. Electric railway gazette . he sheave F of the grip0 pass under the cable B, then the lifter E isaised to the point as shown in grip D, carryinghe cable with it and within the jaws G, then theaws are closed on the cable. The rollers H on each end of the grip D athe curves bear against the sides of the conduit,Ihich is formed of cast iron. By this the grip is:ept central in the slot while passing around the;urves without the use of a chafing plate. Itvill be seen by the drawing that the grip will op-irate on an S shape, right or left curves, withoutin auxiliary cable or extra appliances as are
. Electric railway gazette . he sheave F of the grip0 pass under the cable B, then the lifter E isaised to the point as shown in grip D, carryinghe cable with it and within the jaws G, then theaws are closed on the cable. The rollers H on each end of the grip D athe curves bear against the sides of the conduit,Ihich is formed of cast iron. By this the grip is:ept central in the slot while passing around the;urves without the use of a chafing plate. Itvill be seen by the drawing that the grip will op-irate on an S shape, right or left curves, withoutin auxiliary cable or extra appliances as are used grades of any degree. The brake being auto-matic, it will be seen, by the car moving in thedirection indicated, that the brake will release itsfrictional locking hold, and when the car hastraveled so far that the brake is in a right angleline with the body of the car, it has assumed theposition shown in the cut, and travels freelythrough the slot until it has been changed fromthat position by power connected to the rod. Fig. 2 -Grip. road and its patents are Cincinnati work and in-vention. The capital to build the road, amount-ing to $400,000, as it now stands, without count-ing future extensions to Avondale and the Zoo-logical Gardens, was furnished by Cincinnati capi-talists. The officers of the company are: Presi-dent, Henry Martin; Secretary, Wm. F. Irwin;Treasurer, John H. IVlartin; Constructing Me-chanical Engineer, Worcester Haddock; Super-intendent, C. W. Thomas; Directors, David Sin-ton, Elijah Coombe, Henry Martin, R. Wurlitzer,John H. Martin, Wm. F. Irwin, Albert Hill. The cars to be used upon the new road areamong the handsomest ever seen. They are ofthe J. G. Brill & Co., manufacture, of Philadel-phia, elegantly upholstered and furnished withplate glass windows, patent signal lights andventilators, and cathedral glass windows in theupper part next the roof. There are twelve carsin the power-house at present, and eleven order-ed for delivery early in March. Be
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