. The street railway review . COMPRESSOR WITH TOP OK CASE REMOVED. The Michigan Traction Co., of Kalamazoo, Mich., has beenmaking a trial of the Knell air brakes and advises us that they havebeen most satisfactory in service. SANTA FE ROUTE TO CONVENTION. Two fast trains daily over the Santa Fe route will afford excel-lent accommodations for delegates or visitors to the convention atKansas City October i6th to 19th. Trains leave Chicago at 6 and 10 p. m. over this route, arriving in Kansas City at 8:30 and10:30 a. m. respectively. Both trains carry palace sleepers and din-ing car. Three s
. The street railway review . COMPRESSOR WITH TOP OK CASE REMOVED. The Michigan Traction Co., of Kalamazoo, Mich., has beenmaking a trial of the Knell air brakes and advises us that they havebeen most satisfactory in service. SANTA FE ROUTE TO CONVENTION. Two fast trains daily over the Santa Fe route will afford excel-lent accommodations for delegates or visitors to the convention atKansas City October i6th to 19th. Trains leave Chicago at 6 and 10 p. m. over this route, arriving in Kansas City at 8:30 and10:30 a. m. respectively. Both trains carry palace sleepers and din-ing car. Three special sleepers have been engaged, one being forMr. A. S. Littlefield and party, to leave at 10 p. m. October DIAGRAM OF KNELL, AIR EIJUIPMENT. at tliat point until air is taken from the reservoir for use in tlicbrake cylinder. During the time that the air from the reservoir is maintainedat the desired pressure by the action of the valve, the pump i>released from all duty, simply working back and forth, but exert-ing no pressure against the air contained in the reservoir, andsimply pumping the atmosphere through an open port in theautomatic valve, the air being forced through the same port to theatmosphere again. As soon as the pressure in the reservoir has been reduced byan application of air, the automatic valve is instantly releasedand the pump goes into operation, and in a few revolutions raisesthe pressure to the maximum point, when the valve again operatesand the pressure is maintained in the reservoir until it is reducedby another application of the brakes. The line drawing shows diagrammaticaliy the arrangement ofthe apparatus. Pipes lead from the reservoir to each platform,
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