. Electric railway journal . guishes the red light, but the greenlight, being directly across the line, still burns. The brake equipment is of the Westinghouse straightair type with an automatic emergency feature. It ispossible for the conductor to set the brakes in emer-gency, if conditions require, through a conductors motor-driven air compressor is of the bungalowtype. Brake Lever Strut for Slack Adjusters The Smith-Ward Brake Company, New York City,have recently developed several types of automatic shimslack adjusters to meet the requirements of the differ-ent types of trucks in
. Electric railway journal . guishes the red light, but the greenlight, being directly across the line, still burns. The brake equipment is of the Westinghouse straightair type with an automatic emergency feature. It ispossible for the conductor to set the brakes in emer-gency, if conditions require, through a conductors motor-driven air compressor is of the bungalowtype. Brake Lever Strut for Slack Adjusters The Smith-Ward Brake Company, New York City,have recently developed several types of automatic shimslack adjusters to meet the requirements of the differ-ent types of trucks in service, such as Brill 27-G, Stand-ard 0-50 and Taylor S-B. It was desired to make a form of strut that could beused under practically all conditions, one that was lightbut strong, and while easily adjustable, was as freefrom wear, tear and rattle as could be made. Thebrake lever strut, shown in the accompanying drawing,has been brought out to meet these conditions. It hasonly two bushings, these being inside the brake lever. BRAKE LEVER STRUT FOR USE ON STANDARD TRUCKS bushings and in the strut. The wear is transferredfrom the pin to the bushing, hence the bolt replacingthe pin is free from wear. If desired, it can be adjustedin %-in. steps to allow for shoe and wheel wear andcan be used instead of a turnbuckle if one cannot affordslack adjusters. It can be made lighter than the pres-ent struts, being riveted together and made on the prin-ciple of a built-up girder and not simply held togetherby the two spreaders. According to the claims of themaker, this brake lever strut is cheaper to buy in thefirst place and then cheaper to maintain than others. The Ottumwa Railway & Light Company, Ottumwa,Iowa, is testing out a Collins non-splashing type elec-tric track switch at the intersection of the Jefferson andCourt Streets car lines in Ottumwa. The switch is con-nected so that the Court Street car motorman turns theswitch his way by shutting off power and coaststhrough, while the J
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