. The Street railway journal . lines and to some terminals of important steamrailroads. Mr. Vreeland referred to his extensive and valu-able experiences in the development of the electric tractionproblem in New York City, and his remarks were of particularinterest, as he, being a former steam railroad man, viewed theproblem from the practical operating standpoint, which is therefound so essential for a successful development of suchproblems. Important tests upon brake shoes and couplers were reportedupon, and the important subject of draft rigging came up forfurther investigation and study. Ma
. The Street railway journal . lines and to some terminals of important steamrailroads. Mr. Vreeland referred to his extensive and valu-able experiences in the development of the electric tractionproblem in New York City, and his remarks were of particularinterest, as he, being a former steam railroad man, viewed theproblem from the practical operating standpoint, which is therefound so essential for a successful development of suchproblems. Important tests upon brake shoes and couplers were reportedupon, and the important subject of draft rigging came up forfurther investigation and study. Many standards in car build-ing were considered; an important paper along this line waspresented by William Forsyth upon The Use of Steel in Pas-senger Car Construction. AUTOMATIC TROLLEY-ESCAPE ALARM The accompanying diagram shows the operating details of anautomatic trolley-escape apparatus, manufactured by HenryKremnitz, of Leeds, England. This arrangement is extremelysimple and can be fitted by a mechanic to any standard. An.
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