. The Street railway journal . in the capacity. A new application of air power was also madeby the Genett Company on this road last was its employment to operate the grip aswell as the brake, both being controlled by thesame handle, and one movement only being re-quired to accomplish the results. Car No. 421equipped in this way was put in operation aboutJune 28, equipped by the Genett Air Brake Com-pany, and up to the time of going to press withthis issue had made all its daily runs without acci-dent of any kind. The car is of the thirty footBrill closed type and weighs, empty, 12,5
. The Street railway journal . in the capacity. A new application of air power was also madeby the Genett Company on this road last was its employment to operate the grip aswell as the brake, both being controlled by thesame handle, and one movement only being re-quired to accomplish the results. Car No. 421equipped in this way was put in operation aboutJune 28, equipped by the Genett Air Brake Com-pany, and up to the time of going to press withthis issue had made all its daily runs without acci-dent of any kind. The car is of the thirty footBrill closed type and weighs, empty, 12,500 the front platform are only two handles, the throw-off, which is used only at the termini of the lines incrossing over, and the Genett controller handle. Thelatter is arranged for three positions, one each for thefollowing conditions: Grip closed with brake off; gripopen with brake on; and grip open with brake off; thelast being used in descending grades by gravity. The advantage of having only one handle is to sim-.
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