. The Street railway journal . by the company that any automatic device for dropping the fender fraction of a second for the fender to drop from its ordinarymust necessarily act too slowly to be effectual. In other words, the position of running to its emergency or service position, and a H. DETAILS OF MILLEN CAR STEP LIFTER speed of the car is under the most favorable conditions too great simple calculation at different speeds will show how far the carto enable any automatic device to force the fender to the track will have gone beyond the point where the fender ought to have May io, 1902.] S
. The Street railway journal . by the company that any automatic device for dropping the fender fraction of a second for the fender to drop from its ordinarymust necessarily act too slowly to be effectual. In other words, the position of running to its emergency or service position, and a H. DETAILS OF MILLEN CAR STEP LIFTER speed of the car is under the most favorable conditions too great simple calculation at different speeds will show how far the carto enable any automatic device to force the fender to the track will have gone beyond the point where the fender ought to have May io, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 595 been dropped after the fender has been automatically actuated. Another device which is being manufactured by the Consoli-dated Car Fender Company is the Millen car step lifter, of whichdetails are shown in the accompanying drawings. This steplifter is designed to provide an effectual means for lifting the run-ning boards of open cars in the least possible time and with theleast possible inconvenience to the conductor or motorman. Itwas designed by Thomas Millen, master mechanic of the Metro-politan Street Railway Company, of New York, to meet thepeculiar conditions that exist in this city, but has met with favoron a number of other roads, where its numerous
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