. The street railway review . areful design, and the next featureto be brought forward seems to be the street railwaysprinkler, which shall embody the same careful work at it IS worth while taking to secure a sprinkling car whichshall be attractive, and as much like an ordinary pas-senger car as circumstances will permit. Up to thistime, a plain cylindrical tub or tank mounted on wheelshas answered every purpose, but a more complete andattractive device is evidently reijuired, and enterprisingmanufacturers are already beginning to enter the marketwitli s(jmething to meet this demand. The sprin
. The street railway review . areful design, and the next featureto be brought forward seems to be the street railwaysprinkler, which shall embody the same careful work at it IS worth while taking to secure a sprinkling car whichshall be attractive, and as much like an ordinary pas-senger car as circumstances will permit. Up to thistime, a plain cylindrical tub or tank mounted on wheelshas answered every purpose, but a more complete andattractive device is evidently reijuired, and enterprisingmanufacturers are already beginning to enter the marketwitli s(jmething to meet this demand. The sprinkler which we illustrate above is one offeredbv the Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Companyand is intended to be so nearly in appearance like a sum-mer car with the curtains down as to cause no disturb-ance on the street by frightening horses. Of course, thejet of water may disturb nervous horses, let it be thrownfrom whatever it will, but quick acting valves which willallow the operator to shut off the stream instanth- will. ArMllN 1,< (]TIVE MANIFACTI KINI, COMPANY S SPRINKLER. the drafting board that is given to machinery with whichthe world is more familiar. No one can tell at the pres-ent writing just what will be the outcome of the studywhich the sprinkling problem is now receiving. In cer-tain cases, railway managers are looking for an oppor-tunity to take up this work in co-operation with citiesand towns. In certain other cases, managers are afraidof it and express a desire to let the thing alone, but what-ever may be the individual preference, there seems to beno doubt but that street sprinkling is sure to be a featureof street railway operation, and the manager who recog-nizes this at an early day will in the future have thereputation of being a far-sighted man. There is little difference among street railway man-agers as to the value of sprinkling on the roadway. Abetter contact is secured, and the motors are protectedfrom dust which of course increases the li
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