. The Street railway journal . g out the thumb buttonand giving it one turn to the right;further, it is impossible to operate theregister until the trip figures showzero and the thumb button has beenplaced in its proper position. Redshutters appear at both windows andwill not disappear until the fare is re-corded and the bell rings; it is impos-sible, too, for the ringing to be doneso rapidly that it cannot be counted. A few terse points that may furtherbe mentioned are: The parts of theregister are of phosphor-bronze orsteel treated with a new process mak-ing it strictly rust proof; the mecha
. The Street railway journal . g out the thumb buttonand giving it one turn to the right;further, it is impossible to operate theregister until the trip figures showzero and the thumb button has beenplaced in its proper position. Redshutters appear at both windows andwill not disappear until the fare is re-corded and the bell rings; it is impos-sible, too, for the ringing to be doneso rapidly that it cannot be counted. A few terse points that may furtherbe mentioned are: The parts of theregister are of phosphor-bronze orsteel treated with a new process mak-ing it strictly rust proof; the mechan-ism is dust tight, the bell chamber,which is ordinarily a road for dust toenter, being separate; there are butseventeen pieces in the recording ap-paratus and but three springs in theentire register. The company is alsobringing out a new and very simplepulling device adjustable for long orshort cars, cord or rod companys factory is equipped with new machinery for turn-ing out the register parts almost FIG. 3.—WHEEL FRAME AND ACTUATING RING Friedrich Tischendorfer, chief engineer for Elektricitats-Aktien-gesellschaft, formerly Schuckert & Company, Nuremburg, Ger-many, was in New York last month. While in this country will arrange for new connections and will make ex-tensive purchases in electrical machinery. 8i6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIV. The No. 28 Pivotal Truck The McGuire No. 28 pivotal truck is in use on this line under120 passenger cars on the South Side Elevated Railway, of Chi-cago, as mentioned elsewhere, and is illustrated herewith. Thistruck was especially designed by the McGuire ManufacturingCompany for elevated railway service, and contains many inter-esting features which are worthy of special mention. Chiefamong these is its dual construction. The truck is really two,combined in one. The two frames make a truck of great strength,especially diagonally, so that the wheels are always square, givingthe most
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