. The street railway review . g no great trouble has beenexperienced from expansion and contraction. The tem-perature of the air has varied exceedingly. Severalof the joints broke soon after welding, but these wereprobably imperfect welds. These joints were re-welded as soon as the break was discovered. No buckling hasthus far been noticeable on the warmest days. Thetrack is filled in as soon as possible after welding, but onseveral occasions, 300 to 500 feet of welded track havebeen left open for several days without bad results. The results have been very satisfactory and the man-agement of
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. The street railway review . g no great trouble has beenexperienced from expansion and contraction. The tem-perature of the air has varied exceedingly. Severalof the joints broke soon after welding, but these wereprobably imperfect welds. These joints were re-welded as soon as the break was discovered. No buckling hasthus far been noticeable on the warmest days. Thetrack is filled in as soon as possible after welding, but onseveral occasions, 300 to 500 feet of welded track havebeen left open for several days without bad results. The results have been very satisfactory and the man-agement of the company is very sanguine as to the out-come of the experiment. G. Milton Brown, of theJohnson Company, is in charge of the operations. THE MCOKMICK RAIL. The McCormick combination rail and joint, on whichletters patent have recently been issued, consists of a Trail made in two parts. The form of these parts and themanner of fitting them together may be either as Fig. ior Fig. 2. Fig. 3 shows the method of joining the ends. of the top part of the rail. The principle is somewhatsimilar to rails which were tried on steam roads in timespast, but which were abandoned on account of costingtoo much in proportion to the advantages gained. Theexpense of tool work on the rail ends would in this casebe very great. POWER HOUSE FIRE AT SACRAMENTO. An early morning fire, April 19, destroyed the electricplant of the Capital City Gas Company, which suppliespower to the thirty odd miles of the Central ElectricRailway, in Sacramento, Cal. Twenty-four dynamoswere destroyed. The total loss was $300, 000, includingtwo large engines, the dynamos and the building. Thefire is thought to have originated in the switch board. THE DEADLY LOCOMOTIVE. Opposition to progress, we are relieved to discover, isnot peculiar to American citizens. The Official Gazette, of Pekin, China, which publishes the ukases of theemperor and the declarations of the highest courts, hasseverely rebuked the Buddhist priests who