. The street railway review . Henry Fresh; vice-president. Frank ; secretary. Henry .A. llensey; treasurer, Conrad The O. K. Sleet Cutter, The accompanying illustrations present two views of the (). cutter which is ni:i(le by Porter & Berg. Incorporated, of Chi-cago, tile patentee. One \iew shows the cutter iu position and theother as it ^ when it is detached fi om the trolley harp. Thi--sleet cutter, which has met with very llattering success during thethree years il has been on the market. consists of a practically indestructible malleable iron casting, t
. The street railway review . Henry Fresh; vice-president. Frank ; secretary. Henry .A. llensey; treasurer, Conrad The O. K. Sleet Cutter, The accompanying illustrations present two views of the (). cutter which is ni:i(le by Porter & Berg. Incorporated, of Chi-cago, tile patentee. One \iew shows the cutter iu position and theother as it ^ when it is detached fi om the trolley harp. Thi--sleet cutter, which has met with very llattering success during thethree years il has been on the market. consists of a practically indestructible malleable iron casting, the shank of which bolts se-curely into the harp and is fitted with ^ lock washer to prevent itsworking loose, and of a brass contact device, which, being soft,assumes the most of the wear, thus saving the trolley wire. Whenthis brass contact is worn out it may be easily replaced at smallcost. The O. K, sleet cutler fits snugly into the and is <le-signeil to offer no projection which can possibly catch on the span. SlyKKT CIrrKIJON SLKllT CirTTlCUDKTACIIRD. wire or any of ilie overhead construction in event of the trol-ley leaving the wire. 1: is so easily attached to the harp that it issuggested that if each car is provided with one the motorman cani|uickly attach it whenever the necessity arises, withonl loss of fact that the device may be attached directly to the harpwithout dislnrbing the wlieel is also a feature llir value of which isself-evident. Many of llie electric railways in llir iiiidlriiU hcrrwilh llic Young aiitmnalic block signal sv^ was designed hy Mr. S. Marsh Yoinig, and which has beenplaced on Ihc market by the Pnenmalic Signal Co., 25 Rr
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