. The street railway review . icult problem to selecta good one from the innumerable mixtures that have the dignifiedname of varnish, nevertheless such can be had. And my partingadvice (o the user is patronize a reputable maker and. when you dostrike the right stuff, stick to it Amsterdam (N Y 1 Stn Schenectady (N. Y.) Street Ry ; Ithaca I N ~i 1 Street Rj and the Troy & New Eng-land K K THE FLOOD EMERGENCY BRAKE. Patrick Flood, of Albany, N, Y., is the inventor of an emergencytrack brake that has been in service since 1895 on cars of tin-United Traction Co. running over heavy grades in Albany
. The street railway review . icult problem to selecta good one from the innumerable mixtures that have the dignifiedname of varnish, nevertheless such can be had. And my partingadvice (o the user is patronize a reputable maker and. when you dostrike the right stuff, stick to it Amsterdam (N Y 1 Stn Schenectady (N. Y.) Street Ry ; Ithaca I N ~i 1 Street Rj and the Troy & New Eng-land K K THE FLOOD EMERGENCY BRAKE. Patrick Flood, of Albany, N, Y., is the inventor of an emergencytrack brake that has been in service since 1895 on cars of tin-United Traction Co. running over heavy grades in Albany. Troyand Cohoes, N. V. As an emergency brake it can he applied eitherfrom the front or rear platform for bringing the car to a stop,and it also acts as a holding brake when necessary to stop for pasng up grade In the latter case the motorman re-the brake, turns off the power, and when the car lose, itsmomentum il slides hack on to the track shoes ami makts a veryeasy stop without the application of the wheel brake The ad. 1 , EMERGEN! N l:K\hl vantage ol nol having up lull with the wheel hrakiwill he readily seen The details chanism will be understood from the draw-ings. Normally the track - Tried away from tile wheel and track. When the motorman or conductor releases levei 1the dash the shoes are forced under the wheels by a spring at- ie Rattedfor the reason thai the shoe goes under the wheel and preventsthe wheel from sliding on the rail The hrake is in use on the lines of the United rTaction CiAlbany; the Lowell. Lawrence & Haverhill Street K\ , Haverhill, CONSOLIDATION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. An important merger of street railway interests in SOUthen Hampshire and northern Massachusetts will si ted, \ new company incorporated as the New Hampshire Traction to absorb and operate .1- one system the following street railwayproperties: The Dover, Somersworth ci Rochester Street Ry.; theExeter, Hampton ,\ taiesbury Street Ry.; the Amesbury & Hamp-ton Street Ry.; the Seabro
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