. The street railway review . lock the car, all of which is inclosed in a dust proof level ground the device is thrown out of action by theswitch. The device is applicable to horse cars, and mayalso be arranged to work by a simple push button. Theparts encircling axle are made in halves, which enables the placing or removalwithout interfering withthe running gear in anyway. A set of the Hill stopsare now being placed onone of the leading electricroads in the east with aview to demonstrating theabsolute certainty of action. SWITCH AND MAGNET BOX—AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC HILL STOP The Short Ele
. The street railway review . lock the car, all of which is inclosed in a dust proof level ground the device is thrown out of action by theswitch. The device is applicable to horse cars, and mayalso be arranged to work by a simple push button. Theparts encircling axle are made in halves, which enables the placing or removalwithout interfering withthe running gear in anyway. A set of the Hill stopsare now being placed onone of the leading electricroads in the east with aview to demonstrating theabsolute certainty of action. SWITCH AND MAGNET BOX—AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC HILL STOP The Short ElectricCompany is making anactive canvass in the its recent contractsfor Gearless motors maybe noted that at Harvey,a suburb of Chicago. TheHarvey Transit Company,composed of some of theheaviest capitalists in the city of Chicago, are building thisrailway, and have made a most careful and thoroughinvestigation of the different electric railway systems, finallydecidinjx on the Short Gearless motor as being the final. EXTERIOR VIEW AUTOMAIU M( magnets are operated from six or eight cells of open cir-cuit battery or one of storage. The automatic part consists of a magnet and a mova-ble stop or latch which holds the bar which closes the
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