. The Street railway journal . a baggage compartment. Thebaggage compartment has folding slat seats and will easilyseat twelve people. The finish throughout the car is of selected mahogany of a Competition of new and extended electric lines that parallelthe Hocking Valley Railway is attributed as the cause for thedecrease in the passenger earnings of that company. The pas-senger earnings for the year ended June 30, 1905, were $764,, as against $831, for the previous year. The num-ber of passengers carried during the year was 1,979,731, andthe passenger earnings per milev not inclu
. The Street railway journal . a baggage compartment. Thebaggage compartment has folding slat seats and will easilyseat twelve people. The finish throughout the car is of selected mahogany of a Competition of new and extended electric lines that parallelthe Hocking Valley Railway is attributed as the cause for thedecrease in the passenger earnings of that company. The pas-senger earnings for the year ended June 30, 1905, were $764,, as against $831, for the previous year. The num-ber of passengers carried during the year was 1,979,731, andthe passenger earnings per milev not including mail and ex-press, was 97 cents. 458 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 13. COMBINED WHEEL AND TRACK BRAKE CAST-WELDING IN BALTIMORE A combined wheel and track brake has been in use for anumber of years on the Montague Street cable cars of theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company. This line extends fromthe City Hall in Brooklyn to the Wall Street Ferry, and the9 per cent grade surmounted is so severe that a special type of. COMBINED WHEEL AND TRACK BRAKE brake which would afford absolutely safety under all condi-tions was extremely necessary. The patents covering thisbrake have recently been secured by the United States Metaland Manufacturing Company of New York. The mechanismof the brake has been improved in certain directions suggestedfrom its use in Brooklyn, and the brake has been adapted toelectric cars and will soon be placed on the market by thecompany mentioned. The accompanying illustrations show the improved brake asapplied to a maximum-traction truck. As willbe seen, the brake-shoe is regular shape, fittingthe periphery of the wheel and flange, and beingprovided at its base with a track-shoe for engage-ment with the rails. The shoe can be of castiron with chilled faces or any sort of detachableshoe can be employed with a malleable iron orother frame. The shoe is spring-supported fromthe outside cross-bar of the truck by hangerswhose upper end has a vertical moveme
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