. The Street railway journal . SECTIONAL VIEWS OF CONDUCTORS SAFE roads. It is already used on a large number of street railways,among which may be mentioned the Metropolitan Street Rail-way, of New York; the Boston Elevated, the Detroit StreetRailway, the Hartford & Springfield Street Railway, the Lynn& Boston Railroad, the New Orleans Street Railway, and theWorcester Consolidated Street Railway. IMPROVED ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT One of the principal advantages of the Globe arc headlight isits automatic regulation on the varying voltage often en-countered in railway work. The magnets are two in num
. The Street railway journal . SECTIONAL VIEWS OF CONDUCTORS SAFE roads. It is already used on a large number of street railways,among which may be mentioned the Metropolitan Street Rail-way, of New York; the Boston Elevated, the Detroit StreetRailway, the Hartford & Springfield Street Railway, the Lynn& Boston Railroad, the New Orleans Street Railway, and theWorcester Consolidated Street Railway. IMPROVED ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT One of the principal advantages of the Globe arc headlight isits automatic regulation on the varying voltage often en-countered in railway work. The magnets are two in number,on series wired bobbins, the construction allowing the armatureample play before dropping on variation of the voltage. Theworking parts are enclosed and thoroughly dust-proof. Thepositive contact, consisting of ball bearings, can never causeany trouble in burning out. The carbon pressing against theball bearings, it is claimed, can never stick and make a solidcontact. The construction of the clutch is so simple, bu
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