. The Street railway journal . eattached the different styles of bracket arms manufactured by thecompany. The exhibit was in charge of H. W. Smith, the man-ager of the companys railway department. He was assisted byChas. E. Bibber, president; E. L. Brown, treasurer; Thos. , general manager; David W. Dunn, Chas. F. White andChauncey Hight. THE BARNEY & SMITH CAR COMPANY, of Dayton,Ohio, exhibited three trucks, as follows: One class G standardstreet car truck with 6 ft. 6 in. wheel base, 4 ft. 814 in. gage andmounted on 33 in. machined electric car wheels. These trucks areso arranged tha
. The Street railway journal . eattached the different styles of bracket arms manufactured by thecompany. The exhibit was in charge of H. W. Smith, the man-ager of the companys railway department. He was assisted byChas. E. Bibber, president; E. L. Brown, treasurer; Thos. , general manager; David W. Dunn, Chas. F. White andChauncey Hight. THE BARNEY & SMITH CAR COMPANY, of Dayton,Ohio, exhibited three trucks, as follows: One class G standardstreet car truck with 6 ft. 6 in. wheel base, 4 ft. 814 in. gage andmounted on 33 in. machined electric car wheels. These trucks areso arranged that they can be adapted to any kind of motor and allkinds of cars requiring single trucks. The arrangement of theframe, with the long spring bases and the equalizing end springs,gives steadiness and overcomes the pitching and oscillating mo-tion so objectionable in single truck cars and produces an easyriding truck. Also shown was one of class C maximum trac-tion trucks, which is designed to give the greatest amount of trac-. PART OF EXHIBIT OF E. P. MORRIS AND STERLING ARC LAMP CO. tion, with two motors for double truck, long cars. It is claimedfor this truck that 75 per cent more traction is obtained on astraight track and 60 per cent more on a curve than with the ordi-nary double truck. The pivot point of the truck is directly over thecenter of the large axle. The combination spring movement overthe large journal box gives a uniform and easy movement to thebody of the car. These trucks are in use in a number of the largecities and are giving excellent satisfaction. The amount of repairson this truck is reduced to a minimum. The company also exhib-ited one of its class H double suburban motor trucks, whichis so constructed that it can be made with any desired wheel baseand for any style of motor. This is what is called a center bearingtruck; the weight of the body is carried on ihe center plate locatedmidway between the wheels. A slight clearance is allowed be-tween the body an
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