The street railway review (1891) (14759088614)

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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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Differential Drums Are Made—Wheels that Make the World Go Round. THE iianii. of John Walker has become so wellknown to all the street railway men of the countrythat a description of the i^reat plant from whenceemanate the cable driving machinery, clutches, and othernecessities of mechanical traction will not be out of place.In a previous number of the Rkview a sketch of thebusy and successful life of the principal of the firm hasbeen given and it now remains to complete the matter byshowing what he has wrought. urer, Z. W. Ilubbell and W. II. Bone, manager. Thewalls are tire-proof, the interior finished in antique oakand the orange-colored cathedral glass gives the richesteffect to the beautiful suites of ofiices. Further to the rear are found the fire-proof vaults,wherein are stored the valuable records. These vaultsrun the width of the offices, 57 feet, with a passage wa^12 feet wide. On each side of this are the heavy brickvaults with massive iron doors, sixteen in number, which
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VIEW IN FOUNDRY—WALKEK M \N L 1 ACTURING COMPANY. The capacious and magnificently constructed buildingsof the Walker Manufacturing plant are situated on thewest side of the city of Cleveland, O., and at the foot ofWaverly avenue. Here commanding a fine view of theblue expanse of Lake Erie are found the edifices inquestion. THE GENERAL OFFICES are contiguous to the machine shops and are 75x57 feetin dimensions. Here are found the business abiding placesof the president, J. B. Perkins; the vice-president andgeneral manager; John Walker; the secretary and treas- are 5x6 feet, and 14 feet high, and are large enough tocontain the records for many years to come. THE DRAWING ROOM is on the second floor and the same size as the loweroffice. Here in this well-lighted apartment, twelvedraughtsmen are busy formulating the drawings which,later are built into the monuments of iron-founders skilland distributed all o\er the world. There is room herefor twice the number of draughtsmen and if proph