. The street railway review . hands of receivers, Henry C. Payneand George R. Sheldon, that is her street railway andlighting interests are. Memorial day was pleasant, for a change, in most ofthe United States, and all the street railway companies dida big business. More national holidays would be wel-comed by the companies, if generally observed by thepeople. Manhole covers usually knock out such fragile thingsas human beings and window glass that happen to comein their way, but a street car is generally too big a partyfor one to tackle. A strong cover with an extra amountof gas behind it, un
. The street railway review . hands of receivers, Henry C. Payneand George R. Sheldon, that is her street railway andlighting interests are. Memorial day was pleasant, for a change, in most ofthe United States, and all the street railway companies dida big business. More national holidays would be wel-comed by the companies, if generally observed by thepeople. Manhole covers usually knock out such fragile thingsas human beings and window glass that happen to comein their way, but a street car is generally too big a partyfor one to tackle. A strong cover with an extra amountof gas behind it, undertook the experiment of banging aNew York street car. It was eminently successful, asthe car was wrecked. Gustave Johnson will block no more Brooklyn cars withhis coal cart. He didnt get out of the way fast enoughto suit a motorman who let his car toss Gustave and hiscart through a saloon window. If a few more vehicleswere served in the same way there would be less annoy-ance from this source. <^m£€tlF(mlw^j\e\^^ 387. Peckham trucks are used under the new open cars ofthe Kingston, N. Y., City Electric Railroad. The St. Louis Car Company, St. Louis, Mo., has built30 electric cars, and has received orders for 16 addi-tional, for the City Passenger Railway, Baltimore, Md. The Ball Engine Company, of Erie, Pa., has issued anew list of users of the Ball engine for electric generat-ors. The list is a long one, making 32 pages of fine type- The Standard Railway Supply Company, of Chicago,is sending out a model of the trolley pole and base fur-nished by the R. D. Nuttall Company, for which theStandard is western agent. The Standard Air Brake Company, E. J. Wessels,general manager, New York, has sold twenty air brakeequipments for the 38-foot double truck cars of the Niag-ara Falls & Lewiston, N. Y., Electric Railway. The Worcester Construction Company, Worcester,Mass., has prepared a booklet of electric street railroadinformation, a revision of the 1892 edition, as a guide toit
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