. The Street railway journal . and so bent as to passwholly without or wholly within the arm of another similar trol-ley running on the same rails in the opposite direction. 690,459. Switch Operating Device; E. L. Pence, Memphis,Tenn. App. filed July 17, 1901. A cam on the car strikes a leverto move the switch. 690,499. Electric Railway System; H. P. Wellman, Ashland,Ky. App. filed Oct. 9, 1896. Current from a storage battery onthe car is directed through switch magnets by the co-operation ofauxiliary brushes on the car and contacts in the roadbed. Brake Beam; J. H. Baker, Allegheny,
. The Street railway journal . and so bent as to passwholly without or wholly within the arm of another similar trol-ley running on the same rails in the opposite direction. 690,459. Switch Operating Device; E. L. Pence, Memphis,Tenn. App. filed July 17, 1901. A cam on the car strikes a leverto move the switch. 690,499. Electric Railway System; H. P. Wellman, Ashland,Ky. App. filed Oct. 9, 1896. Current from a storage battery onthe car is directed through switch magnets by the co-operation ofauxiliary brushes on the car and contacts in the roadbed. Brake Beam; J. H. Baker, Allegheny, Pa. App. filedApril 27, 1901. The brake beam proper is strengthened by a ten-sion member, which takes hold of each end thereof near the brake-shoe fastening, and is put under strain by a strut. This patent andthose which follow to the same patentee, cover various details ofconstruction. Brake Beam; J. H. Baker, Allegheny, Pa. App. filedJuly 31, 1901. See above. 690,597. Railway Track and Car Truck; G. Meader, INTERIOR OF CAR PATENT NO. 690,674 ft. 3 ins.; width at side posts, 7 ft. 3 ins. They have concave sidesand a vestibule at each end. The vestibules are provided with twodoors and are 4 ft. 6 ins. deep. The interior is especially hand-some. The woodwork is decorated by marquetry, shaded hollybeing inlaid on a mahogany ground, and the seats are coveredwith a rich-hued carpet. The illumination of the car is amply pro-vided for by the use of fifteen lamps on the interior. These lampsare arranged in three rows of five each, one on each side of thecar and one in the center of the ceiling. An interesting feature of the construction is the Stephensonspring bumper at each end. These bumpers have the general ap-pearance of those of the ordinary rigid type, but are provided withstrong spiral springs which are interposed between the bumperand the framework of the car body. A play of about 4 ins. isthus secured, and in collisions the car, as well as the vehicle orothe
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