. The Street railway journal . ting of motor cars. All that have inspectedthis headlight pronounce themselves as well pleased with it. Thelamps are made in two sizes, ten and twelve inches. The Indiana Electric Railway Company, of Elkhart, Ind., whichhas been endeavoring for some time to get a franchise for this city, buthas not succeeded, has decided to operate under the old franchise ofof the defunct Citizens Street Railway Company. This will be a part ofthe electric line between this city and Goshen, a distance of ten miles. A New Type of Car Wheel. A new type of car wheel has been brought
. The Street railway journal . ting of motor cars. All that have inspectedthis headlight pronounce themselves as well pleased with it. Thelamps are made in two sizes, ten and twelve inches. The Indiana Electric Railway Company, of Elkhart, Ind., whichhas been endeavoring for some time to get a franchise for this city, buthas not succeeded, has decided to operate under the old franchise ofof the defunct Citizens Street Railway Company. This will be a part ofthe electric line between this city and Goshen, a distance of ten miles. A New Type of Car Wheel. A new type of car wheel has been brought out by A. Whitney &Sons, of Philadelphia, made under a patent granted to L. R. Faught,their mechanical engineer. A section and also a side view of thewheel showing the construction and appearance are given herewith. As will be seen, the peculiarity of the wheel consists in the rim beingdivided circumferentially into a series of independent but connectedcavities or cells, located between the inner and outer diameters of the. ELEVATION AND PLAN OF CELLULAR CAR WHEEL. rim of the wheel. These cells diminish the heavy body of metalusually massed in the rim, reducing particularly the thickness of thepart which forms the tread, but in such a manner as not to decreaseits strength. Several advantages are claimed for this form of — It overcomes the difficulties ordinarily attending the pro-duction of a deep, durable and unilorm chill on the tread of heavywheels intended for use under severe conditions of service. In castinga heavy wheel of ordinary form, the heat of the mass of metal inthe rim and also that communicated through the arms or spokes, has atendency to reduce the depth of the chill, so that the necessarystrength is obtained at the expense of durability of the tread,and this in spite of the fact that heavy loads carried call for in-creased rather than diminished hardness on the tread, as well asI greater strength. Second.—The rim of the wheel is more elastic u
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