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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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.MGUIRE SNOW PLOW AND SWEEPER. The Safety Car Heating & Lighting Company, of New York,whose system of Pintsch gas has been adopted on a majority of theleading steam-railroad lines and which is coming into more ex-tended use on street railway cars, had a very ornamental, thoughsmall exhibit near the main entrance. In a canopy supported bypillars of old Colonial architecture, the company showed four chan-deliers burning Pintsch gas. Two of these were Argand burnersand two were of the four burner flat flame type. The companyclaims that the gas is the best illuminant for electric cars, as thereis no flickering such as is common with electric lights when themotors are turned on or off. Outside of the hall visitors to St.Louis had a chance of inspecting the operation of the system in thecars of the Olive Street line. The company was well represented atthe convention by Wm. St. John, from the New York office, C. H.Howard, of the St. Louis ofSce, and G. N. Terry, of the Chicagooffice. The

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