Verbatim Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Street-Railway AssociationOffice of the Association, 1889 |
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... hundred feet . I know that there is a great deal of elasticity to a wire rope when it is first put in and commences its operation . It will stretch within two weeks to a distance of a hundred feet , and for the next two or three weeks ...
... hundred feet . I know that there is a great deal of elasticity to a wire rope when it is first put in and commences its operation . It will stretch within two weeks to a distance of a hundred feet , and for the next two or three weeks ...
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... hundred and sixty - three cars to one thousand cars in the short space of seven years ; and we do not put on the cars just for fun and run them empty either . The transmission of power from the engine to the drums , which move the ...
... hundred and sixty - three cars to one thousand cars in the short space of seven years ; and we do not put on the cars just for fun and run them empty either . The transmission of power from the engine to the drums , which move the ...
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... hundred horse power each , two thousand horse power in all . Until recently we had been operating only one thousand ... hundred and eighty - eight horse power ; that was for the cables , which , with the power necessary to move the ...
... hundred horse power each , two thousand horse power in all . Until recently we had been operating only one thousand ... hundred and eighty - eight horse power ; that was for the cables , which , with the power necessary to move the ...
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... hundred and five thousand miles of service from a single rope running daily at the rate of fourteen miles an hour . The metal composing the grip is also an important feature . The grips are lined with a species of brass , and some other ...
... hundred and five thousand miles of service from a single rope running daily at the rate of fourteen miles an hour . The metal composing the grip is also an important feature . The grips are lined with a species of brass , and some other ...
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... hundred miles of horse car track , in the division where the tracks of which I have charge are located , and we are operating thirty - five miles of cable ; and thus we have a good chance of comparing the expenses of the two , and what ...
... hundred miles of horse car track , in the division where the tracks of which I have charge are located , and we are operating thirty - five miles of cable ; and thus we have a good chance of comparing the expenses of the two , and what ...
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Seite 80 - I would therefore move you, sir, that a Committee of five be appointed by the chair to nominate officers for the ensuing year, and recommend a place of meeting for the next Convention.
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Seite 227 - Special meetings may be held upon the order of the executive committee. Notice of every meeting shall be given by the secretary in a circular addressed to the members at least thirty days before the time of meeting.
Seite 26 - I do not see how it will be possible for me to live, hereafter, on less than the interest of $40,000.