. The street railway review . ne rotated bythe motor. The fender runs, normally, a short the track, but can be brought in contact with it, andwhen not fending can be used to remove snow andice, if there be any. The victim will have to be struckjust right 01 he is in danger of being thrown under thewheels. 216 (teectl^^oiWoy-J^^ THE MONROE COMBINATION BRAKE ANDCONTROLLER. A combination brake and controller, invented by Monroe, has been experimented with, recently, at New Orleans. Thebrake and contactarm of the rheostatare both connected toa lever on the frontplatform. The le
. The street railway review . ne rotated bythe motor. The fender runs, normally, a short the track, but can be brought in contact with it, andwhen not fending can be used to remove snow andice, if there be any. The victim will have to be struckjust right 01 he is in danger of being thrown under thewheels. 216 (teectl^^oiWoy-J^^ THE MONROE COMBINATION BRAKE ANDCONTROLLER. A combination brake and controller, invented by Monroe, has been experimented with, recently, at New Orleans. Thebrake and contactarm of the rheostatare both connected toa lever on the frontplatform. The leveris fitted with a notches on theratchet are devoted tothe rheostat and fourto braking. A for-ward motion of thelever releases thebrake and turns onthe current. A back-ward motion shuts offcurrent and appliesbrakes. To work therheostat a chain is con-nected to a rod from the lever. This chain passes undera pulley and works the plunger and spring carrying thecontact brush. The brake leverage, manifestly, can not. BRAKE AND CONTROLLER.
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