. Electric railway gazette . he average vacation of theclerk or business man. People must learn to keepout of the way of the cars. There is no reasonwhy thousands of people should be delayed solelybecause a few careless people will not take care ofthemselves or their children. What aggravatesme beyond endurance is the way passengers grum-ble at the slowness of the trolley cars and at thesame time curse the company for accidents whichit is claimed result from fast running. The manwho is walking never thinks of the other fellow inthe car and the fellow in the car is transformedthe moment his fee
. Electric railway gazette . he average vacation of theclerk or business man. People must learn to keepout of the way of the cars. There is no reasonwhy thousands of people should be delayed solelybecause a few careless people will not take care ofthemselves or their children. What aggravatesme beyond endurance is the way passengers grum-ble at the slowness of the trolley cars and at thesame time curse the company for accidents whichit is claimed result from fast running. The manwho is walking never thinks of the other fellow inthe car and the fellow in the car is transformedthe moment his feet strike terra firma. As a mat-ter of fact, notwithstanding all the accidents anddelays, the trolley cars have done more for Brook-lyn than all other public improvements since theopening of the bridge. PORTABLE RECORDING WATTMETER. The latest development in the electrical meterline is the new Thomson portable recording watt-meter, which, indentical in general character withthe standard meter of that type, is constructed with. CAR AT FREMONT, 0—CARD MOTORS AND FULTON FOUNDRY &. MACHINE TRUCK, THOMSON PORTABLE WATTMETER. described in our columns, is said to be attractingconsiderable attention from prospective controlling stand has been well received onaccount of its simplicity. On a central shaft areplaced eight cams, insulated by hard rubber tub-ing and held in place by hard rubber pins. Oppo-site each cam is a switch fastened by a bracket tothe back, near the shaft. Each switch is pn videdwith contact pieces to engage with clips on bindingblocks fastened to the back. It will be seen,therefore, that the controller consists simply of aseries of break switches, doing away entirely withall the sliding contacts. Card motors have been in operation for somemonths in Fiemont and MansSeld, O., where theyare reported lo have given entire satisfaction. where a large stock of Perkins specialties is carried,and any orders received will be promptly attendedto. HOW ABOUT
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