. The Street railway journal . cellent idea of the firms world-wide connections and repu-tation. August, 1899.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 545 Electric Trailer Connector At this period of the year there are varying calls for train ca-pacity, through picnics, trolley parties, baseball games, etc. Thismeans frequent additions of trailers to motor cars. Safety of con-necting current devices doubtless is more sought for by electricrailway managers than articles giving ease of operation. A com-bination in cue device of these two elements makes it of greatestusefulness. The Woods trailer connector, as
. The Street railway journal . cellent idea of the firms world-wide connections and repu-tation. August, 1899.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 545 Electric Trailer Connector At this period of the year there are varying calls for train ca-pacity, through picnics, trolley parties, baseball games, etc. Thismeans frequent additions of trailers to motor cars. Safety of con-necting current devices doubtless is more sought for by electricrailway managers than articles giving ease of operation. A com-bination in cue device of these two elements makes it of greatestusefulness. The Woods trailer connector, as illustrated herewith,is claimed to possess these qualities. It has the particular ad-vantage that at no time (after connection to lighting circuit) isthere any exposure of live metal, the connecting pins being ab-solutely dead until beyond the reach of the conductors safety factor also is worth noting as applying to inquisitiveor careless passengers. The Woods trailer connector, as well as a complete line of elec-. CONNECTOR FOR TRAIL CAR trie railway supplies, is carried by the Central Electric Company,Chicago, as selling agents for the Central Union Brass Company,St. Louis, Mo. ♦ ♦« New Type of Dynamos and Motors The B. F. Sturtevant Company, of Boston, has made a specialtyof the construction of eight-pole generators and stationary motors,running in size from 3 kw. to no kw. The motors of this typewere designed originally for driving fans for subway work, andtheir use in the Boston subway has been described in the StreetRailway Journal. They have been found, however, so economi-cal and desirable that the Sturtevant Company has increased thenumber of sizes in which these motors are built, and recommendsthem not only for ventilating, but for general power purposesabout car houses and power stations. The field ring, which also constitutes the frame of these ma-chines, is of wrought iron in the small, of cast steel in the medium,and of cast iron in the large siz
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