. The Street railway journal . R. Co. (Leased to Peoples Co.) Pres. MosesA. Dropsle, Sec. & Treas. LewisS. Renshaw. Office N. W. cor. 10th and Chestnut ^Hestonvllle, Mantua & Falrmount Pass. Co. 20m 5-4% g, 45 lb r, 60 c, 500 h. Pres. Charles H. Laffer-ty, Sec & Treas. W. C. Foster. Office, 4,300 Lancas- tGr £LV6 ct Lombard & South Sts. Pass. Ry. Co. 10 m, 5-2 g, 43lb. r 51 c, 276 h. Pres. John B. Parsons, Sec. & C. Barr, Supt. J. H. Fresh. Office, 25th & South ^Peoples Pass. Ry. Co. 45 m, 5-2 g, 47 lb r, 125 c, 1153 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 705 THE DAFT SYSTEM OF
. The Street railway journal . R. Co. (Leased to Peoples Co.) Pres. MosesA. Dropsle, Sec. & Treas. LewisS. Renshaw. Office N. W. cor. 10th and Chestnut ^Hestonvllle, Mantua & Falrmount Pass. Co. 20m 5-4% g, 45 lb r, 60 c, 500 h. Pres. Charles H. Laffer-ty, Sec & Treas. W. C. Foster. Office, 4,300 Lancas- tGr £LV6 ct Lombard & South Sts. Pass. Ry. Co. 10 m, 5-2 g, 43lb. r 51 c, 276 h. Pres. John B. Parsons, Sec. & C. Barr, Supt. J. H. Fresh. Office, 25th & South ^Peoples Pass. Ry. Co. 45 m, 5-2 g, 47 lb r, 125 c, 1153 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 705 THE DAFT SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY PROPULSION For Street Railways the DAFT SYSTEM possesses the following named advantages. Unobtrusiveness ofthe ElectricalMachinery. It is entirely be-neath the car-floor,and the regulatinggear on each plat-form requires lessspace for its opera-tion than the hand-brake; besides per-mitting the driverto be always infront, without re-course to a turn-table at every re-versal of No disturbance tobalance of car or springs. Carbuiiders havereached the pres-ent excellence inthese lespects on-ly by long and te-dious experience,and the Daft Sys-tem requires nochange of existingmethods, as themotive machineryis absolutely inde-pendent of thebody of the car,and sustained en-tirely by the axles. NO BELTS, SPROCKET-WHEELS AND CHAINS, OR OTHER OBJECTIONABLE MECHANICAL DEVICES USED. The invariable position of the motor shaft with respect to the car-axle permits the vise ofthe only trustworthy means—under the circumstances—of transmitting rotary motion, viz.: Accurately Cut and Perfectly Fitting Steel Gearing, which is alone employed. Freedom from Noise, Jar and Magnetization of Watches. The remoteness of the motive machinery from the passengers ; its being insulated electri-cally and acoustically by India-rubber washers and bushings at its connection with the car-axles ; and its being covered by a magnetic shield, which affords perfect protection to thewatche
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