. The street railway review . d 7 ft. long, which is mounted at the front end of Feb. 20. 1004.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 1: the plow in a scoop lliat is suspcndcil from the front of the supcr-<;nicturc, and normally rests upon shoes sliding upon the rails. Thescrew has a pitch of 48 in. and is driven at a speed of about 300r. p. m. by sprockets and chain gearing from a driving shaft in thenose of the plow; this driving shaft is driven by the motor througha cable. The scoop is free to swing about the forward driving shaft, fromwhich it is supported, and can swing back and up 8 in. in order to
. The street railway review . d 7 ft. long, which is mounted at the front end of Feb. 20. 1004.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 1: the plow in a scoop lliat is suspcndcil from the front of the supcr-<;nicturc, and normally rests upon shoes sliding upon the rails. Thescrew has a pitch of 48 in. and is driven at a speed of about 300r. p. m. by sprockets and chain gearing from a driving shaft in thenose of the plow; this driving shaft is driven by the motor througha cable. The scoop is free to swing about the forward driving shaft, fromwhich it is supported, and can swing back and up 8 in. in order todear obstructions on the track. Springs hold the scoop down againstthe rail under normal conditions. The action of the rotcling screw is to throw out at one end the Electric roads carry an imnionse number of passengers, only a smallproportion of which ;ire taken from the steam road, as the greathulk of this travel originates by reason of the frequency of trainsand cheap service on the electric road. While passenger travel can. SNOW TI-OW. snow «hith is gathered into the scoop by rensoii of the forwardmotion of the plow, the snow when taken from the track beingthrown entirely to one side. The need for the tuni-lable and rever-sible cab is readily apparent. Letters patent were granted to .\I. J, OUouiiell and Otis Cuttingon Oct. 5, 1903, the claims allowed being for a rotary snow plow incombination with a reversible or rotating car body, and for thehollow king pin. Freight on Electric Railways. We reprint herewith from an article entitled, FreightBusiness on Electric Railways, which was prepared by Mr. JamesD. Hawks, president of the Detroit, Ypsilanti, .^nn Arbor & Jack-son Ry., and which originally appeared in The Gateway: For the purpose of this discussion it is advisable to dismiss fromconsideration electrified steam roads as having no bearing and alsoto eliminate electric roads running through a country not alreadysupplied with steam ro
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