The Street railway journal (1902) (14574840939)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo201902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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n connection with a booster operatedat the power house end of the line, a feeder running direct to thebattery and the line being fed by feeders from this point. Before THE WILSON TROLLEY CATCHER COMPANY, ofBoston, Mass., exhibited the Wilson trolley catcher in the hall,but by far the best and most impressive exhibit of this companywas on many of the cars of the Detroit United Railway system. THE SIMPLEX ELECTRIC HEATING COMPANY, ofCambridgeport, Mass., made an exhibit of heaters in the spaceof the Ludlow Supply Company. THE PENNSYLVANIA STEEL COMPANY made no heavyexhibits, but showed models of an adjustable split switch withangle-bar reinforcements, the Challenge switch, the Long safetyswitch stand, the New Century switch stand, the anvil-faced frogand the spring frog. Blue prints of complicated special work doneby this company, were shown, and also pictures of the worksat Steelton, Pa., the Niagara Bridge and the Goktiek Viaduct,Burma, India. The company was well represented by eight
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EXHIBITS OF CREAGHEAD ENGINEERING COMPANY, STERLING-MEAKER COMPANY AND UNITED STATES CURTAIN COMPANY, C. J. HARRINGTON AND THE TAYLOR ELECTRIC TRUCK COMPANY the installation of the battery the pressure of this division variedbetween 200 volts and 750 volts. The pressure of this division isnow maintained between the limits of 55c volts and 600 volts,enabling them to better maintain schedules as well as materiallyreducing the maintenance cost of the electric equipment of thecars. During the convention the Electric Storage Battery Com-pany was represented by Charles Blizard, manager sales depart-ment; J. Lester Woodbridge, engineer sales department; E. VailStebbins, manager Cleveland office; G. H. Atkin, managerChicago sales office; R. H. Klauder, manager St. Louis salesoffice; R. B. Daggett, manager San Francisco sales office, andJ. E. Lockwood, president of the Michigan Electric Company, theDetroit agent. The Electric Storage Battery Company has up tothe present time.installed 220 Chlo