The Street railway journal (1902) (14574848189)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo201902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors:
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



Text Appearing Before Image:
so an instrument for determining whethermotor field coils have become short circuited. The latter is aninduction instrument in which a pulsating current is sent simul-taneously through a perfect field coil and the one to be tested.When the induction is unequal the circuits are out of balance, anda.telephone receiver is used to note the fact. The bond tester issimilar to previous forms, save that it is now arranged for oneman to manipulate the contacts on the rail as well as the instru-ment. This works on the Wheatstone bridge principle with thetelephone receiver and vibrator in place of galvanometer. THE SIMONDS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, of Pitts-burgh, so well known as manufacturer of the Simonds gears andpinions, was represented by H. F. Sanville. L. C. CHASE & COMPANY, of Boston, was represented byFrank B. Hopewell, manager of the companys leather department,with headquarters at Boston. Messrs. Chase & Company havebeen making a specialty for years of plush seating for railroad
Text Appearing After Image:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYS EXHIBIT cars, and have excellent facilities for handling electric railwayorders for the same material, as well as for Chase leather. THE STRONG, CARLISLE & HAMMOND CO., of Cleve-land, was represented by F. H. Lovejoy, manager of the Squiresfeed-water controller department. THE WESTERN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY COMPANY, ofSt. Louis, was represented by H. J. Doyle, manager railway de-partment. THE JOHN A. ROEBLINGS SONS COMPANY, of NewYork, and Trenton, N. J., had a large representation present, amongwhom was noticed H. L. Shippey, treasurer; M. R. Cockey and G.W. Swan, of the New York office, and George C. Bailey and Mr.Conover, of Chicago; W. P. Boreman, Cleveland and W. L. Doyleand N. G. Tingley, Trenton. THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY had as represen-tative at the convention, R. H. Harper, of its railway departmentat Philadelphia. ♦♦♦ In his speech at Steubenville, a few days ago, Senator Hannachallenged Mayor Tom L. Johnson to a debate on the tariff, thesu