. The Street railway journal . m\. The latter type of motor will be practically independent of volt-age fluctuations, and as the engine speed is constant, due toabsence of load fluctuations, it furnishes a very satisfactorydriving power. The writer recommends that this motor be asmall rotary converter, deriving its power from the same step-down transformers which feed the railway rotary and its direct-current side connected across the storage battery. In case offailure or interruption of the alternating current the converterwould act as a direct-current motor and the lighting and powersupply n


. The Street railway journal . m\. The latter type of motor will be practically independent of volt-age fluctuations, and as the engine speed is constant, due toabsence of load fluctuations, it furnishes a very satisfactorydriving power. The writer recommends that this motor be asmall rotary converter, deriving its power from the same step-down transformers which feed the railway rotary and its direct-current side connected across the storage battery. In case offailure or interruption of the alternating current the converterwould act as a direct-current motor and the lighting and powersupply need not l)e interrupted. As the lighting and i)0werbusiness will be a small part of tlie total station out])ut, this


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