. The Street railway journal . of the line and 8 miles from the eastern. The emerg-ency wagon, of which a full description will be given later,is housed in a special stable fitted with the latest appliancesfor quick service. Emergency calls are received by tele-phone at the office of the car house, which is connected bya special electric circuit with the emergency stable. Assoon as a call is received at the car house the foremanpresses a button adjoining the phone, which rings a gongin the stable and also at one or two other points aroundthe car house where the emergency crew may happen tobe.
. The Street railway journal . of the line and 8 miles from the eastern. The emerg-ency wagon, of which a full description will be given later,is housed in a special stable fitted with the latest appliancesfor quick service. Emergency calls are received by tele-phone at the office of the car house, which is connected bya special electric circuit with the emergency stable. Assoon as a call is received at the car house the foremanpresses a button adjoining the phone, which rings a gongin the stable and also at one or two other points aroundthe car house where the emergency crew may happen tobe. A branch of this circuit is connected also with gongsin the houses of all the emergency crew, all of whom livewithin a few hundred feet of the car house. The entrances July, 1898.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 365 to the emergency stable are closed by doors which openautomatically by gravity as soon as they are unlatched,heavy doors being provided for winter and open doors forsummer. The horses are automatically unfastened in their. WAGON WITH LADDER RAISED stalls when an emergency call is received, and are trainedto go to their places on each side of the wagon pole; theharness, which is suspended above them, is then droppedin place and fastened by snap clamps. At night the houseis also automatically lighted as soon as the call is received. The emergency wagon employed is of a novel type, thedesign of the general manager, J. Bernard Brophy, and isillustrated in the engravings. It is quite light, weighingonly 1,650 lbs., though built strongly and center of gravity is kept low by the use of a collapsibleladder, which rests on the bottom of the wagon. Thedrivers seat is the highest part of the wagon. The wheelbrakes are in duplicate, one for each pair of wheels, sothat an accident to one brake gear will not interfere withthe braking of the wagon. The wrenches for adjusting thebrake gear are kept permanently hung on the brake rods,so that they can be always available.
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