. The Street railway journal . sections form a gracefulcurve from the lower edge of the dasher, so designed that anyobject encountered by Ihe front edge falls easily on to the resilientmetal ribbons, of which the device is made. The frame which holds the fender in front of the car is mountedon a transverse rod, which is supported by brackets extendingdownward from the car. Upwardly projecting arms on thistransverse rod or shaft, when held over by a push bar under thecar, keep the front edge of the fender from touching the ground,but when released by means of foot lever on the front platformthe
. The Street railway journal . sections form a gracefulcurve from the lower edge of the dasher, so designed that anyobject encountered by Ihe front edge falls easily on to the resilientmetal ribbons, of which the device is made. The frame which holds the fender in front of the car is mountedon a transverse rod, which is supported by brackets extendingdownward from the car. Upwardly projecting arms on thistransverse rod or shaft, when held over by a push bar under thecar, keep the front edge of the fender from touching the ground,but when released by means of foot lever on the front platformthe fender falls into an operative position. Although the materialof which the fender is made is of a very yielding nature, the forceof the shock is still further reduced by a rubber buffer on thefront bed, and by making this part of the fender so that it willslide backwards. The fender can be raised toany desiredheight, evenwhile the caris running atfull speed, andis securelylocked in posi-tion so that itcan not beraised higher,. but will always drop to the FENDER REMOVED FROM CAR ground when a weight falls on it. It is easily detached from the car, and,as all the parts are perfectly interchangeable, the fenderscan be changed from one end to the other, or to a different car,with great facility. The device is inexpensive and very durable,repairs, should any be necessary, being easily and cheaply is known as the Twentieth Century fender, and is being ex-ploited by its inventor and patentee, W. T. Watson, New YorkCity. The New Haven Car Register Company has been engaged forsome time on the perfection of a new type of trolley catcher forelectric railway cars. This device, which is of very simple anddurable construction, embraces important features not contained inother catchers, and the trials which have already been made withit indicate that it will prove most successful. The New HavenCar Register Company has achieved a very enviable reputationin the construction of fare reg
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