. The street railway review . rouble, got on the car, screwed upthe lamps, and there was light. * # # In those days it was impossible to tell off-hand whatwas the matter with defective apparatus. It required alot of work to discover the source of the trouble. Theexpert would sit with his elbows on his knees, both handsholding his face, and intently gaze upon the apparatus.•Start her up again, he would say, after he had tink-ered awhile, only to shout, Stop her, as he dis- covered his work had been fruitful in adding complica-tions, but fruitless in remedying defects. Start her upagain, and Sto
. The street railway review . rouble, got on the car, screwed upthe lamps, and there was light. * # # In those days it was impossible to tell off-hand whatwas the matter with defective apparatus. It required alot of work to discover the source of the trouble. Theexpert would sit with his elbows on his knees, both handsholding his face, and intently gaze upon the apparatus.•Start her up again, he would say, after he had tink-ered awhile, only to shout, Stop her, as he dis- covered his work had been fruitful in adding complica-tions, but fruitless in remedying defects. Start her upagain, and Stop her were the principal facts that heknew. Yet it was necessary to go through all of thisexperimenting to bring the street railway business tothe present state of perfection. As progress is made, thetriumphs of to-day will seem as puny as those of tenyears ago. A NEW INSULATOR. A new insulator has been lately put on the marketwhich has for its object the doing away with tie wires,whatever may be the size of wire Figure i shows the insulators and Figure 2 the methodof fastening. A plug with a mushroom shaped topcrowds the wire against one wall of the notch made forit. The wire cannot move up because of the shape ofthe cavity and can not pull either way because a pullcauses the plug to roll and clamp the wire.
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