. The Street railway journal . of me-chanical traction which would equal, and if possible be an im-provement on, the overhead trolley. The growth of electric traction nbroad had not been character-ized by that which had marked its development in America. Con-sequently the extension of the overhead trolley had been slow,and, owing to extended prejudice against overhead wire in gen-eral, engineers had spent considerable time in perfecting the un-derground system. At about the time of the Bentley-Knight consequently it is made much wider, and is, in the Buda-Pestsystem, 1)4, ins. wide. In this co
. The Street railway journal . of me-chanical traction which would equal, and if possible be an im-provement on, the overhead trolley. The growth of electric traction nbroad had not been character-ized by that which had marked its development in America. Con-sequently the extension of the overhead trolley had been slow,and, owing to extended prejudice against overhead wire in gen-eral, engineers had spent considerable time in perfecting the un-derground system. At about the time of the Bentley-Knight consequently it is made much wider, and is, in the Buda-Pestsystem, 1)4, ins. wide. In this country many light road wagons have tires only Ya, , consequently the slot is limited to a maximum width of %in., and cannot be used as a wheel groove, as the flange requiresa greater width. Again, in the design of special work, wherethere is a complication of frogs, switches, turnouts, the centerslot renders the design less complicated, and is to be preferred. In 1892 William C. Whitney, one of the controlling spirits of.
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