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The Street Railway Journal THE Street Railway Journal. INDEX TO VOLUME XV. 1399. *:> Street Railway Publishing Co., 120 Liberty Street, New York. 73789 : INDEX TO VOLUME XV. A Tramways in New South Wales, Report Sao Paulo Electric Railway *449 on i 237 Brill, John A. Interview with, on Foreign Acceleration Best Method of securing Austria: Czernowitz, Railway and Lighting Practice in Rolling Stock 869 [Lundie] 228 System of [Ziffer] i *301 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Annual Report. 604 City & South London Railway, on [Mc- Light Railways and Tramways in [Ziffer] i 236 Changes in 89 Mahon] *391 New Railways in [Ziffer] i *41 Combination Car for (Brill) *120 Tests in Cleveland 363 Notes from i 884 Financial Analysis of 370 See also Train Resistance. Recent Decrees affecting Street Railways, i 602 New Traffic Arrangement in a 886 Accidents: Amusing Letters about 92 Recent Franchises in i 460 Open Car for (Brill) *411 Blanks at Brisbane *443 Trieste, Light Railways in [Ziffer] i 383 Proportioning Feeders on Nassau Rail- Cases, Bribery and Perjury in [Hodge]., a 239 See also Hungary and Vienna. road [Dexter] *34 Peculiar in Australia 352 Austria-Hungary, Electric Railway Practice Strike 522, a 531 Peculiar Testimony, Editorial on... 579 in [Ziffer] *085 Train Service on [McCormack] *790 Instructions in New Orleans 289 Automobiles: Editorial on Possibilities of... 224 Buenos Ayres: Belgrano Electric Tramway, Legal Liability to Linemen [Hodge].. a 166 Motors for (Siemens-Halske) *736 Construction of *588 Report System in Milwaukee 444 Axles: Breaking of [Thompson] *211 Electric Railway Practice in [Manville].. *693 -Stratford, Conn., at a 599 Letters on c 288 Hand Truck in *62 Accountant's Association, Street Railway: La Capital Traction System *69 Chicago Convention. Buffalo: Consolidation in 162, 417 Address of President 804 B Electric Welding of Rail Joints in. .*362, *587 Notes and Comments on [Kittredge]. 784 Babbitt Melting Forge c 2SS —High Speed Koad from Tonawanda 852 Papers and Reports of 797 Baltimore: City Passenger Railway, Parlor Trough for Steam Railroad Crossings *278 Program of 246, *674 Car for *189 Bullock Electric Co., Works of *48S Collection of Blanks and Forms.... 32, 186, 799 Consolidation in 52 Officers and Executive Committee *676 ——Feeder Conduits in *193 Accounts: Accident, in Brisbane *443 Barcelona, see Spain. 444 In Milwaukee Bearings: Lubrication for (Keystone) 325 Cable, Largest in the World 838 —--Balance Sheet System of 756 Lubrication of [Hobart] *213 Cahoon, J. B 550 of [Kittredge] 30, c 91 Belgium: Ideal System Light Railways in Brussels i 380 Calendars for 1899 52, 115 *442 Repair Shop, for Small Road Tervueren-Brussels Electric Railway i 380 Camden, New Car for *476 Standard System of..c 149, 521, a 536, a 596, 799 Belts, Compound to Prevent Slipping (Cling Car Axles, see Axles. 806, 807 Surface) *328 Carbon Works, New (Speer) 716 *575 Store Room in Hartford Bennett, S. H 752 Car Cleaning, Soap for (Modoc) 739 Accumulators, see Storage Batteries. Berlin, Conn., Entertainment at 398 Car Couplers, Automatic (Van Dorn) *744 Advertising Bureau (Manufacturers) a 47 Berlin, Germany: Combination Car and Car Equipments: Testing of [Herrick] *179 Air Brakes, see Brakes, Air. Omnibus in *S67 — Car Houses: Car Hoists and Jacks in Brook- Air Power, see Compressed Air. —Earnings of Railway Companies i 885 lyn c *221 Albany, Consolidation with Troy System a 600 Measurements of Voltage Drop in i 382 Consolidated Traction Co., Pittsburgh *127 *209 Algiers, Electric Railways in New Elevated Electric Railway in 871 Door Catch for, in Hartford *88 Allgemeine Elektricitats Gesellschaft, Works Power Stations in 864 Heating of (Sturtevant) *187 *719 of i 381, Black, Charles N 610 New, in Hartford *573 Aluminum: Electrical Uses of 113, 732 Blackwell & Co., Ltd.. R. W. Organization Car Mileage as a Unit [Mackay] 797 Editorial on 95 of 897 Editorial on 780 *613 America, Electric Railway Practice in Blanks, see Accounts. Cars, American Practice in 616 Gross Receipts per Capita and Mile of Block Signal System for Single-Track Roads Atlantic City, Open *893 Track in Cities of 227 (Ramsey) *259 Argentina, Practice in [Manville] *698 American Street Railway Association: Chi- Boiler Tube Cleaner (Chicago B. C. Co.).... *253 Austria-Hungary, Practice in [Ziffer] *688 cago Convention 540, a 597 (Union) *118, 545 Birmingham, Closed *114 Attendants at a 814 Boilers: Combustion, New Process of Braintree, Open *738 Banquet of 774 (Schlicht) *840 —-Brooklyn, Open *411 Entertainments 775 ——Sectional (New York Safety) 3S;i Camden, Closed *476 Exhibits at *817 Worthington *6U Care of [Vander Veer] *796 Notice regarding Exhibits 261 Boiler Works, Reorganization of Company Chicago, in *632 Papers read at 789 (Nat. W. T. Boiler Co.) 60S Chicago City Railway, Closed 487, *569 Proceedings of 757 Boker, H. H., Works of *740 Cleveland, Closed *745 Program of 151, *674 Bonds, see Rail Bonds. Cleveland City Railway, Closed *895 Editorial on 776 Boosters or Storage Batteries [Adams] 214 Combination (Brill) »62, *120 Officers and Executive Committee of *675 Boston Elevated Railway Company, Annual Combination Car and Omnibus (Siemens Standard Rules and Regulations of..c 89, c 146. Report of a 105 & Halske) *867 c 216, c 285, c 385 4000-h.p. Engine in...r *894 Comparison of Different Types [Higgins] 313 American Steel & Wire Co 70S Large Engine Shaft for *544 Convertible c *24, *820 the Manufacturers 65, 123, 196, 262 336 Large Installation of in Among Special Work *86S Double Deck for Bolton, Eng i *164 610, 752, 843 900 in 418, 491, 550, ; New Subway Proposed 234 Hull, Eng., for *321 Amusements, see Parks and Pleasure Re- South Terminal Station in *158 Syracuse, for *577 sorts. Editorial on 152 France, Open *255 Anger, John E 123 Boutell, F. H. Chevalier 491 German Practice in [Magee] *655 Annual Reports, Atlanta Consolidated Street Bowen, M. K *334 Grab Handles, see Grab Handles. Railway a 244 Braintree & Weymouth Street Railway, Car Great Britain, Practice in [Short] *671 Boston, Columbus and Chicago Railway for *738 Hydro Carbon *323 Companies a 105 Brake Handle, Ratchet (Brill) *725 Interurban, near Detroit *7 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company a 604 Brakes, Air: In Europe *405 Interview with Mr. Brill on Export Trade General Electric Co 331 Improvements in (Standard) *723 in 869 New York City Companies 898 Rotary Compressor (Westinghouse) *707 Lancaster, Pa., Closed *183 Sixteen British Tramway Companies i 170 Storage System (Magann) *59, 748 Legal Requirements for Accommodations Washington Railways a 172 Test of *329 in [Hodge] a 102 Arc Electric Headlight (Wellman) *322 Third Avenue Railway, New York, for Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Rail- Argentine Republic, see Buenos Ayres. (Standard) *257 way, Freight *892 *221 Armature Hoists and Jacks in Montreal c Works of Christensen Co 747 Liverpool, Large Order in 898 Armatures, Repair of, see Repair Shops. Brakes, Electric: Improvements in (G. E. Manufactured in 1898 93 Atlanta: Atlanta Railway & Power Co., New Co.) *721 Mileage and Capitalization in America... 101 Plans of 519 New (Hubbard) 838 Mexico, Closed *839 Consolidated Street Railway Co., Annual —Pittsburgh, in (G. E.) *138 Funeral *547 Report of a 244 Brakes, Mechanical: (Sterling) 485 Montreal, Novel Open *506 Street Railway Complications in 541 New (Duff) >... *255 New South Wales, Light Railway *502 Street Railway Contest in a 600 New (McCollum) *840 Newton, Mass., Closed *56 Australia: Accident Case in 352 Brakes, Official Tests of, in New York a 303 New York for Compressed Air Motors.. *188 Brisbane, Accident Blanks in *443 Brake Shoes, Demand for (Compo) 411 Parlor Car in Baltimore *189 Light Railway Car in Wales.. *502 New South Truing Flat Wheels (Griffin) *62 New Brunswick, N. J *325 Perth, New Plant in *454 Brazil: Bahia Electric Railway *207 Private, Rates charged in Rochester a 531 - —Tramway Matters in [Noyes] i 384 Para, Notes About 868 Roller Bearings for, see Roller Bearings, Abbreviations: * illustrated, c correspondence, a American edition only, i international edition only. iv STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No. 12. St. Louis & Belleville, Closed *252 Coney Island, Safety Third-Rail Road at.... *260 Splicing in Philadelphia 81, *571 Connecticut: Earnings of Some Railways in. *430 Trailer Connecter for (Central Electric).. *545 Franchises in [Gager] 401 Falk Co.: Change of Name 193 Vestibules, Arguments against [McNa- Consolidation of Paper Journals 899 -Recent Contracts of 415 mara] a 243 Consolidations, Editorial on 152 Fans, Special Types (Sturtevant) *121 Not recommended in New York City. 194 Controller Handle, Slow Feed (Wagenhals). *331 Fares: Distribution of a Five-Cent Fare a 886 Width allowed in Germany 367 Controlling System, Electro-Pneumatic for Experiment by Chicago General Railway. 864 Wilkes Barre, Trailer *727 Trains *703, 746 Foreign Cities in 605 Car Steps, Non-slipping (American Mason Multiple Unit System [Sprague] 467 Four-Cent, Proposition for, in Milwau- Safety Tread Co.) *716 Cooper, H. S *491 kee a 598 Car Works: H. H. Boker, of *740 Corea, Electric Railroading in •530 Problem of [Higgins] 314 -Preston, England, at •729 Core Oven at Schenectady *246 Reduction of, see also Municipal Control. -St. Louis, in (St. Louis Car Co.)... 190 Cork as a Frictional Agent 838 Three-Cent in Detroit a 599 Cast Welding, see Rail Joints. Couplers, see Car Couplers. Feed Water Purifiers and Heaters: (Hoppes) *725 Ceylon, Electric Railway in i *533 Cripple Creek District Power Station... 607 (Schlieper) *62 Chicago: Annual Reports of Railway Com- Crusher Car in Scranton *215 Feed Water Purifier in Columbus [Gold- panies a 105 Cuba, Railroads in 334 smith] *116 City Railway, Car for 487, *569 Curtains, Replacer for *507 Feeder Conduits: In Baltimore (American Repair Shops *565 Curve Construction, Philadelphia. *83 Vitrified) *193 Records of 222 See also Special Work. Terra Cotta *55 State Street Line 519 Feeders, Proportioning: [Herrick] *437, *513 Compressed Air Cars in *414, 547 New Graphical Method of [Dexter] *34 Consolidated Traction Co., Organization Pittsburgh, in •132 Damper Regulator: (Locke) *743 of 333 Fenders: Chicago, in *564, 570 (Patterson) *122 Consolidation in 52 Increased Demand for (Consolidated)...
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