. The Street railway journal . will be authoritative. Once applied it requires little attention from the motormanor master mechanic. The faces of the wings are made ofspring steel ^ in. x 8 ins., 3 ft. 6 ins. long, backed by oakboards 1 in. x 8 ins., 3 ft. 5 ins. long, attached to steel springs% in x \y2 ins. wide. The springs are attached to a steelframe, which is connected to body or trucks of car by steelbraces and brackets. The oval cushion at the point of thewings is made of rubber which yields when coming in contactwith any object. The manufacturer advises installing thecushion point of
. The Street railway journal . will be authoritative. Once applied it requires little attention from the motormanor master mechanic. The faces of the wings are made ofspring steel ^ in. x 8 ins., 3 ft. 6 ins. long, backed by oakboards 1 in. x 8 ins., 3 ft. 5 ins. long, attached to steel springs% in x \y2 ins. wide. The springs are attached to a steelframe, which is connected to body or trucks of car by steelbraces and brackets. The oval cushion at the point of thewings is made of rubber which yields when coming in contactwith any object. The manufacturer advises installing thecushion point of this fender flush with the end of the carbody, as by so doing the fender will then take up no additionalroom when desiring to store cars closely in barns. A COMBINATION FENDER AND TRACK SCRAPER A DOUBLE-TRUCK SPRINKLING CAR FOR THE YORKSTREET RAILWAY COMPANY The Kalamazoo Railway Supply Company, of Kalamazoo,Mich., has brought out another useful adjunct for street rail-wry companies in the form of a spring fender, which can be. COMBINATION SPRING FEXDER AND TRACK SCRAPER installed from 2 ins. to 4 ins. above the rail with perfectsafety, as the springs yield when coming in contact with anyrigid object in the roadbed. It will install to trucks or atany point on the body of any style of car, as the height ofthe fender over all is only 13 ins. Once inplace this contrivance needs no attentionfrom the motorman, and is always in posi-tion to do its work. From the style of construction shown inthe accompanying cut, it is apparent thatthis fender will not roll anything along onthe track, because on striking any obstruc-tion the springs yield and their recoil de-posits the object of contact clear from thetrack. When installed at the extreme frontof the car as a pilot, the braces and frameform a foundation for a basket which canbe furnished of either wire or rope netting. In connection with the Root scraper,placed in the rear of this fender, an excel-lent snow cleaning device is secured,
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