. The Street railway journal . car. The generating set,controller and operating mechanism, which were developed andsupplied by the General Electric Company, are contained in acompartment forward of the body, and are easily accessible foradjustment and inspection. The engine is supported length-wise on an underframe, and may be started either in the usual battery, all of which are protected at the sides by woven wirescreens. CONTROLThe speed control of the car is extremely simple, and iseffected principally by varying the gasoline motor speed bymeans of a spring-returned foot pedal, which, when
. The Street railway journal . car. The generating set,controller and operating mechanism, which were developed andsupplied by the General Electric Company, are contained in acompartment forward of the body, and are easily accessible foradjustment and inspection. The engine is supported length-wise on an underframe, and may be started either in the usual battery, all of which are protected at the sides by woven wirescreens. CONTROLThe speed control of the car is extremely simple, and iseffected principally by varying the gasoline motor speed bymeans of a spring-returned foot pedal, which, when depressed,advances the point of ignition and opens the throttle. Thelevers which perform these functions are so arranged that thespark and throttle are moved in proper relation throughout thewhole range of speed of the engine. If for any reason thedriver, either voluntarily or involuntarily, removes his footfrom the pedal, it automatically reduces the motor speed to itsminimum running point, at which the generator is not sum-. —wj A 1 1 Street Ity. Journal ASSEMBLY OF CHASSIS FOR GASO-ELECTRIC OMNIBUS, FIFTH AVENUE manner, by means of a hand crank at the front of the car, orby the following very simple method: A small storage battery of ten cells is carried to supply cur-rent for the numerous electric lamps used. This battery is notnormally in the generator circuit and is removable for charg-ing. By throwing in a knife switch, which connects the stor-age battery to the generator as a motor, the driver may startthe engine without leaving his seat. The importance of thisfeature cannot be emphasized too highly, as there are times,when handling a bus in congested city traffic, that it is of theutmost importance that the driver be able to start his engineimmediately, if it should have been stopped. Another feature worthy of notice is the location of thedrivers seat, which is placed transversely on top of the enginecompartment. This is an original detail in omnibus design,and repr
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