. The Street railway journal . EXHIBIT OF THE CHRISTENbEN ENGINEERING CO. J. H. STEDMAN, of Rochester, was a prominent and popularattendant at the convention, and with an extra number of goodstories. He also did some good business in his transfer tickets. THE JOHN A. ROEBLINGS SONS COMPANY, ofTrenton, N. J., had no exhibit, but the able representation byMarston R. Cockey, of New York; G. W. Swan, of New York,and U. G. Tingley, of Trenton, N. J., together with the reputationof the company, made an exhibit unnecessary. THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY,of Cincinnati, exhibited its new slow-
. The Street railway journal . EXHIBIT OF THE CHRISTENbEN ENGINEERING CO. J. H. STEDMAN, of Rochester, was a prominent and popularattendant at the convention, and with an extra number of goodstories. He also did some good business in his transfer tickets. THE JOHN A. ROEBLINGS SONS COMPANY, ofTrenton, N. J., had no exhibit, but the able representation byMarston R. Cockey, of New York; G. W. Swan, of New York,and U. G. Tingley, of Trenton, N. J., together with the reputationof the company, made an exhibit unnecessary. THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY,of Cincinnati, exhibited its new slow-starting controller handle inthe Ridlon Companys space. P. F. Harten looked after the de-vice, and explained it to possible customers. It is a controllerhandle working on the principle of a ratchet, and allowing themotorman to go only one notch at a time. THE FRANK RIDLON COMPANY. 200 Summer Street,Boston, was represented by its popular vice-president, Charles , The Wilson trolley catcher, of which about 7000 are in,. November 3, 1900.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1101 use, was a center of interest. The Kilbourn track sanding deviceand the slow-starting controller handle of the Electric RailwayEquipment Company, of Cincinnati, as well as the Conant rail-bond testing device for testing rail-bond conductivity in terms ofrail lengths by the Wheatstone bridge and telephone receivermethod, were other leading features, besides which was theBeverly vestibule brake handle. P. F. Harten, of the Electric Rail-way Equipment Company, of Cincinnati, was also in attendanceat this booth, in the interests of the controller handle. THE GARTON-DANIELS COMPANY, of Keokuk, la.,showed the Automotoneer, in a perfected form, applied to atype K controller. This device enforces a pause on each notch ofa controller, and may be adjusted to allow the starting of a car inseven, ten or twelve seconds, as may be desired. It will effect a pany for presenting a continuous surface to the trolley t
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