. The street railway review . apart for that purpose it has a car e(iuippe(I with itsXo. 2 siiisie scraper ami its No. 5, or Kalamazoo, iloulilescraper, for the pm-pose of giviiiK a practical ilcmonstration ofits principle of clearing suow from the tracks anil sroove railsof street ami interurlian railways. Two of the de-vices are illnstrateil lierewitli—the No. .j Kalamazoo scraperand the device for cleaninfr the third rail, the latter Ixins; a cumhination scraper and sleet cutter. Koth of these appliances havemet with consiileralile favor and will undoiil>1<Mlly attrait
. The street railway review . apart for that purpose it has a car e(iuippe(I with itsXo. 2 siiisie scraper ami its No. 5, or Kalamazoo, iloulilescraper, for the pm-pose of giviiiK a practical ilcmonstration ofits principle of clearing suow from the tracks anil sroove railsof street ami interurlian railways. Two of the de-vices are illnstrateil lierewitli—the No. .j Kalamazoo scraperand the device for cleaninfr the third rail, the latter Ixins; a cumhination scraper and sleet cutter. Koth of these appliances havemet with consiileralile favor and will undoiil>1<Mlly attrait apreat deal of attention duriugr the convention. The Kalamazoo. as shown in the illustration, is designeilto dean all the snow from between the rail-s, and !t in. it each way from the center, and at the sam. tim? itcleans the top of the rail and the groove: it is further desigm-dto protect the motors from snow, which it is said to accomplishfully. It is raised and lowered by the same device as the single. NO. 5 K.\\M.^ZIlll S(I!.\li:ii. semper ami is easily handled by the alniic. Wiihthis s<-raper the company claims to be able to do a more jiracticaljob. and to clean more track than can be done liy a sweeper, asit can be run much faster. In fact, better results are obtainedwhen the car is moving quite if the pressure on therails Is increased correspondingly. It deposits tin; snow farther from the track, obviating the need of large plows to cleanup the hanks thrown out. The sleet cutter is believed to be the liest device yet inventedfor removing sleet from the contact rail. It tlrst breaks the ice,and the spring shown at the back of the sleet-cutting wheelscrapc-s it off. Any pressure desired can be put upon the springs,and no matter what the speed the lee Is broken uniformly andwhen broken Is easily removed, as the company proposes todemonstrate at Its exhibit. The springs can be adjusted toeither Iron or wood shafts. With thi
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