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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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WINDING FIELD-COILS. of the direct current dynamos, with the e.xception of thelarger sizes of street railway generators, in the U. S.Co.s shops at Newark, N. J. Dividing up the work inthis manner leaves to the parent plant in Pittsburg theconstruction of street railway motors and generators, andalternating current incandescent lighting machinery.With such an expansion of business and enlargement ofscope as the securing of these other properties gave, thecharter of the Westinghouse Electric Company was 509 suporsoded in 1890 by one cmering abroader field, and the name was changedto that of the Washington Electric &Manufacturing company. In the face of difficulties that wouldhave swamped many concerns, with aheavy competition and insuflicient capitalat the start, this company has fought itswav to the front. At the last meeting in Harrisburg Pa., Tr^ripto oppose street cars on Sunday, onlyfour persons were present. No furtherefforts will be made.
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WESTINGHOUSE GEARLESS MOTOR. English railway papers declare the suburban transitaccomodations in the effete east are a disgrace tocivilization. The West End road, Boston, has lately tried the com-bination, introduced at St. Louis, of making one large carout of two old ones.

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