. The Street railway journal . eighingabout 3500 lbs. A NEW VENTILATOR Not the least perplexing problem in railway operation thathas awaited a satisfactory solution is that of car ventilation,especially on long lines where the cars frequently are crowdedfar beyond hygienic limits. Of course, during mild, dryweather plenty of ventilation can be secured by opening thedoors and windows, but when cold or stormy weather arrivesthe management finds it impossible to satisfy the opposingwishes of its patrons, some of whom are willing to brave any-thing to get a breath of fresh air, while the others pr
. The Street railway journal . eighingabout 3500 lbs. A NEW VENTILATOR Not the least perplexing problem in railway operation thathas awaited a satisfactory solution is that of car ventilation,especially on long lines where the cars frequently are crowdedfar beyond hygienic limits. Of course, during mild, dryweather plenty of ventilation can be secured by opening thedoors and windows, but when cold or stormy weather arrivesthe management finds it impossible to satisfy the opposingwishes of its patrons, some of whom are willing to brave any-thing to get a breath of fresh air, while the others prefer tohave all drafts excluded. Many ventilators are so poorly con-structed that during snow storms the flakes blow into the carson the disgusted passengers who vow that only dire necessitycan compel them to travel again under such conditions. The steam railroads, on account of their longer runs andsmoke nuisance, have been led to give special consideration tothis problem, and as a result several large English lines, like the. VENTILATOR FOR STEAM AND ELECTRIC CARS Midland Railway, the London & North-Western Railway andthe South-Eastern Railway, have chosen ventilators of thetype illustrated. Among electric railways, the British ElectricTraction Company, which controls a large number of electricrailways, has placed this ventilator in service on many of itscars with entire success, and as the consequence of careful testsall new cars for the Liverpool Corporation Tramways will alsobe equipped therewith. This ventilator is made by the American Ventilating Com-pany, of New York, which manufactures it of chilled steel inany desired finish and of types suited for various kinds of apparatus, as illustrated, comprises a double deflector andtwo airways. When the train is in motion the deflector inter-cepts the air and injects it through the forward airway, firstdepriving it of cinders, dust and smoke. Behind the deflectora partial vacuum is maintained, which withdraws foul air
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