. Electric railway journal . less present attachments do not interfere with hand op-eration in the usual manner if emergency should re-quire it. A swivel seat is arranged for the operator. This isan advantage, for it not only makes car operation bymeans of the foot pedal easier but it also permits thechanging of position necessary to obtain a clear view ofpassengers boarding and alighting. Time can thus besaved at stops and additional safety to the passengersresults. It will be appreciated that in this pioneer apparatusthe inventor has had to work with a controller and brakevalve
. Electric railway journal . less present attachments do not interfere with hand op-eration in the usual manner if emergency should re-quire it. A swivel seat is arranged for the operator. This isan advantage, for it not only makes car operation bymeans of the foot pedal easier but it also permits thechanging of position necessary to obtain a clear view ofpassengers boarding and alighting. Time can thus besaved at stops and additional safety to the passengersresults. It will be appreciated that in this pioneer apparatusthe inventor has had to work with a controller and brakevalve made for the usual hand operation. Eventuallythe platform controller will be eliminated entirely andthe connections to the brake valve made less will have an additional advantage of requiring lessplatform space. Mr. McWhirter has patented his invention and nego-tiations are now under way with a view to making thedevices standard in modern one-man car equipment withother time, labor and life-saving PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR FOOT OPERATION OFCONTROL AND BRAKES 978 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 20 Gutters on Cars Reduce Labor ofCleaning and Protect Passengers New Type of Gutter Applied to Cars of the NewYork, Westchester & Boston Railway By R. R. Potter Superintendent of Equipment DURING the first years of operation of the cars ofthe New York, Westchester & Boston Railway agreat deal of trouble was experienced with the rust anddirt from the roofs washing down over the windowsand sides of the cars. A large part of this was dueto the use of steel trolley wire and steel pantographtrolley shoes. Conditions were so bad that it was al-most impossible to keep the windows clean and thesides of the cars in a respectable condition. Guttershave been applied to remedy the difficulty, as shown inthe accompanying illustrations. These are formed of^V-im steel bent to proper shape and stiffened with steel wire rolled into the rim. Stiffening brackets areinstal
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