. The street railway review . th a Banger for cleaning out the grooves of therails, and the Bangers and scrapers are mounted so as to workindependently. One of the most important details of this1- the method of fastening. It is made to fasten directly to thetrucks and this is a special advantage in the case of double truckcars as it i- obvious thai bj no other manner of fastening it canfollow the rails on curve-. I he scrapers ma) fasten either to thebod) 01 truck- as desired. NEW WESTON INSTRUMENTS. The accompanying illustrations shows new types of Weston in-struments for use on small switchb
. The street railway review . th a Banger for cleaning out the grooves of therails, and the Bangers and scrapers are mounted so as to workindependently. One of the most important details of this1- the method of fastening. It is made to fasten directly to thetrucks and this is a special advantage in the case of double truckcars as it i- obvious thai bj no other manner of fastening it canfollow the rails on curve-. I he scrapers ma) fasten either to thebod) 01 truck- as desired. NEW WESTON INSTRUMENTS. The accompanying illustrations shows new types of Weston in-struments for use on small switchboards which have been designedto meet the demand for good but low-priced instruments. Fig. 1shows one of the round pattern instruments, known as type are similar in general construction and appearance to thetype F instrument, which is extensively used for switchboard workin all kinds of stations. The type K instruments are. however, much smaller than thetype 1. and are speciall) Suited for small switchboards, or where. space is limited. These instruments are well made and carefullydesigned, so as to secure the highest grade of reliability and dura-bility. They are absolutely dead-beat and their indications are cor-rect to within one per cent. Pig, _• shows a small switchboard equipped with the Weston instrument, which contain- both a voltmeter and an am-meter 111 oni ca ■ 1! • instruments, known as Models R and1 are especially useful where practically simultaneoui readings of together
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