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Title: History of the West End street railway, in which is included sketches of the early street railway of Boston- consolidation of the various lines- foreign street railways- the Berlin viaduct- anecdotes, etc., together with speeches by President Henry M. Whitney, and others. Also, expert testimony as to the safety of electric currents..
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hager, Louis P
Subjects: West End Street Railway Company Street-railroads
Publisher: Boston, Ed. and pub. by L. P. Hager
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library

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onal security for the dejDOsit of trust funds, the care ofsecurities, etc. The special features of this company are that itallows interest upon deposits from the time of deposit until drawn,the careful attention it pays to its depositors assets, and its largeand increasing business as transfer agent and tru.stee under mort-gages. THE AMERICAN TOOL AND MACHINE CO., 84 KINGSTON ST., BOSTON. This company are engineers, founders and machinists, beingclassed among the largest of the kind in this country. The worksare commodious and contain all the necessary appliances to facilitatethe work in hand. They manufacture turret and brass workers,lathes, centrifugal sugar machines, hydro extractors, wood pulpdigesters, belt knife splitting machines, dynamo lifters, shafting,hangers, pulleys and general machinery. THE EICKEMEYER & OSTERHELD MANUFACTURING CO., YONKERS, N. Y. The Eickemeyer-Field motor illustrated on the opposite page isin use on the West End Railway as a single truck, while two
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WEST END STREET RAILWAY. 113 similar motors mounted as swivel, or bogie, trucks (shown in anotherpart of this work — see index to advertisements) are also in use bythis road. The motor illustrated on the opposite page has nominally35 horse power; the wheels are 24 inches in diameter; armaturespeed 150 revolutions per minute, and the weight, including wheels,axles and fittings, about four and a half tons. It will be noticedthat the small diameter of the wheels employed enables the carbody to be hung very low, giving proportionate ease of access topassengers. It is an interesting feature of the Eickemeyer-Fielddesigns that they impose no limitations as to size or power of motor.Motors of a size and capacity not heretofore attempted can be con-structed and their successful performance guaranteed with absolutecertainty. Consequently, this mechanism is peculiarly adapted foruse on elevated railroads or on surface roads where great speed oftrain movement is desired. There are many advanta

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