. The railroad and engineering journal . nsidering the further claim that it is easier to takecare of and costs less when the time it will last is taken intoaccount. The packing illustrated has been in continual use for aboutto months, on a high-speed engine of 60 , and the pistonrod is polished like a mirror. The nuts can frequently be tight-ened up with the fingers alone, without using a wrench, show-ing the small pressure required on the gland. This packing is invented by Mr. S. Udstad, of Aurora, III.,from whom further information in relation to it may be obtained. Electrical Notes. T
. The railroad and engineering journal . nsidering the further claim that it is easier to takecare of and costs less when the time it will last is taken intoaccount. The packing illustrated has been in continual use for aboutto months, on a high-speed engine of 60 , and the pistonrod is polished like a mirror. The nuts can frequently be tight-ened up with the fingers alone, without using a wrench, show-ing the small pressure required on the gland. This packing is invented by Mr. S. Udstad, of Aurora, III.,from whom further information in relation to it may be obtained. Electrical Notes. The Electro-Automatic Rapid Transit Company, of Balti-more, on a two mile experimental track, near Laurel, Md.,has, it is stated, recently attained a speed of two miles perminute, with the moter and car. The object of this method ofrapid transit is for the transportation of mails and light , between large cities and the automatic control ot thespeed and stops from a central, or terminal station, withouttraveling The Westinghouse Electric Company, the Consolidated Elec-tric Company, the United States Electric Company, the West-inghouse Electric Company of England, and various othersmaller concerns have been consolidated under one charter, andwill be known as the Westinghouse Electric & ManufacturingCompany of Pittsburgh. The capital stock of the company isif5,000,000. The consolidated concerns have now 2,000 peopleemployed. They manufacture incandescent lamps perday, and they do a business of about $4,000,000 per year. Theworks in Pittsburgh are being enlarged. The East Cleveland Street Railroad recently opened a newextension on Prospect Street and Euclid Avenue, in Cleveland,O. The Company expects to operate 60 cars on this road assoon as the moters can be supplied, when the horses will all beremoved from the line. This is an overhead conductor line,with the Sprague motor on the cars. Mr. Joseph Smith, Director of the Julien Electric TractionComp
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