. The Street railway journal . REEL STAND AND BRAKE field coil irrespective of the varying depth of the wire on thereel. The stand and brake will, however, produce an ex-ceedingly reliable tension alone. The device consists of twostandards mounted on angle steel sills, one standard boltedstationary at one end, the other quickly adjustable for anywidth reel. The brake is wide-faced and contains twopointed pins which engage the wooden reel for the brakingeffect. The stand may be bolted solidly to the floor or wall;all adjustments are made by hand nutsobviating the use of a monkey brak
. The Street railway journal . REEL STAND AND BRAKE field coil irrespective of the varying depth of the wire on thereel. The stand and brake will, however, produce an ex-ceedingly reliable tension alone. The device consists of twostandards mounted on angle steel sills, one standard boltedstationary at one end, the other quickly adjustable for anywidth reel. The brake is wide-faced and contains twopointed pins which engage the wooden reel for the brakingeffect. The stand may be bolted solidly to the floor or wall;all adjustments are made by hand nutsobviating the use of a monkey brake-shoes are leather-faced, giv-ing long life with little wear. ♦ ♦ « FRONT END VIEW OF SPRINKLER chine, which has a 6-ft. x 20-ft. tank with a capacityof 4224 gals., a better record still will be establishedsince the fillings will be less frequent. The Grand RapidsRailway Company has the contract for sprinkling all of thestreets over which cars operate for a period of three years ona mileage basis for each sprinkling, all
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