. The street railway review . it forthree years on 170 cars at, it is said, the expense of onlyfive cents per 24 hours for fuel. Gas motors are being thoroughly tried at variousplaces in Switzerland, where small capital and poor facili-ties for central stations require such methods. IEATHER has long been the orthodox materialfor belts used in heavy power transmission.—^ Now, however, the bovine epidermis has a com-petitor, in the form of iron and cotton. The Maddoxwire belt, recently put on the market by H. N. Green,of 254 Fulton stree% New York, is shown in the accom-panying engraving. The st
. The street railway review . it forthree years on 170 cars at, it is said, the expense of onlyfive cents per 24 hours for fuel. Gas motors are being thoroughly tried at variousplaces in Switzerland, where small capital and poor facili-ties for central stations require such methods. IEATHER has long been the orthodox materialfor belts used in heavy power transmission.—^ Now, however, the bovine epidermis has a com-petitor, in the form of iron and cotton. The Maddoxwire belt, recently put on the market by H. N. Green,of 254 Fulton stree% New York, is shown in the accom-panying engraving. The strength of this belt is derivedfrom cabled soft steel woven wires, on which the bearmgsurface of cotton is placed. The cables are laid length-wise of the belt, about one-eighth of an inch these is woven the strong, tough cotton yarn, spunespecially for this belting, which completely covers thecables and forms the bearing surface on the pulley. Theprocess of weaving causes the cables to become cor-rugated in The cotton is woven so tightly around the cables thatit makes the belt very strong, while being flexible. It ischeaper in first cost than leather, and considering thematerials from which it is made, ought not to be affectedby oil and moisture as badly as leather. The cotton isimpregnated with a waterproof material. Of course it iseasy to make this belt as heavy and heavier than doubleleather belting, and its strength, durability and cheapnesswould seem to promise a ready sale. Another advantagewhich is difficult to attain with leather is an absolute uni-formity regardless of length, as it is possible to make abelt of this kind a mile long, and have every foot exactlythe same as every other. It can be laced as well asleather, an awl being used instead of a punch. \/!; Custers Last Battlefield. A visit to this spot, which is now a National Cemetery,is interesting. Here, seventeen years ago,General Custer and five companies of theSeventh U. S. Cava
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