Identifier: streetrailwayrev15amer (find matches)
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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clearance to be made smaller thanin the case of naked blade tips, without danger in case of accidentalcoiUact, thus reducing the leakage loss to a minimum; the leakagepast the blade tips being llie principal source of loss in the steamlirbine. As to the safely ircmi damage in case of accidental contact, it is claimed that this has been proven by experiment withactual blading, by tlirowing the bearings out of center so as toproduce contact, without detrimental results. .An incidental advan-tage claimed for this construction is that if by chance a bladeshould prove defective, it is so held m place by the shroud ringthat it cannot possibly work loose and produce damage. . T!y the method of construction described, the entire blading isproduced by machinery, thus eliminating the personal equationwhich enters into blading done by hand work, which depends uponthe skill of the individual workmen. Besides ensuring that everyblade is securely fastened, all blades are necessarily set at exactly
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BLAUINO OF ALLIS-CHAL.MERS TURBINE. the designed angle and pitch; the openings between blades, uponwhich in great part the economical performance depends, beingabsolutely uniform. The blading is made up in half rings in theblading shop and is carefully inspected before being inserted in theturbine. The city of Winnipeg, Canada, and the Winnipeg Electric Rail-way Co., are discussing a proposed agreement for operating Sun-day cars. The Board of Control has decided that a clause in theagreement between the city and the railway, protecting motormenand conductors against being obliged to work seven days a week,must be approved by the company. A Vitrified Clay Tie. .\ new railway tic has been designed by Vernon Bradfield, ofMecca, Ind., sketches and a description of which are herewith pre-sented. In view of the increasing experimentation with, and the useof metal or reinforced concrete ties as substitutes for wooden tics,it is believed that this new tie will be especially interesting to str

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