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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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dblasts for cleaning rails, air blasts for cleaning cars, motors, gen-erators, etc. Mr. Christensens engineering and sales offices are located inthe Herman Building, corner of Wisconsin Street and Broadway,Milwaukee. ♦♦♦ Tramways in France The accompanying two tables give statistics for the year end-ing Dec. 31, 1901, of the light railways and tramways in France,and are taken from the official list of the French Government November i, 1902.) STREET RATLWAY JOURNAL 769 Convertible Interurban Cars The accompanying engraving shows one of four convertiblecars for interurban service recently built for the Manitowoc &Northern Traction Company, by the St. Louis Car Company. the use of a trap can be enumerated briefly as follows: A pumpwill not lift water at a temperature exceeding 212 degs., a returntrap will. A pump consumes a considerable amount of steam.For example, an ordinary duplex boiler-feed pump requires from90 lbs. to 120 lbs. of steam per horse-power hour. A common slide
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CAR FOR MANITOWOC & NORTHERN TRACTION COMPANY The cars have a steel channel bottom frame work, and aremounted on St. Louis Car Companys No. 23 truck. The carbodies are 34 ft., and the length of the cars over all is 45 ft.The roof is of the steam coach pattern. The interior finish ismahogany throughout, and the cars are fitted with the St. LouisCar Companys latest style of walkover seats. The cars are alsoequipped with the St. Louis Car Companys arc headlight andinterior arc lamps. These cars are also provided with smoking compartments in therear end, and are in great favor for trolley parties. They are let-tered Manitowoc & Two Rivers Railway. ♦♦♦ The Morehead Return Trap The Morehead return trap, which has given good results in anumber of electric railway plants, is constructed of steel, theheads and longitudinal seams being closely rivetedand calked, to withstand any pressure carried onthe boiler without breaking, which is impossible withcast-iron traps. It is the embo

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