. The street railway review . It is understood that Mr. Edison is interested in the devel-opment of the process and that the MB copper will be manu-factured under his supervision at the celebrated Menlo Parkworks. TROLLEY SUSPENSION WITHOUT POLES. In Elberfeld and Barmen, Germany, two adjoining manu-facturing towns with a combined population of ::6o,ooo, thestreet railways have to contend with great difficulties in theway of steep and narrow streets and sharp curves at awk-ward points. In two instances the streets are 14 ft., 9 in.,and 16 ft. wide, respectively. The steepest grades are i in16
. The street railway review . It is understood that Mr. Edison is interested in the devel-opment of the process and that the MB copper will be manu-factured under his supervision at the celebrated Menlo Parkworks. TROLLEY SUSPENSION WITHOUT POLES. In Elberfeld and Barmen, Germany, two adjoining manu-facturing towns with a combined population of ::6o,ooo, thestreet railways have to contend with great difficulties in theway of steep and narrow streets and sharp curves at awk-ward points. In two instances the streets are 14 ft., 9 in.,and 16 ft. wide, respectively. The steepest grades are i in16 and I in 20 and the sharpest curves have a 52-ft. are two lines, one running through the two towns, of4 ft. 8 J^ in. gage, double track, and a cross line in Elberfeld,of 3 ft., 3 in. gage and single track. Where the streets aretoo narrow for both tracks different routes are taken for the up and down lines. The roads are operated on the overhead trolley overhead wires are suspended chiefly from rosettes. TROLLEY SUSPENSION FROM ROSETTES. affixed to the buildings. The distance between rosettesvaries from 18 to 20 ft. on curves to 120 ft., on straighttrack. There is no power to compel property owners topermit the rosettes to be affixed to their buildings, but pres-sure is brought to bear, and if consent is not obtained polesare used. The illustration, for which we are indebted to theSurveyor of London, shows the method of suspending thetrolley wires and also the close quarters at curves. Theheavy dotted line indicates the trolley wire and the lightdotted lines the guy wires fastened to the rosettes. HORSE CAUGHT IN A FENDER. A peculiar accident occurred recently on the trolley linebetween Wethersfield and Hartford, Conn. A team ofhorses being left without a driver for a few moments walkedonto the track and were struck by a slowly moving of the horses put his foot through the car fender, andwas only released after two hours by filing through one ofth
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