. Electric railway gazette . t to perform the work ofhauling up and letting down the cars containing50 or 60 persons. A finger moving along a and he can increase or slacken speed addition to this advice, the cars themselvesgive him a signal at stated points, after leaving the stations, by ringing a bell at the machine room. The mostcomplete safeguardsare used to preventthe cars breakingloose by means bothof brakes and cog-wheels for ordinaryuse, and a steel an-chor in case of acci-dent, which will ef-fectually prevent thecar running back-ward. This interest-ing undertaking hasbe
. Electric railway gazette . t to perform the work ofhauling up and letting down the cars containing50 or 60 persons. A finger moving along a and he can increase or slacken speed addition to this advice, the cars themselvesgive him a signal at stated points, after leaving the stations, by ringing a bell at the machine room. The mostcomplete safeguardsare used to preventthe cars breakingloose by means bothof brakes and cog-wheels for ordinaryuse, and a steel an-chor in case of acci-dent, which will ef-fectually prevent thecar running back-ward. This interest-ing undertaking hasbeen carried out ata cost of ^25, electric powergained at the streamby the water-wheelalso lights the wholeof the hotel buildingsand its grounds byelectricity, and whenthe railway is notworking, another dy-namo pumps upspring water i, use in the estab-lishment. The pros-pect is almost equalto that from the Rigi, and the Burgenstockwill, doubtless, henceforth claim a much greatershare of attention than
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