. The Street railway journal . means of a lever. A movement to the right of this levercauses the printed strip within the indicator to travel suitably operate the indicator system, these flaps may be made to coverthe station names appearing at the indicator openings. InFig. 2 the air conduits for the equipment have been carriedalong the roof of the car, and the indicator secured to it; but,of course, if preferred, the air conduits may be run within thecar, and the indicator supported by brackets from the sides ofthe car. The application of compressed air to station indicators isclaimed to be m
. The Street railway journal . means of a lever. A movement to the right of this levercauses the printed strip within the indicator to travel suitably operate the indicator system, these flaps may be made to coverthe station names appearing at the indicator openings. InFig. 2 the air conduits for the equipment have been carriedalong the roof of the car, and the indicator secured to it; but,of course, if preferred, the air conduits may be run within thecar, and the indicator supported by brackets from the sides ofthe car. The application of compressed air to station indicators isclaimed to be more flexible and safer than electricity, particu-larly if the 500-volt current in the car is employed for the pur-pose. If desired, however, the indicator can be run by anelectric motor. The indicator may be also mechanicallyoperated. PNEUMATIC SANDER The accompanying illustration shows one of the several sand-ing devices made by the American Locomotive Sander Com-pany, of Philadelphia and Chicago, for electric cars using air. ARRANGEMENT OF PNEUMATIC SANDER ON CAR brakes. The device shown is extremely simple in its applicationto old equipments, and it is claimed that it will effect quite alarge saving in sand over other methods. It consists essentiallyof two traps placed underneath the sand-box. From each trap
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