. Electric railway gazette . on, Waterloo & Baker 152 STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. October 13, 1894 Street, Great Northern & City, and Hempstead &Charing Cross. All of these will be undergroundlines. In Glasgow there is one underground road in length in operation, and another beingbuilt miles long, directly through the city, con-necting with the railroads upon either side. Mr. Parsons said that the conclusions arrived atfrom his investigation, both from the study of theactual works and from personal interviews withtheir designers, are: A NEW TYPE OF OAB WHEEL. A new style of car whee
. Electric railway gazette . on, Waterloo & Baker 152 STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. October 13, 1894 Street, Great Northern & City, and Hempstead &Charing Cross. All of these will be undergroundlines. In Glasgow there is one underground road in length in operation, and another beingbuilt miles long, directly through the city, con-necting with the railroads upon either side. Mr. Parsons said that the conclusions arrived atfrom his investigation, both from the study of theactual works and from personal interviews withtheir designers, are: A NEW TYPE OF OAB WHEEL. A new style of car wheel has been brought outby A. Whitney & Sons, of Philadelphia, madeunder a patent granted to Mr. L. R. Faught, theirmechanical engineer. As will be seen by the illus-tration the peculiarity of the wheel consists in therim being divided circumferentially into a seriesof cavities or cells, located between the inner andouter diameter of the rim of the wheel. The cellsdiminish the heavy body of metal usually massed. NEW WHINMEY CAR WHEEL. First—That an underground railway operated bysteam, even with the most approved system ofmechanical ventilation, would be intolerable tothe people of the city of New York. Second—That a railway with a steady, frequentservice can be operated successfully and economi-cally by electricity. Third—That an underground railway operatedby electricity has a comfortable atmosphere, andthat it can be arranged so as to avoid great changesin temperature. Fourth—The advice and experience of foreign in the rim, reducing particularly the thickness ofthe part which forms the tread, but in such a man-ner as not to decrease its strength. Several advantages are claimed for this form ofwheel. It overcomes, it is asserted, the difBcultiesordinarily attending the production of a deep^durable and uniform chill on the tread of heavywheels intended for use under severe conditions ofservice. In casting a heavy wheel of ordmaryform, the heat of the mass ot metal in the
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