. The street railway review . ndle, as doesthe common brake. Another point in favor of thisimprovement is the flexible connection between motorcar and trailers, making a very easy starting train, besidesgreatly lessening the starting strain on the motor. Thebrake is as delicately adjustable in application and quickin action as the Westinghouse air brake, of world widereputation. It has been tried on a number of cars on theGrand Rapids line, and orders have been placed for moreequipments. Andy Beaver, formerly manager of therailway at Grand Rapids, will push the sale throughoutthe country. The
. The street railway review . ndle, as doesthe common brake. Another point in favor of thisimprovement is the flexible connection between motorcar and trailers, making a very easy starting train, besidesgreatly lessening the starting strain on the motor. Thebrake is as delicately adjustable in application and quickin action as the Westinghouse air brake, of world widereputation. It has been tried on a number of cars on theGrand Rapids line, and orders have been placed for moreequipments. Andy Beaver, formerly manager of therailway at Grand Rapids, will push the sale throughoutthe country. The reputation of the stockholders of thecompany, who are among the substantial and level headedbusiness men and manufacturers of Grand Rapids, is aguarantee that the enterprise is not without promise ofgood practical results. The officers of the company are. tion from electric roads. Cable roads, it is true, havepretty generally fitted themselves with powerful and quickacting brakes, but partly owing to the difficulty in getting. DOUBLE ACTION MOTOR BRAKES. suitable levers on the platform of a motor car, deadlyelectricity has been blamed with accidents from collisions
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