The street railway review (1891) (14759362352)

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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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this isprobably the secret of the success of the scheme.Another curious fact that has been noted, is that wherethe span wires are kept rather loose and the trolleywire tight, there is little trouble from trolleys coming off. LICENSE FOR MOTORMEN. THE BRANDAU TRACK AND WHEELBRAKE. S TH E action of this Combination track and wheelbrake will be made plain by a glance at theengravings. It is simply a modified form ofwedge, which is let down in front of the wheels. Thetrack part of the brake is shod with rubber, and as it . T. PAULS motormen will be required to carry alicense, if the ordinance now drafted shall becomeV^ ^ a law. Alderman Franklin is the author of themeasure, and the qualifications exacted are not more thanany just superintendent would require. Let it be known to the city fathers that damage suits,resultant from careless or incompetent motormen, arejust as expensive as any other kind, and the generality ofsuperintendents and managers choose their men with thisidea in view.
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THE BRANDAU TRACK AND WHEEL BRAKE. is intended only as an emergency apparatus, would prob-ably not wear out very fast. For ordinary service appli-cation, only the wheel shoes are used. The trackshoes are let fall into their place by their own weight, foremergency application, by a simple pressure on a treadle.At a trial on the Troy City Railway Cecently, it did itswork promptly and apparently without much regard forthe condition of the track or weight of car. It is a brake THE MIDDLETOWN-GOSHEN TRACTION. THE above company, now owning about three milesof track in Middletown, will begin next spring ona ten mile extension to (ioshen. The powerhouse is to be completed in the spring, and will be about.■^00-horse-power capacity. The track now laid is 60 and68-pound T and 80-pound girder. i8J (^:ked/li\aiWiiy J^ylc\/ THE ROYAL ELECTRIC RAILWAY MAILROUTE AT OTTAWA, CANADA. HER Majesty Victoria R., has signified to herloyal liegemen, the Ottawa Electric RailwayCo., that her majestys mails ma