. Electric railway journal . Oak Keys Applied to Old Rail Joint any unsightly gaps formed. These blocks are used in con-nection with the rail filler blocks and wood keys previouslydescribed to form a perfectly tight pavement. Plans for a tube railway in Sydney, Australia, have beenapproved by the New South Wales Cabinet. The Ministerof Works stated that the matter will be submitted to Par-liament as early as possible this session, in order to start thework without unavoidable delay. September 27, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 507 A QUICK DETACHABLE CABLE CONNECTOR The accompanying illustrati
. Electric railway journal . Oak Keys Applied to Old Rail Joint any unsightly gaps formed. These blocks are used in con-nection with the rail filler blocks and wood keys previouslydescribed to form a perfectly tight pavement. Plans for a tube railway in Sydney, Australia, have beenapproved by the New South Wales Cabinet. The Ministerof Works stated that the matter will be submitted to Par-liament as early as possible this session, in order to start thework without unavoidable delay. September 27, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 507 A QUICK DETACHABLE CABLE CONNECTOR The accompanying illustration shows a new type ofquick detachable connector which has just been placed onthe market by the North Western Construction Company,New York City. This has been designed so that it can betaken apart easily and quickly and so that it will combinemechanical strength and a good electrical contact. One. Cable Connector With and Without Soldered Terminals end of the connector is shaped in the form of a dovetailwedge, while the opposite end is milled properly to fit thewedge. The end in which the wedge fits is threaded, andover this is screwed a nut. When the wedge end of theconnnector is placed in the slotted end, the nut is screwedover the wedge portion, making contact between the slotand the wedge. This connector can be furnished with either soldered orsolderless terminals. The two illustrations herewith show the connectors withsoldered terminals, assembled and disassembled. Theseterminals are drilled to accommodate the proper size wireor cable. The illustrations also show the connector witha new form of solderless terminals in which the use ofsolder has been entirely eliminated by threading and groov-ing the ends of the connector. When the connector is at-tached, the nut is forced over the cable and the end of thecable is placed in the groove in the threaded end of theconnector. Th
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