. The street railway review . A distressing accident, which terminated in thedeath of Electrician Neil McLerty. occurred lastmonth. Mr. McLerty. who was the retiring superin-tendent of the Ouray Electric light S3stem at Ouray,Col., was caught in the belt while explaining the work-ings of the system to his successor, and received injuriesfrom which he died. He was a young man. thirty-eight,well known by railway men throughout Colorado, andfor some time was chief electrician for the Colo-rado Springs Rapid Transit Railway Company. Hewas to have left for Denver, where his wife andtwo children res
. The street railway review . A distressing accident, which terminated in thedeath of Electrician Neil McLerty. occurred lastmonth. Mr. McLerty. who was the retiring superin-tendent of the Ouray Electric light S3stem at Ouray,Col., was caught in the belt while explaining the work-ings of the system to his successor, and received injuriesfrom which he died. He was a young man. thirty-eight,well known by railway men throughout Colorado, andfor some time was chief electrician for the Colo-rado Springs Rapid Transit Railway Company. Hewas to have left for Denver, where his wife andtwo children resided, when the ill-fated accident befellhim. ^fiJwd>J^,aji^^ l-LH THE MURREY BRAKE. A brake that has quietly been makiiii, its own \va\- forthe past few years with very Httie Hourisii, and one whichis not jjeneraliy known of outside of the few roads whichuse it in great numbers, is the Miu-rey, now handled hvAlfred G. I lathaway, of Cleveland. It is used on the lilueIsland Avenue line of the West Chica<ro Street Rail-. ■Scntt I-r ftB it lift MURKEV BUAKE AS APPLIED TO ELECTRIC CARS. road, the Missouri Railway cable lines of St. Louis, andthe Third Avenue cable line. New York. Althoughin use principalh on cable roads, it is well adapted toelectric service. It is of the friction winding drum type.
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