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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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witli its own turn table, and accordingly seciu-ely fast-ened a hydiaiilic lack in the center of the truck (a du Tout truck)between the motors. The plunger is S in. in iliainctcr and ID in. The Fort Wayne (Ind.) Sentinel of July 13. gives a lengthyabstract of the opinion rendered by the Allen county circuit courtin the Fort Wayne Consolidated Electric Railway ease, fromwhich we take the following: Judge ORonrke completely exonerated Frank Iiellaas Roiiisonand severly arraigniMl John J. Shipherd and the Cleveland bank-ers for alleged fraudulent misappropriation of bonds and money.Some $990,000 of bonds now held by the Guardian Trust Com-Ijany, of New York, and Cleveland banks are ordered held intrust for the railway company. The road is to be sold, but thesale will l)e delayed as the banks will continue the legal light. Sfr. Robison has long sought to Iniy the Fort Wayne Consoli-dated by paying the actual indebtedness owed, and if this decisionis affirmed he will have the opportunity.
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INSlECTIO.N CAK CJl- 1.1..M-. It A1. MANAGER A. B. DU PONT, DETKlUT. long and has a bell-shaped base 20 in. in diameter. The plungeris held up by a lever, hooked under the side bar of tlie truck, andclose beside the .lack is a reservoir capable of holding aboutseven gallons of oil or water. At the side of the truck and con-venient for the operator is a pump 2 in. in diameter by 3 in.stroke. With this pump one man using a 6-ft. lever can easilylift the car in a few strokes. For convenience in carrying, tliislever is made up of two 3-ft. pieces which telescope and fit intoa socket on the pump. When it is desired to turn the car at anintersection, where the curves do not suit, the car is placed withthe plunger in the center of the intersection, the hook holding theplunger is released, and the pump operated till the car is liftedso that all the wheels are clear. The car may then be swung onthe plunger as a pivot. When the wheels are over the rails it isdesired to run on. the car is lowere

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