. The street railway review . s and obvi- ate the necessity of coasting, a positive and negative collector shoeis carried on each car so that some of the shoes are always in con-tact with the live rails. Each shoe is fastened to the truck by in-sulated suspension bolts, and all the positive slioes on the train arcinterconnected, as are also the negative, by cables and special coup-lings. The train is fitted with Standard air brakes. As soon as this experimental line has been thoroughly tested, andthe system proved feasible, it is said the order will be given for thecomplete electrical equipmen
. The street railway review . s and obvi- ate the necessity of coasting, a positive and negative collector shoeis carried on each car so that some of the shoes are always in con-tact with the live rails. Each shoe is fastened to the truck by in-sulated suspension bolts, and all the positive slioes on the train arcinterconnected, as are also the negative, by cables and special coup-lings. The train is fitted with Standard air brakes. As soon as this experimental line has been thoroughly tested, andthe system proved feasible, it is said the order will be given for thecomplete electrical equipment of Londons Inner Circle of under-ground transportation lines. STORAGE BATTERY TRUCK FOR SINGLE-RAIL TRAMWAY. We are indebted to the Scientific American lor the accompanyingillustration slK)wing a storage battery truck built by a Glasgowfirm for operation in India on an Ewing single-rail tramway; theEwing road and the ox-drawn vehicles as used in India were illus-trated in our February issue, page 81. In the truck here shown. STORAGE BATTEKV THICK FOK SINGtE KAII. TKAMW AV. the motor is placed between the two wheels, and carries on itsspindle a double pulley, which is belted directly to a pulley on toeach of the axles. The storage batteries are grouped around themotor and the whole is boxed over to form a carrying truck is designed to carry a load of a quarter of a ton. and iscapable also of drawing two other trucks, each carrying a ton. ata speed of eight miles per hour. LAKE STREET ELEVATED LITIGATIONENDED. On June 3d it was announced that all litigation between the LakeStreet Elevated R. of Chicago, and William Zeiglcr. of \ewYork, had been ended; the original bill in this case was filed in De-cember, 1895. Settlement was effected out of court and Mr. Zeiglerreceived par and accrued interest on his $605,000 of bonds, whichwere bought by a syndicate in which Blair & Co. were interested;this firm was active in financing the Northwestern Elevated. Thesyndicate
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