. Cassier's magazine. Pittsfield, Mass. This The Railroadinspection car, made by the Auto-CarOlds Motor Works, Detroit,Mich., is identical in mechanical con-struction with their regular Oldsmobilerunabout, except that it has flangedwheels and no steering attachment. The car was designed for one of theBoston & Albany roadmasters, who hada large territory to cover, and underconditions hitherto existing it was im-possible for him to give his section theattention it required. This machinemeets the demand for a light car withindependent positive power for quickruns to any part of a division and for
. Cassier's magazine. Pittsfield, Mass. This The Railroadinspection car, made by the Auto-CarOlds Motor Works, Detroit,Mich., is identical in mechanical con-struction with their regular Oldsmobilerunabout, except that it has flangedwheels and no steering attachment. The car was designed for one of theBoston & Albany roadmasters, who hada large territory to cover, and underconditions hitherto existing it was im-possible for him to give his section theattention it required. This machinemeets the demand for a light car withindependent positive power for quickruns to any part of a division and forregular track inspection. The working parts of the car are sim-ple. The gasoline motor is started fromthe seat, and a turn of the crank willput the engine in motion. The carframe is made up of steel tubing andoak sills. The wheels are of pressedsteel, 20 inches in diameter, with awidth over all of 4^2 inches and a flange1 inch high. The gasoline and watercapacity is sufficient for a trip of 100 MANUFACTURING NEWS. AN ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER MADE BY THE BLICKENSDERFER MANUFACTURING CO., STAMFORD, CONN. miles, and a speed of about 40 miles anhour can be attained. The car easilymounted the heaviest grades and oper-ated the automatic signals and springswitches. A number of these cars are used inWestern America, but the Boston &Albany is stated to be the first steamline in the East to use such a of these auto-cars have beenshipped to other countries, notably toGreat Britain. A RECENT development in the ap-plication of electricity to machineoperation is an electrical typewriter,made by the Blickensderfer Manufac-turing Company, of Stamford,An Electric Conn., and shown in the an-Typewriter nexed illustration. The electrical part of this in-vention is a small motor, which is in-corporated as a part of the machine,and from which is received power tomove the parts. The machine is con-nected to an incandescent light socket,and the motor is under perfect controlof the operator by
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