. The Street railway journal . load. The switchboard wasalso arranged so that the entire current of power generated would passthrough two switches side by side. A five cent nickel was balanced onedge on the outer end of the cylinder head, the engine running at fric-tion load. The two switches were then taken in hand and thrown ininstantly, the meter showing 340 amperes. The switches were thrownout in seven seconds, then in and out again, thus throwing upon theengine practically the full load of the dynamo twice within fourteen sec-onds, during which the five cent piece remained balanced on the
. The Street railway journal . load. The switchboard wasalso arranged so that the entire current of power generated would passthrough two switches side by side. A five cent nickel was balanced onedge on the outer end of the cylinder head, the engine running at fric-tion load. The two switches were then taken in hand and thrown ininstantly, the meter showing 340 amperes. The switches were thrownout in seven seconds, then in and out again, thus throwing upon theengine practically the full load of the dynamo twice within fourteen sec-onds, during which the five cent piece remained balanced on thecylinder head, showing the combination to be operating absolutelywithout any vibration whatever. There are now between thirty and forty Harrisburg Ideal electricdirect connected combinations in successful operation, nearly everyoneof which was installed by the New York and New England represen-tatives of the Harrisburg Foundry & Machine Works, W. R. Fleming& Co., 203 Broadway, New York, and 620 Atlantic Avenue, May, 1894.] THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 325 An Anti=Concussion Motor Truck. The accompanying illustrations give a good idea of an anti-con-cussion electric motor truck lately invented by Wm. Sutton, presidentof the American Car Company of St. Louis, and for which letters patenthave been granted. A mere glance at the scheme of the truck willreveal the fact that it is the result of a great deal of thought andthorough experience on the part of the inventor. It has been built onindependent lines with the idea of doing away with the oscillation of carrying bars are clamped to the connecting pieces and held rigidly inplace by strong brackets, which also serve to keep the truck brake mechanism operates in the manner usual to motor trucks,but the brake beams and connections are hung to unusually heavycross pieces, thus providing great strength. The fender has a ten-dency towards the cow catcher type without the height of the latter,yet possessing its advantag
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