. Electric railway gazette . hird—That said party of the second partfurther agrees that he will cease his persecution ofthe members of the present police board; andwhich board of police commissioners will be offi-cially notified by the Trades Council that allgrievances iiave been amicably settled and recom-mend the support of said board of police com-missioners to said electric railway company. XL No. 9. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 83 DEVICES FOB KEEPING THE TROLLEY;WHEEL ON THE WIRE. If simple means can be devised for keeping thetrolley wheel on the wire at all times except whenit is desired to s
. Electric railway gazette . hird—That said party of the second partfurther agrees that he will cease his persecution ofthe members of the present police board; andwhich board of police commissioners will be offi-cially notified by the Trades Council that allgrievances iiave been amicably settled and recom-mend the support of said board of police com-missioners to said electric railway company. XL No. 9. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 83 DEVICES FOB KEEPING THE TROLLEY;WHEEL ON THE WIRE. If simple means can be devised for keeping thetrolley wheel on the wire at all times except whenit is desired to shift the pole, one of the objectionsto the overhead system will be overcome. Theslipping of the wheel from the path it should fol-low is not only a cause of frequent delay and an-noyance, but under certain circumstances it maybe a source of actual danger. When the conduc-tor is in front of a crowded car collecting fares, itis not desirable that he should be obliged to leavehis work and run back to the rear platform to fish. Fig. 1. Swivel Trolley and Spring Guides. for the trolley wire. When the car passes overthe tracks at a grade crossing, the trolley wheel isespecially likely to leave the wire, particularly ifthe rails are not cut. The car and its passengersthen may be in danger if the crossing is so widethat the conductor must precede his car the entiredistance. When trains are constantly passing,there may be a collision if the car is stalled as aconsequence of the sudden removal of its sourceof power. A number of accidents from this causehas been narrowly averted. A variety of devices has been invented to pre-vent the trouble due to this cause and to keep thewheel in continual contact with the wire, butobjections have been found to almost all of themby practical railway men. The most commonfault found with attachments to the trolley harphas been that the means for holding the wheel inposition are likely under certain conditions to tear
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