. The street railway review . ain .sections, at which point they have solid andsupported base and side bearing. From the standpoint of cost anddurability it is claimed that this is the most economical design made « ■ » Moving household goo<ls by trolley is becoming popular inLancaster. Pa., where recently two families availed themselvesof the privilege. Ai-R. JO. STREET RE\ lEW. 269 New Design of Knutson Trolley Retriever. The Trolley Supply Co. of Canton. Ohio. of theKnntson trolley retriever, which it has successfully introducedduring the past eighteen months
. The street railway review . ain .sections, at which point they have solid andsupported base and side bearing. From the standpoint of cost anddurability it is claimed that this is the most economical design made « ■ » Moving household goo<ls by trolley is becoming popular inLancaster. Pa., where recently two families availed themselvesof the privilege. Ai-R. JO. STREET RE\ lEW. 269 New Design of Knutson Trolley Retriever. The Trolley Supply Co. of Canton. Ohio. of theKnntson trolley retriever, which it has successfully introducedduring the past eighteen months or two years, is now putting uponthe market its new retriever No. ,?. the details of which are shownherewith, which it claims is the most perfect retriever that hasever Ikcu turned out. Retriever No. 2, which has hcen in generaluse for a long time, has heen the mediinn through which the com-pany has estahlished in a practical way the economic value of theretrieving principle in trolley catchers, hut realizing the need for. PARTS OF RETRIEVP^R. a smaller and less costly retriever for city and suhurhan service, theNo. 3 huilt. and carefully experimented with and perfected muilevery chance of defective mechanism was eliminated. Style No. 3 is 6 in. in diameter. 7 in. deep, weighs 18 andcan he easily carried from end to end of car if f this is that when the retrieving mechanism is once set it cannotfail to act accurately, and there is no chance of its Iwing rendereduiefficient because of carelessness in setting on the part of ll-.(npcrator. The mechanism is reset, after the trolley has jumpedIhe wire and heen retrieved, by allowing the trolley-pole, slightlyaided by the hand, to pull out rope until the wheel has been the wire, when the operator,
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