. The Street railway journal . FIG. 3.—ONE FORM OF MOVABLE PORTION fewer working parts, owing to the omission of the dash pot andits accompanying lever. In the operation of this automoto-neer, the handle is simply moved from point to point, just as ifthe device were not present. No backward movement of thehandle is necessary to allow the dog to fall and release it beforegoing to the next point if the device is properly adjusted sothat the points of the automotoneer match with the points ofthe star wheel inside the controller. The former types of auto-. FIG. 4.—MOVABLE PORTION WITH ADJUSTABLE D
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 3.—ONE FORM OF MOVABLE PORTION fewer working parts, owing to the omission of the dash pot andits accompanying lever. In the operation of this automoto-neer, the handle is simply moved from point to point, just as ifthe device were not present. No backward movement of thehandle is necessary to allow the dog to fall and release it beforegoing to the next point if the device is properly adjusted sothat the points of the automotoneer match with the points ofthe star wheel inside the controller. The former types of auto-. FIG. 4.—MOVABLE PORTION WITH ADJUSTABLE DASH-POT motoneer placed inside the controller took the place of the starwheel. On the present type, the star wheel, and in fact every-thing inside the controller, is left intact, with the result thatthe star wheel performs its usual function, and if the device isproperly adjusted does not place on the automotoneer the workof stopping the controller handle at each point. In case themotorman tries to go beyond a point before the automotoneerreleases, it immediately checks the handle. These two newstyles have proved entirely satisfactory in actual service duringthe past nine months, giving no indications of undue parts are made interchangeable. March 18, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 529 CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR INDIAN TERRITORY A NEW CANOPY INSULATOR The American Car Company has recently delivered to theMuskogee Electric Traction Company, Indian Territory, threeconvertible cars built under the Brill patents. The convertibletype of car is
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