. The street railway review . ices which have lieen evolved for front platformvestibules have been many, and some have proved excellent,but until now no one seems to have slopped short of anentire front to the car. This involves no small expense toconstruct, and costs quite a little to put on and remove whenthe seasons change. Many managers have verv good reasonsfor objecting to the front vestibule. The problem seems now to have been satisfactorilv solvedby some of the street railway men of Bridgeport, Conn.,and a company has been formed and the manufacture com-menced of this device, by the Mo
. The street railway review . ices which have lieen evolved for front platformvestibules have been many, and some have proved excellent,but until now no one seems to have slopped short of anentire front to the car. This involves no small expense toconstruct, and costs quite a little to put on and remove whenthe seasons change. Many managers have verv good reasonsfor objecting to the front vestibule. The problem seems now to have been satisfactorilv solvedby some of the street railway men of Bridgeport, Conn.,and a company has been formed and the manufacture com-menced of this device, by the Motormans Protector Com-panj-, of that city. Our illustration readilv conveys a verygood idea of the plan and device which is brought out tomeet the demand and requirements of a vestibule withoutthe expense and loss of room which a vestibule necessitates. The protector is constructed of a waterproof strip, pro-vided with a sheet of glass, a self-winding roller upon whichthe strip may be wound, and a frame in which the roller is. THE MOTORMANS IROTECTOR. journaled and means for attaching the frame to a car. Thisframe consists of side plates connected by cross rods andprovided with hook-shaped arms, adapted to engage thehood of a car, and set screws by whicli the protector isclamped in place. But one protector is required for each car, as it is adjust-able and can be changed to either end at terminals as maybe necessary, without delay. The otlicers of the Bridgeport Traction Compan\ highUrecommend the (levice. SUED FOR DAMAGES AFTER SIGNINGRELEASE. At the Septeml>er term of court luld :il Ovid, SenecaCounty, N. ^., Judge Nash presiding, in tin- case of Jean-ettc D. Kist vs. the Geneva, Waterloo, Seneca Ialls &Cayuga Lake Traction Company, a non-suit was grantedunder circumstances that render the case of peculiar interestto railway men. On February 25, 1897, an accident occurred to one of thedefendant companys cars, in which the plaintiff was more orless seriously injured. The I^
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