. The street railway review . ther special ad-vantage is that ii chemicals other than ordinary Ihne and soda are used in the process, .and that after the apparatus has beeninstalled in a power bOUSC the operating company I- at liberty tobuy these reagents in the open market. Tin- purifier has been Used to a great advantage in a large number of European plants, but its introduction into this country is of recent date. The rights for the United States are controlled by the Automatic Water Purifying of New York, which will handle allbusiness iii this country. THE CARR FENDER. The accompanyin
. The street railway review . ther special ad-vantage is that ii chemicals other than ordinary Ihne and soda are used in the process, .and that after the apparatus has beeninstalled in a power bOUSC the operating company I- at liberty tobuy these reagents in the open market. Tin- purifier has been Used to a great advantage in a large number of European plants, but its introduction into this country is of recent date. The rights for the United States are controlled by the Automatic Water Purifying of New York, which will handle allbusiness iii this country. THE CARR FENDER. The accompanying illustration shows the street car fender dc signed by Mr. B. M. Carr, of St. bonis Tin- fender is inmetal, the front of the deck being rubber co\ erccl, and is detachablefrom the car. Tin deck projects about 3 ft in front of the carand normally is carried as low as is possible without striking thepavement. The deck has a jointed tubular frame and spring sup-porting slats, and is held in the service position by means of coil. springs at either side. On the car is a weight which in connectedwith the deck and with a spring latch in such manner that by operat-ing a lever the motornian may lift the weight and close the latchadjusting the deck in position The point of the fender deck being carried low a body on thetrack is scooped up and as the additional weight comes upon thedeck the latch mentioned is released, permitting tne counterweightto drop a short distance, which raises the front part of the thus prevents the object picked up from rolling off again. The adjustment of the fender is made when the car is taken outof the barn, and in event of accident the action is automatic. THE PERFECTION RAIL BOND. A typographical error on page 244 of our April issue caused uslo state the maker of the Perfection rail bond as the ProtectionRail Bond Co. This should have been the Perfection Kail BondCo. The general sales agents arc P. I! Bad) and G. M. Willis, with heaquarters at No.
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