. The Street railway journal . opened and closed from either platform. 769,398. Operating Mechanism for Car Registers; Wilfred , Dayton, Ohio. App. filed Jan. 23, 1903. Comprises ashaft capable of both rotary and longitudinal motion, a verticalshaft mounted in a housing and having a geared connection withsaid shaft within said housing, whereby both shafts rotate inunison, an operating handle mounted on the vertical shaft, a bellcrank lever mounted in the housing and engaging the shaft tomove the same longitudinally, and a connection between the op-erating handle and the bell crank lever
. The Street railway journal . opened and closed from either platform. 769,398. Operating Mechanism for Car Registers; Wilfred , Dayton, Ohio. App. filed Jan. 23, 1903. Comprises ashaft capable of both rotary and longitudinal motion, a verticalshaft mounted in a housing and having a geared connection withsaid shaft within said housing, whereby both shafts rotate inunison, an operating handle mounted on the vertical shaft, a bellcrank lever mounted in the housing and engaging the shaft tomove the same longitudinally, and a connection between the op-erating handle and the bell crank lever to actuate the lever whenthe handle is moved longitudinally. 769,462. Self-Adjusting Trolley for Electric Railways; CharlesC. Benson, Newburyport, Mass. App. filed Nov. 19, 1902. Theharp is so constructed as to permit the wheel to swing laterally. 769,513. Switch Operating Device; Cort W. Townsend, NewPhiladelphia, Ohio. App. filed June 28, 1904. Details of con-struction of a switch-throwing device mounted upon the PATENT NO. 769,462 Car Brake for Railroads; Edward A. Wagener, Den-ver, Colo. App. filed Sept. 30, 1003. Two friction rollers, located(relatively to the car wheel) diametrically opposite each other,with means for bringing the roller simultaneously into contactwith the tread of the car wheel, and also independent stationarysurfaces. Railway Switch; William Wharton, Jr., Philadelphia,Pa. App. filed June 3, 1904. A recessed body portion having arail at one side and stops at the opposite side, the surface betweenthe stops being inclined, and a tongue with a tread portion and aguard mounted in the recess. 769,685. Electric Railway Switch ; Schuyler C. Gurley, Indian-apolis, Ind. App. filed Sept. 8, 1903. Details of an electro-magnetfor actuating a railway switch. PERSONAL MENTION MR. BENJAMIN C. FAUROT, a pioneer citizen of Lima, Ohio,died a few days ago. He established the first street railway sys-tem in that city, now known as the Lima Elec
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