. The Street railway journal . s Vieing the first in the field. In 1876 theBaldwin Locomotive Works built a motor After the pavement is left behind the roadruns over a sandy country road. Walkingin this road is a most laborious piece ofWork, as at each step the foot sinks deepinto the soft red sand. Passing wagonsand carriages carry the dust and sharpgritty sand upon the rails, and the engineand cars keep it well stirred up. The carsin use upon this line are of the ordinarydouble bogie truck description and have aseating capacity for about fifty two to four of these cars form a tr
. The Street railway journal . s Vieing the first in the field. In 1876 theBaldwin Locomotive Works built a motor After the pavement is left behind the roadruns over a sandy country road. Walkingin this road is a most laborious piece ofWork, as at each step the foot sinks deepinto the soft red sand. Passing wagonsand carriages carry the dust and sharpgritty sand upon the rails, and the engineand cars keep it well stirred up. The carsin use upon this line are of the ordinarydouble bogie truck description and have aseating capacity for about fifty two to four of these cars form a trainfor a single motor. Inquiring into the the efficiency of themotors we were surprised at the good re-ports given of their wearing qualities. Thejournals and other working parts are bothoroughly protected from the sand anddirt that the wear is very slight, and theeconomy is demonstrated for this particu-lar line, by the very fact of their continueduse by a company that is most distinct-ively a horse railroad company. The As the grip is intended for use upon thedouble cable system some x^rovision had tobe made for throwing the cable on and offthe sheaves. This is done by the uprightsat the ends of the mechanism, which aregiven a lateral motion by levers connectedwith the bell crank shown in the center atthe bottom. This in turn receives its mo-tion from the narrow bar in the center. The movable jaw is operated by thebroad intermediate vertical bars, attachedto tlie cro?s bar near the top. This crossb ir slides in gi-ooves in the yoke and is con-nected liy a toggle joint to the crank shaftatthet(P. Wear of the jaws is taken upat the connection between the crank andthe toggle lever. The pin i put in a smallcam that can be turned toward the end ofthe crank, thus lengthening the connectionand thus compensating for all wear. The material and workmanship of thesegrijis is first class in every Thesuspender bars connecting the stationaryjaw to the yoke are made of sp
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