sensitive than theone he had last year. This instrument will measure the drop inone-eighth of an inch of 90-Ib. rail carrying 10 ampere.^ of current. CONTINUOUS RAIL JOINT CO., NEWARK, N. J. Samples of continuous rail joints for girder and T rails wereexhibited at the north end of the hall by Messrs. L. F. Braine,H. M. Montgomery, F. C. Schmitz, W. E. Clark, J. G. Miller andC. E. Erwin, of the Continuous Rail Joint Co. All of these gen-tlemen were well pleased with the results of the convention. CONANT TESTING APPAR
. The street railway review . also exhibited a new voltmeter that is even more sensitive than theone he had last year. This instrument will measure the drop inone-eighth of an inch of 90-Ib. rail carrying 10 ampere.^ of current. CONTINUOUS RAIL JOINT CO., NEWARK, N. J. Samples of continuous rail joints for girder and T rails wereexhibited at the north end of the hall by Messrs. L. F. Braine,H. M. Montgomery, F. C. Schmitz, W. E. Clark, J. G. Miller andC. E. Erwin, of the Continuous Rail Joint Co. All of these gen-tlemen were well pleased with the results of the convention. CONANT TESTING APPARATUS. One of the Conant testing boxes for determining the drop inrail joints was shown in the space of the Prank Rldlon Co. TheMayer & England Co., of Philadelphia, has recently taken thegeneral sales agency for these devices and Is introducing themon a number of tors shown in operation on a type P du Pont double truck,with a No. 3S-A improved controller; one No. 18, 25-h. p. motor;one No. 27, 37-h. p. motor; one No. 18, 25-h. p. motor; and anarmature and field coil for the No. 34 motor. The special work department exhibited two steam railroadcrossings, girder crossing switches, etc., and the rail departmentshowed samples of various sections of rails. The Lorain Company has a large amount of its apparatus Inuse in Kansas City and vicinity, including du Pont single truckswhich are standard on the Metropolitan Street Railway, rails,motors, etc. Those representing the company were: Messrs. P. M. Boyd,secretary, R. T. Lane, sales agent, F. A. Merrick, manager of themotor department, H. C. Evans, of the New York sales office,A. S. Littlefield and D. J. Evans, of the Chicago office, S. R. , of Pittsburg, and W. W. Kingston, of Atlanta. ■♦ « » The United States Electric Signal Co., of Watertown, Mass.,brought out a new signal system tor
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