. The street railway review . ions which had to be made in former daysgave a convenient opportunity to start the day right byresting meditatively against a polished brass rail and look-ing thoughtfully in a long mirror, and by the same processit was possible to give a finishing touch to the days activi-ties. The trolley has changed all that, by taking advan-tage of a reasonable human disinclination to pay two fareswhen one will do, and of the law of inertia in accordancewith which a man prefers sitting to standing, and onceseated will not move from his seat until he has to. All thisis very goo
. The street railway review . ions which had to be made in former daysgave a convenient opportunity to start the day right byresting meditatively against a polished brass rail and look-ing thoughtfully in a long mirror, and by the same processit was possible to give a finishing touch to the days activi-ties. The trolley has changed all that, by taking advan-tage of a reasonable human disinclination to pay two fareswhen one will do, and of the law of inertia in accordancewith which a man prefers sitting to standing, and onceseated will not move from his seat until he has to. All thisis very good for the morals of the man, but how about thesaloon keeper? A LAUNDRY IN A REPAIR SHOP. In the summer time the Chicago City Railway Companyhas over 800 open cars in service and on each car there were14 storm curtains. The task of cleaning these curtains wasvery laborious and tedious, each one being spread out sepa-ratelv on a bench and scrubbed with brush and soap. Thiswork required four hands during all the winter, and even. FIG. I.—WASHING MACHINE. with all this labor the result was not satisfactory. C. , master mechanic, decided to test a washing machinefor this work, and as he could find nothing suitable on themarket, decided to build one. A machine was designed and ^DM-SVl^^^^AeW 231 made in the repair shop and set up on the second floor, andin it are some features which are worthy of special driving mechanism may be seen in the foreground ofFig. I. The three pulleys, the middle one being attached tothe shaft fastened to the barrel, are connected by two beltsto a jack shaft. By means of a cam the direction of rotationis automatically reversed, an equal number of rotations be-ing given in each direction so that the curtains will not berolled into a wad. The time required for cleaning the curtains has been as-certained and is made uniform by the electric time signalingdevice. It consists of a clock with a metallic rim around itsface having twelve holes
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