. Electric railway gazette . s the simplicityand compli-teness of its design, slioiild recom-mend it to tlie attention of :ill railroad men. It is cast from gun metal, and is chilled to adepth of about one-half inch at heel and toe,where the heaviest of the wear comes. The tongue is drawn out, under a hammer,from a solid bar of steel, with no weld tongue is thrown over, it strikes about inid- • niliMi ItrldRc CouHtrucilDn company, Albany, N. iJarbcr, Stockwell & Co., CumbrldKoport, Maas. Ighling purposes, but the peculiar qualities ^f-a^^,^^^^that adapt it to this purpose ren
. Electric railway gazette . s the simplicityand compli-teness of its design, slioiild recom-mend it to tlie attention of :ill railroad men. It is cast from gun metal, and is chilled to adepth of about one-half inch at heel and toe,where the heaviest of the wear comes. The tongue is drawn out, under a hammer,from a solid bar of steel, with no weld tongue is thrown over, it strikes about inid- • niliMi ItrldRc CouHtrucilDn company, Albany, N. iJarbcr, Stockwell & Co., CumbrldKoport, Maas. Ighling purposes, but the peculiar qualities ^f-a^^,^^^^that adapt it to this purpose render itequally efficient for electric railway work,and, in fact, for any purpose to which en-gines of this class are usually applied. Thespecial features of this engine are the bal-anced valve, the automatic drip cocks, and, last but not least, its sensitive and efficient sliaftregulator, ilie valve is of the hollow pistontype, which works in bushings secured to the • Tiiylor Maliiifnclurllig Co., Cluunljuiaburg, The The carettes which have been put in opera-tion recently on the streets of Chicago are doinga splendid business, and appear to be winningthe favor of the public at large. H April, 1890 THE STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 57 Car Starter and Brake.* In this device, the main principle is the use ofa coiled spring, one end of which is attached tothe car body while the opposite end is attachedto the axle, thus causing the spring to coil instopping, and, by means of throwing the leverfor-ward, the direct opposite result is attained;securing the end formerly attached to the carbody to the axle, and the end attached to theaxle to the car body. Contained in both drums of the axle is a coiledspring, one end of which is attached near therim and the other to a sleeve on the axle, saidsleeve running to opposite spring and attachedin like manner. In the outside end of thebarrels, and securely keyed to the axle, arefriction pulleys, which are provided with lugsset in the
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