. The street railway review . employeshould be considered an agent of the company, and shouldnot only be sober and intelligent, but have good judgmentand a cheerful disposition. Loyalty to the company heserves, should be his first motto. With the whole army of employes, loyal, faithful anddevoted to their duty, gross earnings will steadily increaseand operating expenses be at a minimum, and the stock-holders would no longer need to ask if the road was a suc-cess. The growing demand of the public for better accomoda-tion and luxury in the matter of travel and speed, must bemet by giving them be
. The street railway review . employeshould be considered an agent of the company, and shouldnot only be sober and intelligent, but have good judgmentand a cheerful disposition. Loyalty to the company heserves, should be his first motto. With the whole army of employes, loyal, faithful anddevoted to their duty, gross earnings will steadily increaseand operating expenses be at a minimum, and the stock-holders would no longer need to ask if the road was a suc-cess. The growing demand of the public for better accomoda-tion and luxury in the matter of travel and speed, must bemet by giving them better cars, more comfortably furnishedand more expensively fitted than heretofore. By supplyingthese demands the company will add largely to its revenue. IMPROVED SAFETY DEVICE FOR ELEC-TRIC CIRCUITS. In a paper on this subject before the Franklin Institute,L. G. Rowland describes a safety system of his inventionwhich is especially applicalile to trolley lines. The purposeis to open the circuit as soon as the trolley is broken. or grounded. The connections for such a system are shownin the figure where A represents the feeder and B thetrolley wire. The electro-magnet C, is differentially woundand when the currents are passing through the coils theyneutralize each other and the magnet is not energized. (^\ailM!ay*l^^^ 39T From the trolley wire one circuit extends through one resist-ance, R, through one of the magnet coils and wire G, tothe rail. The wire D, is also connected with the trunk linethrough a switch contact and to the other winding of themagnet C ; the trollcj- B, and D having a common connec-tion with the trunk line A, through the wire M. Thefeeder A is a common source of supply for the two circuits,which pass in opposite directions around the coils of theelectro-magnet. In the common connection M, to both cir-cuits is a switch, E, which is normally closed and controlledby the armature N, of the electro-magnet. When the magnet becomes energized, it is but slight
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