. The street railway review . holds persons picked up and prevents them from beingthrown away from the fender by the force of the front edge, which strikes a person first, consists of aspiral spring which forms a buffer. The wire nettinghas a smooth surface and is a peculiar feature of thiscompanys work. Figure i shows the position of thefender when in use. Figure 2 shows the position of thefender when catching a person, and Figure 3 the posi-tion when folded. The tilting or swinging frame is bal-anced or pivoted on the front extremity of the two sidebars, the front being kept close t
. The street railway review . holds persons picked up and prevents them from beingthrown away from the fender by the force of the front edge, which strikes a person first, consists of aspiral spring which forms a buffer. The wire nettinghas a smooth surface and is a peculiar feature of thiscompanys work. Figure i shows the position of thefender when in use. Figure 2 shows the position of thefender when catching a person, and Figure 3 the posi-tion when folded. The tilting or swinging frame is bal-anced or pivoted on the front extremity of the two sidebars, the front being kept close to the ground by itsgreater weight. l£ the car oscillates the fender stillmaintains its position near the ground. High pavingblocks or other obstructions are struck by the spiral. FIG. 3. spring buffer and the fender is raised over tests of the fender have been made in Brooklyn,and on one occasion the manufacturer of the fenderstepped in front of a moving car and was picked up with-out a bruise. HORSE CARS IN CLEVELAND NOWHISTORICAL. Cleveland, which ten years ago was making its firstexperiments in electric railroading, while all the worldlooked on and knowingly witnessed their failure, haspractically been freed from the horse car service for along time. A few old bob-tailed relics have, however,been in use on the Cleveland city cable lines as an owlservice when the cable shut down after midnight. Eventhese are now put on the retired list, as the cables willrun until three in the morning and no service will be fur-nished from that hour until the ropes start again at 5oclock. <^ffiMjdfJ{aA^^ 579 STREET RAILWAY PLEASURE RESORTS. FOURTH ARTICLE. In some cities it may be possible to introduce featuresat street railway resorts, which resemble those
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