. The Street railway journal . last about two years. The wear, of course, is reduced bythe fact that the parts are held closely together at all parts are made of malleable castings, with the exception ofthe hanger, which is forged. In the illustration presented, (1)represents the truck transom; (2), hanger holder; (3), wedge;(4), wedge adjusting spring, of which there are two; (5), without steel backs or other rein-forcement. Part of Fig. 1 shows asection taken \]/2 ins. either side ofthe center of the shoe. The lengthand other dimensions are accord-ing to the M. C. B. standard. It w
. The Street railway journal . last about two years. The wear, of course, is reduced bythe fact that the parts are held closely together at all parts are made of malleable castings, with the exception ofthe hanger, which is forged. In the illustration presented, (1)represents the truck transom; (2), hanger holder; (3), wedge;(4), wedge adjusting spring, of which there are two; (5), without steel backs or other rein-forcement. Part of Fig. 1 shows asection taken \]/2 ins. either side ofthe center of the shoe. The lengthand other dimensions are accord-ing to the M. C. B. standard. It will be noted that the shoeis placed against the anvil withthe knife edges 12 ins. the first blow the hammer is swung through an arc of 40 degs., the distance being in-creased 2 degs. at a time until the shoe fails. It is necessary tokeep all bolts, set screws and other adjustable parts carefullyregulated. The shoe must lie dead on the knife edges, allowingno lost motion between the knife edges and the point of con-. FIG. 2—VIEW OF THE IMPACT BRAKE-SHOE MACHINE JUST AS THE HAMMER HAS BEGUN ITS SWING NOISELESS BRAKE HANGER WITH AUTOMATIC TIGHTENER FOR TAKTNG UP BEARING WEAR upper socket; (6), lower socket, divided; (7), hanger; (8),brake beams. This hanger is made for all sizes and styles oftrucks, and is arranged to connect directly with a special formof brake-shoe holder for trucks which have inside-hung brakesand where space must be economized. February 3, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 211 FARE RECEIPTS ON THREE WESTERN INTERURBANS AMERICAN CARS FOR YUCATAN The Toledo & Indiana Railway Company has adopted theMacDonald closed system of cash-fare receipts, and E. Dar-row, manager of that company, has made an interesting changein the standard type of receipt usually put out by the Mac-Donald Ticket & Ticket Box Company, of Cleveland. The de-vice has been described in these columns several times, and itwill be remembered that it consists of a closed box with a padof
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