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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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A Partial List of Awards Heretofore Given ValentinesVarnishes: International Exposition, Philadelphia. ... - 1876 Bronze Medal and Diploma.Exposition Universelle, Paris, France, ... - 1878 Silver Medal.Melbourne International Exposition. Melbourne, Aus., - 1880 Silver Medal and First Order op Merit.Adelaide Exposition, Adelaide, So. Aus., - 1881 Silver Medal and First Degree op Merit.American Institute, of the City of New York, - - 1859-1870 Silver Medal and Diploma.Maryland Institute for the Protection of Mechanic Arts, - 1873 Silver Medal.Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, Boston, 1860 Silver Medal and Diploma.Mechanics and Agricultural Fair Association of the State of Louisiana, ..--....- 1873 Diploma.Agricultural Society of New So. Wales, .... 1877 Bronze Medal. Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, California, - - 1877 Silver Medal. January, 1885.) THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 63 LAKE & McDEVITTS For Horse Railways, Omnibus Lines, Etc.
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The Advantages ROPE TRACE are its ready applicationto Horse-Car service, or toany other purpose wherecheap harness is required.It only costs about half asmuch as leather traces,while at the same timeone set of R >pe Tugs will(when used on horse cars)take the place of three ormore sets of leathertraces, as the Tugs remainattached to the car allday, no matter how manychanges of stock aremade. The lelief horseshaving hoo s attached t >their hames, all that isnecessary is to unhook thetugs from the workingteam back in the freshhorses, hook on the tugs,and the change is made.Railroad men will at onceperceive their adaptabil-ity and economy from theabove facts. They willalso last longer than leath-er traces, and r. quire butvery little care. Fromtheir durability and cheap-ness they are also espec-ially adapted for all kindsof larm use and heavyteaming, as farmers, etc.,can easily repair them, Patent No. 171,383, Uccciiiber 31, 1875. In use on the Chicago West. Div. Ry.; Louisville Cit

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