. Electric railway review . ring it back toits normal position when the tension is taken off the is done in (he usual way; the conductor takes hold ofthe rope which hangs free at the back of the vestibule, pullsit down a fraction of an inch, and sets it back on the wire,the machine automatically adjusting itself. The retriever is installed on the left side of the runningboard, far enough away to allow sufficient clearance so thatthe trolley pole or any portion of the line coming down on therunning board cannot strike it. It is also set down on theroof of the car so as to be lower th
. Electric railway review . ring it back toits normal position when the tension is taken off the is done in (he usual way; the conductor takes hold ofthe rope which hangs free at the back of the vestibule, pullsit down a fraction of an inch, and sets it back on the wire,the machine automatically adjusting itself. The retriever is installed on the left side of the runningboard, far enough away to allow sufficient clearance so thatthe trolley pole or any portion of the line coming down on therunning board cannot strike it. It is also set down on theroof of the car so as to be lower than the trolley base. It isclaimed that the machine will work in all kinds of weather—sleet, rain, snow, dust or grit having no effect on it. new flange union is manufactured by the Western Tube Com-pany, Kewanee, 111. A NEW METHOD OF CATENARY CONSTRUCTION. As an example of modern practice in caternary workthe following description of a section of line equipped for theMansfield (O.) Street Railway Company by the Ohio Brass. The Ft. Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company ismaking plans for installing storage batteries on its carsfor lighting. Example of Catenary Curve Construction. Company will be of interest. On one part of the line bracketconstruction was used, while another part embodies spanconstruction. This stretch also includes rather a short curvewhich affords an excellent opportunity to show what can bedone with catenary material in rounding severe curves. Three- 180 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII. No. 6. eighths-inch steel strand messenger wire is used throughout,and No. 00 grooved wire, the trolley wire being sus-pended 16 inches below the messenger wire at the braclcetand span suspension points. The messenger wire is givena sag of 11 inches in 120-foot spans, and the proper sag isused on the other lengths to give the same tension in themessenger wire throughout. The brackets are of T-bar construction, 2^4 2% by 5-16inches, weighing pounds per fo
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