. The Street railway journal . ctionwith conduit systems, the bow would have the advantageof striking and leaving the trolley wire without shock orattention from the conductor. The writer cannot help feeling that the bow is reallybetter, for ordinary street cars at least, than the wheeltrolley, and that the almost universal use of the latter in theUnited States, England and France must be ascribed tosome other cause than a superiority which does not seemto exist. The fact that the use of the bow has not spreadmay be due simply to the reason that the collector must besuited to existing overhead
. The Street railway journal . ctionwith conduit systems, the bow would have the advantageof striking and leaving the trolley wire without shock orattention from the conductor. The writer cannot help feeling that the bow is reallybetter, for ordinary street cars at least, than the wheeltrolley, and that the almost universal use of the latter in theUnited States, England and France must be ascribed tosome other cause than a superiority which does not seemto exist. The fact that the use of the bow has not spreadmay be due simply to the reason that the collector must besuited to existing overhead work on old lines, and that anew type cannot be put on all new cars as easily as a it is too late for the bow to be tried now exceptfor single-phase lines, and perhaps the pantograph type ofcollector may prove better than the bow, especially for high-speed work. «-♦> A HOME-MADE TROLLEY BRACKET The electric railway systems in the Southwest frequentlyexperience delay in receiving shipments, and as a conse-. HOME-MADE BRACKET ON A SPUR OF MUSKOGEE ELECTRICTRACTION COMPANY quence managers are often compelled to exercise consider-able ingenuity to avoid inconvenience when required ma-terial is not at hand. The accompanying illustration showsa home-made trolley bracket in use on a spur of the Mus-kogee Electric Traction Company, Muskogee, Indian Ter-ritory. Credit for the design is due to Ira L. Reeves, for-merly president of the system. The upper portion consistsof a single arm of wood bolted to the pole. Two lowerbraces extend from the upper arm to each side of the pole. 378 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. 9. THE NEW TURBINE PLANT AND SUB-STATIONS OF THE POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, WASHINGTON, D. C. A large steam turbine plant of advanced design has justbeen completed for the Potomac Electric Power Company,of Washington, D. C, by the J. G. White Company, of NewYork. It was built for the purpose of supplying power forrailway purposes in the city of
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