. The Street railway journal . „ Green & coates R. R. Co. (Leased to Peoples Co.) Pres. Moses A. Dropsie, Sec. & Treas. LewisS. Renshaw. Office N. W. cor. 10th and Chestnut ^Hestonville. Mantua & Falrmount Pass. Co. 20m 5-4X g, 45 lb r, 60 c, 500 h. Pres. Charles H. Laffer-ty, Sec. & Treas. W. C. Foster. Office, 4,300 Lancas-terave. a - Lombard & South Sts. Pass. Ry. Co. 10 m, 5-2 g, 43lb. r, 51 c, 276 h. Pres. John B. Parsons, Sec. & C. Barr, Supt. J. H. Fresh. Office, 25th & South Stpeoples Pass. Ry. Co. 45 m, 5-2 g, 47 lb r, 125 c, 1153 615 THE DAFT SYSTEM OF ELECTR
. The Street railway journal . „ Green & coates R. R. Co. (Leased to Peoples Co.) Pres. Moses A. Dropsie, Sec. & Treas. LewisS. Renshaw. Office N. W. cor. 10th and Chestnut ^Hestonville. Mantua & Falrmount Pass. Co. 20m 5-4X g, 45 lb r, 60 c, 500 h. Pres. Charles H. Laffer-ty, Sec. & Treas. W. C. Foster. Office, 4,300 Lancas-terave. a - Lombard & South Sts. Pass. Ry. Co. 10 m, 5-2 g, 43lb. r, 51 c, 276 h. Pres. John B. Parsons, Sec. & C. Barr, Supt. J. H. Fresh. Office, 25th & South Stpeoples Pass. Ry. Co. 45 m, 5-2 g, 47 lb r, 125 c, 1153 615 THE DAFT SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY PROPULSION For Street Railways the DAFT SYSTEM possesses the following named advantages. Unobtrusiveness ofthe ElectricalMachinery. It is entirely be-neath the car-floor,and the regulatinggear on each plat-form requires lessspace for its opera-tion than the hand-brake; besides per-mitting the driverto be always infront, without re-course to a turn-table at every re-versal of No disturbance tobalance of car orresilience ofsprings. Carbuiiders havereached the pres-ent excellence inthese respects on-ly by long and te-dious experience,and the Daft Sys-tem requires nochange of existingmethods, as themotive machineryis absolutely inde-| pendent of thebody of the car,and sustained en-tirely by the axles. NO BELTS, SPROCKET-WHEELS AND CHAINS, OR OTHER OBJECTIONABLE MECHANICAL DEVICES USED. The invariable position of the motor shaft with respect to the car-axle permits the use ofthe only trustworthy means—under the circumstances—of transmitting rotary motion, viz.: Accurately Cut and Perfectly Fitting Steel Gearing, which is alone employed. Freedom from Noise, Jar and Magnetization of Watches. The remoteness of the motive machinery from the passengers ; its being insulated electri-cally and acoustically by India-rubber washers and bushings at its connection with the car-axles; and its being covered by a magnetic shield, which affords perfect protection to th
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