. The street railway review . he capital expended hasamounted to a little over X138,861. With the exception of1897 there has been a deficit every year since 1882 amount-ing to much as i 16,626 in one year. The total opera-ting expenses have been jt305,327 and the total receiptsiI 78,758, leaving a deficit of i126,569 for the tax payers tomake up. Being public property there were no taxes or percentages of receipts to pay and wages are very low. The The illustrations represent an automatic street railwayswitch invented by Thomas Griffin. In Fig. i the maintrack and a part of a switch are sh
. The street railway review . he capital expended hasamounted to a little over X138,861. With the exception of1897 there has been a deficit every year since 1882 amount-ing to much as i 16,626 in one year. The total opera-ting expenses have been jt305,327 and the total receiptsiI 78,758, leaving a deficit of i126,569 for the tax payers tomake up. Being public property there were no taxes or percentages of receipts to pay and wages are very low. The The illustrations represent an automatic street railwayswitch invented by Thomas Griffin. In Fig. i the maintrack and a part of a switch are shown, together with theswitch mechanism enclosed in a casing under the plate T, is rigidly attached to the shaft underneath it asis also the lever U. Levers V and V are connected to eachother and to the switch W, as shown. In Fig. 2 a sectionof the casing, with tilting plate, shaft and levers are either side of the shaft upon the tilting-plate are postssupporting plates R, which are above the surface. From. the car bodv the segment-gear II, is supported and connec-ted by a shaft to a lever which the motorman operates fromthe front dash. This segment is normally held in properposition by a spring behind it and not shown in the to the same yoke are the two segments IP, andupon each is a projecting arm with a wheel at the end. Themanner of operation is as follows : When a car is comingtowards the switch the motorman turns the lever and thesegment rotates one of the pinions until the wheel is inposition next to the ground. This wheel strikes one of thesurface plates, moving the tilting-plate which throws theswitch by actuating the levers connected to it. The leveron the dash is moved to the left or right depending uponwhether the switch is to hi- npined or closed. 390 (^1Ji£ct5^aiWayj\e\^^
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