. Electric railway gazette . climates, such as these heaters can readilyproduce. It may not be out of place to add here thatMr. Zimmerman has made very successful ex-periments in producing pure gas from coal oil,which he describes in our advertising columns asThe new and coming fuel, for the use of which I20 THE STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. September, i8S8 his Princess heater is particularly generated in that way will keep up a goodand well-regulated fire, and dispense with thepipe passing from the furnace to the roof; butwhether that may be a real advantage or not weare incl
. Electric railway gazette . climates, such as these heaters can readilyproduce. It may not be out of place to add here thatMr. Zimmerman has made very successful ex-periments in producing pure gas from coal oil,which he describes in our advertising columns asThe new and coming fuel, for the use of which I20 THE STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. September, i8S8 his Princess heater is particularly generated in that way will keep up a goodand well-regulated fire, and dispense with thepipe passing from the furnace to the roof; butwhether that may be a real advantage or not weare inclined to doubt, inasmuch as the pipe,especially the elegant style devised by Mr. Zim-merman, seems to make the car look warm andhomely, and thus tends to increase the comfortof passengers. The Lineff Electric Railway. The Lineff system has obtained special promi-nence by the report of INIr. Gisbert Kapp, ofwhich the following is a condensed reproduc-tion:— To the Chairman of the West MetropolitanTramway Company (I^ondon)—. I Fig. -Zimmerman Heater. Dear Sir,—I have examined and tested theelectrictramway line on the Lineff system, whichhas been laid down for experimental purposes atthe Chiswick depot of your company. The caris a small open car, fitted with a 4 (nominal)Immisch motor. The transmission of power fromthe motor to the car wheels is by means of acountershaft and two Renolds chains, and, inthis respect, does not differ from that used onother electric cars. There are, however, twospecial appliances peculiar to the Lineff one is a movable dash board at each end ofthe car, which upon striking an obstacle auto-matically reverses the direction of rotation of themotor, and causes the car to run back; and theother is a magnetic brake. The object of the dash board and automaticreversing gear is to more quickly stop the car, ifthrough the negligence of the driver it shouldrjn into an obstacle. In this case the dash boardcauses the brake to go on, and the motor
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