. Electric railway journal . osed by the Mange orthe tread of the car wheelcoming in contact with aspring-supported contactmaker which is clampedto the base of the runningrail. The bell on the crossingsignal is of the continu-ous-current vibrating typeand requires no delicateadjustment. The bell isefficient on circuits hav-ing a line pressure rang-ing from 500 volts to 800volts. The usual arcingat the contact points iseliminated. The improvedcarbon holder provided al-lows the carbons to bechanged quickly by theuse of pliers, and is a de-cided improvement overother types. Crossing Signal The re
. Electric railway journal . osed by the Mange orthe tread of the car wheelcoming in contact with aspring-supported contactmaker which is clampedto the base of the runningrail. The bell on the crossingsignal is of the continu-ous-current vibrating typeand requires no delicateadjustment. The bell isefficient on circuits hav-ing a line pressure rang-ing from 500 volts to 800volts. The usual arcingat the contact points iseliminated. The improvedcarbon holder provided al-lows the carbons to bechanged quickly by theuse of pliers, and is a de-cided improvement overother types. Crossing Signal The relay is non-arcing. It is wound and insulated foroperation on from 500 volts to 800 volts. The circuit ismade and broken between renewable hard-carbon blocks,flexibly mounted and so arranged as to have a very sligh:rubbing motion to insure perfect contact. These signals are now in successful operation on >ichimportant electric railways as the Aurora, Elgin & Chi-cago, the Indiana Union Traction, Chicago & Milwaukee. in accounting for fares received and to provide a perfectcheck on the conductors trip sheet reports and on thecar-house receivers count of money and tickets. Allclasses of fares are rung up by the conductor, but eachclass of fare, 5-cent, 3-cent, ticket, transfer or pass, isregistered separately and plainly indicated by a shutter inthe recorder at the time it is rung up. At the end of eachtrip the trip-totalizer record is printed on a strip of paperwithin the recorder. This record shows the trip number,total cash received, number of each class of fares collectedin separate columns, total number of passengers and theconductors number. At the end of each conductorsassignment he withdraws from the recorder the equivalentof a complete day card on which is printed the record ofeach trip and also a summarized record of the total numberof trips he has made on the car. This total record showsthe division number, line number, total number of trips,total cash collected, tot
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