. The Street railway journal . FIG 3.—SIDE VIEW OF CONNECTOR pan) will use this bridge for reaching the companys ter-minal at 129th Street and Third Avenue. The accompanying illustrations show the overhead trol-ley switches and connectors, with method of attaching 2 shows a side view of the mechanism for makinga complete connection of the overhead wire on the ap-proaches, with the overhead conductor on the draw, andFigs. 3 and 4 show this device in detail. No. 0000 hard-drawn copper trolley wire is used, except on the draw, andthe ends of the wire are anchored in the manner shownat t
. The Street railway journal . FIG 3.—SIDE VIEW OF CONNECTOR pan) will use this bridge for reaching the companys ter-minal at 129th Street and Third Avenue. The accompanying illustrations show the overhead trol-ley switches and connectors, with method of attaching 2 shows a side view of the mechanism for makinga complete connection of the overhead wire on the ap-proaches, with the overhead conductor on the draw, andFigs. 3 and 4 show this device in detail. No. 0000 hard-drawn copper trolley wire is used, except on the draw, andthe ends of the wire are anchored in the manner shownat the end of each approach. When a car is about toenter the draw, the trolley wheel passes along the over-head wire until the flange of the wheel strikes the metalconnector, which is shown in the cut. As is shown by this connector is furnished with flaring ends, so as tocatch and guide the trolley wheel. The wheel rides onits flange over the connector until the car is on the draw,. FIG. 2.—CONNECTOR IN POSITION when the trolley wheel passes to a T iron, which runs theentire length of the draw. This T iron is 3 ins. x 3 ins.,and weighs lbs. per foot. It is furnished in , and the sections are carefully bonded togetherby copper bonds. This T-rail is mounted on well-seasonedyellow pine timbers 3 ins. x 12 ins., with four coats ofshellac, and is shown in Fig. 1. Wooden backing is usedin order to prevent the trolley wheel, if it should happento leave the T iron, from coming in contact with any of the approaches are of an extra heavy pattern, weighingapproximately 960 lbs. each. The poles vary from 5 6 ins. and 7 ins. in diameter. They are set in the ground
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