. The Street railway journal . 00 h. Pres. O. W. Cawthon, V. , Sec. Peter Stark, Supt. R. R. Benson d Dauphin * Lafayette Ry. Co. 2 m, 5-2>4g, 40 lb 613 THE SPRACUE ELECTRIC RAILWAY & MOTOR CO. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES DEVOTING ITS ENTIREENERGIES TO THE VARIOUS dUESTIONS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSMISSIONOF POWER, AND IT IS PUTTING INTO PRACTICAL USE MOREMOTORS OF AND OVER ONE-HALF HORSE POWER THANALL OTHER COMPANIES COMBINED. OFFICES : NEW YORK: 16 & 18 Broad : 55 Oliver : 185 Dearborn St. ST. LOUIS: 304 Locust ORLEANS : 20 Carondele
. The Street railway journal . 00 h. Pres. O. W. Cawthon, V. , Sec. Peter Stark, Supt. R. R. Benson d Dauphin * Lafayette Ry. Co. 2 m, 5-2>4g, 40 lb 613 THE SPRACUE ELECTRIC RAILWAY & MOTOR CO. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES DEVOTING ITS ENTIREENERGIES TO THE VARIOUS dUESTIONS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSMISSIONOF POWER, AND IT IS PUTTING INTO PRACTICAL USE MOREMOTORS OF AND OVER ONE-HALF HORSE POWER THANALL OTHER COMPANIES COMBINED. OFFICES : NEW YORK: 16 & 18 Broad : 55 Oliver : 185 Dearborn St. ST. LOUIS: 304 Locust ORLEANS : 20 Carondelet : 133 Jefferson Ave. PHILADELPHIA: 119 So. Fourth , 0., 117 Public Square. This company, having now perfected a Street Railway System in all its details, is pre-pared, under suitable guarantees of successful operation, to take contracts for equipping newroads with all the appliances, both electrical and mechanical, for operating street railroads,and also for equipping roads now in Street Car Truck Showing Motors. CHARACTERISTICS OF RAILWAY MOTORS. Lightest weight consistent with Highest Efficiency. Simple, Compact, in Construction. Non-U ability to gel. out of order. No Skilled Labor. Strong enough to do the work under all conditions. Simplicity and ease of operation. Commutator wear Reduced to a. Minimum. DETAILS OF SYSTEM. Generators of Highest Efficiency and Reliability. Systems of Conducting- Current to tlie Cars with the Impossibility of anAccident at any Point of the Line Interfering with the Operation of the Remainderof the Road. Motors Flexibly Suspended from the Axles to Insure Perfection of Increased Traction by the Application of Motors to each Axle withIndependent Driving. Greatest Return for Given Amount of Coal Burned. Entire Freedom from Disagreeable Noises by means of Split-Gears ami SpringSuspension. Absence of all Ropes, Belts, Sprocket-Wheels and < lhains. No Useful Room in the Car taken up by the Mot
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