. The street railway review . a time, which were completely fitted elec-Irically, and then put back into service as trailers, so that assoon as the current is turned on every car in the system can beoperated independently. This is the important feature of theSprague system. Each coach is carried on one motor and onetrail truck. The fact that the motor end of the car rides easierthan the trailer end is a compliment to the builders of the motortrucks, which are ponderously heavy things for their size, weigh-ing, with the motor, about lbs., while the wheel base of thetruck is only 5 ft. 6
. The street railway review . a time, which were completely fitted elec-Irically, and then put back into service as trailers, so that assoon as the current is turned on every car in the system can beoperated independently. This is the important feature of theSprague system. Each coach is carried on one motor and onetrail truck. The fact that the motor end of the car rides easierthan the trailer end is a compliment to the builders of the motortrucks, which are ponderously heavy things for their size, weigh-ing, with the motor, about lbs., while the wheel base of thetruck is only 5 ft. 6 in. The Brooklyn Elevated Railway hasl)egun a similar change from steam to electricity, and the Mc-Guire Company has the order for trucks; the Walker Company,of Cleveland, will furnish the motors, and the Sprague controllersystem will be used. The McGuire Manufacturing Company isalso busy on ti-uck ordei-s for the Toledo Traction Company; theConsolidated Traction Company, of Pittsburg; the Steubeuville ^^culu4i\SVACMr 211. Windsor & kenfield Publishing Company,old colony building, - - chicago. TELEPHONE, HARRISON 764. Published on the 15th of earh month. SUBSCRIPTION,Foreign Subscription, - THREE Dollars American Money. Address all Communications and Remittances to Windsor <£^» Kenfield Publishing Company^ Old Colony Building, Chicago. H. H. WINDSOR, P. 8. KENFIELD. Editor. Business Manager. CORRESPONDENCE. We cordially invite correspondence on all subjects of interest to those engaged[n any branch of street railway work, and will gratefully appreciate any markedcopies of papers or news items our street railway friends may send us, pertainingeither to companies or officers. DOES THE MANAGER WANT ANYTHING? If you contemplate the purchase of any supply or material, we can save youmuch time and trouble. Drop a line to The Review, stating what you are in themarket for, and you will promptly receive bids and estimates from all the best deal-ers in that supply.
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