. The street railway review . the following illustration: If the tail-boardof a car were made strong enough to stand the shock of. THE UNIVERSAL CLUTCH—COMPLETE CLUTCH, UNCAPPED. a ball propelled from a cannon with a force equal to themotive power of forty amperes, the momentum of the carwould be gained bj- the shock of the ball; but the sameresult can be accomplished bj- applying considerabl} lessforce, (say the pushing of a couple of men) which wouldstart the car gradually and thus obviate the necessity ofshocking the car with the cannon-ball. In short, the reg-ulating clutch has complete co


. The street railway review . the following illustration: If the tail-boardof a car were made strong enough to stand the shock of. THE UNIVERSAL CLUTCH—COMPLETE CLUTCH, UNCAPPED. a ball propelled from a cannon with a force equal to themotive power of forty amperes, the momentum of the carwould be gained bj- the shock of the ball; but the sameresult can be accomplished bj- applying considerabl} lessforce, (say the pushing of a couple of men) which wouldstart the car gradually and thus obviate the necessity ofshocking the car with the cannon-ball. In short, the reg-ulating clutch has complete control of the application ofthe current to the armature, and, by the manipulation ofthe clutch, the current is applied gradually until the mo-mentum is attained and the burning-out of the coils is animpossibility. The factory of the Universal Electric Railway Con-struction Company is in Philadelphia, and the generaloffice in the Bullitt building. The officers are A. , president; Edward Eldred, vice-president,and McCurdy, secretary and treasurer. Harry J. Goodman, superintendent of construction ofthe Detroit Cit


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