. The street railway review . h home made ves-tibules, the brake wheel and handle is placed close up againstthe vestibule wall with its axle horizontal and the brakestaff is geared to it by a bevel gear. It is found by havingthe brake wheel in this position that it is easier to handlequickly than when worked in a horizontal plane. The bevelgear works very easily and each journal is provided withtwo bearings, one on each side of each gear wheel, so thatthe arrangement is thoroughly substantial. Of course thebrake was put on in the first place to secure more room inthe vestibule and tti |)rovide
. The street railway review . h home made ves-tibules, the brake wheel and handle is placed close up againstthe vestibule wall with its axle horizontal and the brakestaff is geared to it by a bevel gear. It is found by havingthe brake wheel in this position that it is easier to handlequickly than when worked in a horizontal plane. The bevelgear works very easily and each journal is provided withtwo bearings, one on each side of each gear wheel, so thatthe arrangement is thoroughly substantial. Of course thebrake was put on in the first place to secure more room inthe vestibule and tti |)rovide against the lucessity of makinga projection in the vestibule, but at the same time anotherdesirable point seems to have been secured, viz., ease andrapidity of operation. FENDERS AT YOUNGSTOWN. The half-tone illustration represents the type of fenderwhich has been applied lo the cars of the Youngstown (O.)Street Railroad Company. There is a great variety of plat-forms on the cars and it was nccessarv to so design the attach-. FENDER AT YOUNGSTOWN, O. inent for the fender that it would be interchangeable from onecar to another. The cars are not turned around at the endsof tlie lines and it is necessary for the motorman to change thefender from one end or the car to the other. The two cuts show ill detail the malleable acket and the wroughtiron head of the fenderiron. From the designit is readily seen thefender can be easily andquickly removed. Thefenders are carried from6 to S in. above the railand cannot be droppedany lower. The fender proper ismade of oak, iron cladat the corners, and thenet work is of service it seems toanswer every requirement, (jeneral Manager Aiulersonwrote that one of the cars collided with a bicycle rider, andboth the young man and the wheel were picked up by thefender without injury to either, (^iily the interurban roa<lbetween Ilazelton, ^onngstowll, Hrier Hill, (iiranl andNiles is now equilipiil luil llir uliier lines will soon lia\ethis t
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