The street railway review (1891) (14574746947)

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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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daysthe good people of Portland had to turn to acquaticexercises, nolens volens, and he who possessed a watercraft, from a raft to a steam yacht, was in it in severalsenses of the term. The water rose to such an extent that the engines werestopped in one electric railway power plant, although noserious damage was done. NEW PUBLICATIONS. Lippincotts Magazine for this month has a veryentertaining story by Col. King, entitled Capt. Close.It is a story of the South during the reconstructionperiod. The Walker Manufacturing Company has gotten outa neat and complete catalogue of its entire line of elec-trical car equipments. The Walker apparatus all beingnew and of very ingenious design, it will be foundinterestingreading. We are in receipt of two bulletins from the engineer-ing department of the University of Wisconsin whichwill prove of value to engineers. One of them is entitled Track, and is a lecture given at the University on thehistory and future of track construction by L. F. Loree,
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THE GREAT FLOOD IN PORTLAND, OREGON. The views we present of this interesting occurenceshow the corners of Washington and Second streets andThird and Alder streets, both places not far from theriver. The improvised gondolas and elevated sidewalkswill be noticed, as well as the local Chinese coloring. The people of Portland are never surprised when theColumbia river rises forty feet in a single night, but thefloods of this season are rather more than was bargainedfor. division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad.The other pamphlet, which is of great value to youngdynamo designers, is entitled Some Practical Hints onDynamo Design, by Gilbert Wilkes, chief engineer ofthe Detroit Electrical Works. A DEPARTURE in tramway traveling has been made inGlasgow, Scotland. The tramways committee of thecorporation has decided to institute half-mile stations,marked after dark by a colored lamp, on all the routes,and to charge a halfpenny for each half-mile traversed. The New York Street Rail