. The street railway review . »!Z jfi FIG. IN OPERATION. constructed specially for this kind of service. The Stow Manufac-turing Co., of Binghamton. N. Y., has been working along this linefor years, some of its earlier designs having been previously illus-trated in these columns. Several of the more primitive type havebeen in active service for the past four years and are still in goodworking order, but practical use has from time to time developedfaults in construction which, as fast as discovered, have been cor-rected. The invention of the Stow multi-speed motor has aidedgreatly in
. The street railway review . »!Z jfi FIG. IN OPERATION. constructed specially for this kind of service. The Stow Manufac-turing Co., of Binghamton. N. Y., has been working along this linefor years, some of its earlier designs having been previously illus-trated in these columns. Several of the more primitive type havebeen in active service for the past four years and are still in goodworking order, but practical use has from time to time developedfaults in construction which, as fast as discovered, have been cor-rected. The invention of the Stow multi-speed motor has aidedgreatly in perfecting this plant, and wliile no doubt further improve-. FIG. OF MOTOR. ments will suggest themselves, the Stow Manufacturing Co. has nohesitation in stating that in its present form, the combination ofStow- flexible shaft and ironclad electric motor is as fiear fool proofas any electrical device on the market, and that no appliance used instreet railway construction will pay a larger dividend than this. Iig. 2 shows the extreme simplicity of motor construction andalso method of speed regulation. By simply raising and loweringthe soft iron plunger in the hollow field by means of the hand-wheel on top of motor, the speed can be varied even to the frac-tion of a revolution. The motor is self contained, no outside speed
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