. The street railway review . y of fraine, large bear-ings and excellence of materials andworkmanship. The massiveness of theBall engine makes it well adapted tovarying loads. The regulation is with-in one per cent. Every detail of con-struction receives the most careful in-spection and every engine is thoroughlytested before shipment is made. (2mcetil\aiWAylJ^A/i^ 143 PNEUMATIC QUICK BREAK SWITCH. The Ohio Brass Company, of Mansfield, Ohio, manu-facture a quick break switch which introduces a pneu-matic blow out. The engraving shows the switch handle has a toothed segment near its
. The street railway review . y of fraine, large bear-ings and excellence of materials andworkmanship. The massiveness of theBall engine makes it well adapted tovarying loads. The regulation is with-in one per cent. Every detail of con-struction receives the most careful in-spection and every engine is thoroughlytested before shipment is made. (2mcetil\aiWAylJ^A/i^ 143 PNEUMATIC QUICK BREAK SWITCH. The Ohio Brass Company, of Mansfield, Ohio, manu-facture a quick break switch which introduces a pneu-matic blow out. The engraving shows the switch handle has a toothed segment near its base. Thissegment meshes in a rack operating the plunger rod inthe cylinder. When the handle is drawn down theplunger is drawn out of the cylinder and a spring in thecylinder is compressed. When the handle has beendrawn down to a certain point the small projectingpieces strike the body of the switch and the contact lipsare separated. As soon as this is done the compressedspring in the cylinder draws the arm up to make a quick. wide break, while the movement of the plunger forces ajet of air against the arc. The switch is of polishedbrass on a slate base, and is made single, double andtriple pole from lOO amperes upward. It is a veryingenious and at the same time simple device and cer-tainly has a place on the switchboard. MELBOURNES MUTUAL BENEFITASSOCIATION. A strongly organized and splendidly conducted MutualBenefit Society has been doing its good and beneficentwork among the employes of the Melbourne TramwaysCompany, since 1888. Its benefits are classed thus: I. Relief of members in case of sickness or accident. II. Defraying funeral expenses of members or memberswives. III. Providing medical attendance for members, their wives,and children under sixteen years of age. The membership is composed of employes in anycapacity, of the Melbourne Tramways & Omnibus Com-pany, Limited, not a contractor for the company or anemploye of a contractor, of good moral character,between the a
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