. The street railway review . haveand keep up the equipment. The cost per car mile of repair parts is y^cr cents, andthe cost of repair and inspection labor yY,, cents, or atotal of y^^ffj cents, a very good record even for a newroad. All repair work is done in the shop, even to cast-ing brake shoes. A motormans report blank is used, inwhich the motorman has to report the condition of eachpart. This he gives to the night inspector, who reports,in a column adjoining the motormans, the condition ofeach part as he (the inspector) leaves it. HE PETERSEN CONDUIT. Among the numerous systems to hover
. The street railway review . haveand keep up the equipment. The cost per car mile of repair parts is y^cr cents, andthe cost of repair and inspection labor yY,, cents, or atotal of y^^ffj cents, a very good record even for a newroad. All repair work is done in the shop, even to cast-ing brake shoes. A motormans report blank is used, inwhich the motorman has to report the condition of eachpart. This he gives to the night inspector, who reports,in a column adjoining the motormans, the condition ofeach part as he (the inspector) leaves it. HE PETERSEN CONDUIT. Among the numerous systems to hover around the$50,000 prize, is the Petersen conduit, a good idea ofwhich can be obtained from a glance at the of the principal points of distinction between the CONDUIT—CLOSING PARTITION. Petersen and other open conduit systems is that it has anormally closed compartment for the trolley trolley arm passes along under a series of loose ironplates, dovetailed into each other,which fall of their own. SELTKIN (IF PETKRSEN CONniIT. weight after the trolley arm is passed, and keep thechamber closed. The conductors themselves are steelrails, and the trolle3S are to make sliding contact on topof these. It is intended to keep the trolley compartment clean and dry by the circulation of air and by carrying aconduit broom on some of the cars. The trolley rails areto be cut up in short sections, with a fuse to each section,so that trouble will be confined to a very short Peterson, of the Peterson Electrical Works, Milwau-kee, is the inventor. It is claimed that a section will soonbe built in New York. The lowest part of the conduit is twenty inches deep,and the bottom of the part containing the trolley is onefoot from the top of the slot rails. The feeder cablesare laid underneath the trolley conductors as shown inthe engraving. It would seem to be a wise move toabandon the use of trolley wire in the conduit as there isgenerally some trouble with the cl
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