. The street railway review . he principal fuel; it cost $ repairing trucks, and turning out the cars complete was $, $ for labor and $ for material. An interesting portion of the minor equipment is the trolley headused, which was invented by the master mechanic, Mr. Charles This trolley head is shown in the accompanying illustra-tion; lubrication is effected by graphite pencils inserted in holesbored in the pin and pressed against the bore of the wheel by coilsprings. The present design is the result of much experimentingwith pencils and pins of different di
. The street railway review . he principal fuel; it cost $ repairing trucks, and turning out the cars complete was $, $ for labor and $ for material. An interesting portion of the minor equipment is the trolley headused, which was invented by the master mechanic, Mr. Charles This trolley head is shown in the accompanying illustra-tion; lubrication is effected by graphite pencils inserted in holesbored in the pin and pressed against the bore of the wheel by coilsprings. The present design is the result of much experimentingwith pencils and pins of different dimensions and the result is sosatisfactory that Mr. Feist states that the trolleys require absolutelyno attention until the wheels are worn out or require trolleys do not rattle or spark and there is no oil to drip on thecar roof. All the double truck cars have two trolleys, and nearlyall of them have four 30 h. p. motors. Feist trolley heads havebeen used for 18 mouths on all cars and in the period from May I to. 1 SIOUX CITY BOAT CLUB HOUSE. TllEATEK AT RIVERSIDE PARK. per ton. and the average cost to evaporate 1,000 lb. of water was 12cents. After the consolidation the company found it had a large numberof old cars, principally old grip and grip trailers. The grips and Oct. I, 1900, only 72 new wheels were required for the 59 motorcars, and no pins or lubricating devices were renewed. This headis handled by the W. R. Carton of Chicago, and is reported tobe giving the same satisfaction wherever used. Feb. 15, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 95 The feature of induced travel is one which has not been over-looked by the City Traction Co. Its Riverside Park is atract of 300 acres, located on the banks of the Big Sioux River at itsjunction with the Missouri. At the head of the park is a largepavilion where, during the season an attempt is made to providesomething for everyone. Among the regular attractions are acontinuous vaudeville show, orchestra concerts,
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