. Electric railway gazette . ch an extent were horsesoes torn off with beam A that the city councilthis city passed an ordinance forbidding itsrther use. B and C however are not perfect,ice as many horses have been injured with thatrm. The proper remedy lies in the shoe, the3 and heel calks of which can be made so thatsy will not catch in the slot. These slot railss fastened to the yoke and adjusted by a rodshown in figure D. C is a good rail, but diffi-It of adjustment, as, should the slot close, must be taken up to make the adjust-;nt. This is troublesome as well as expensive,lere
. Electric railway gazette . ch an extent were horsesoes torn off with beam A that the city councilthis city passed an ordinance forbidding itsrther use. B and C however are not perfect,ice as many horses have been injured with thatrm. The proper remedy lies in the shoe, the3 and heel calks of which can be made so thatsy will not catch in the slot. These slot railss fastened to the yoke and adjusted by a rodshown in figure D. C is a good rail, but diffi-It of adjustment, as, should the slot close, must be taken up to make the adjust-;nt. This is troublesome as well as expensive,lereas with the form D, by driving wedges ins slot on the side of tie rod and tightening thet with a special form of wrench made to entere slot, you need not disturb the pavement, and;e work can be done rapidly and cheaply,lould form C be adopted particular care must A New Car Starter. Few, if any, of the numerous devices that havebeen invented to aid horses in starting street cars,are in general use to-day. And yet, taking into. Fig. 2.—Huntoons New Car Starter. consideration the almost innumerable stops andstarts that occur, and that always necessarily willoccur in street railway travel, it does seem thatthere is a field for the exercise of ingenuity ;
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