Electric railway gazette (1895) (14574666959)

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Title: Electric railway gazette
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: New York : (W.J. Johnston Co.)
Contributing Library: MIT Libraries
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eet railway. Thebook comprises 128 pages, 13^x10, full of illustrations—from cars and tools, down to conductors caps and buttons. Business Notes. The John Stephenson Company, Limited, 47 East 27street New York, who have been diligently manufactur-ing street cars and omnibuses since 1831,—and who(in 1859) built the first street car run on a London tram- Street Railway <3 azette. Vol. II. Chicago MARCH, 1887. New York No. 3 Construction, Equipment and Mainten- very little, as we have used the present arrangement as far ance of American Street Railways. back as I can remember. BY AUGUSTINE W. WRIGHT. Galled necks. We use no poles winter or summer, sothis will not apply to our horses. Springs are of vital importance, but it is immaterialContinued from page 28. whether they are put in the drawhead, or in the tugs. The Mr. Charles Frick, of the North Baltimore Passenger horse derives the same advantage in either case, with anRailway Company, wrote to me : equal compression of spring.
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I have often noticed in other cities how low the horsesare attached to the cars, and have wondered why they werenot elevated, as with us. We find our arrangement worksvery satisfactorily, but as to saving in horse flesh, I can say Fig. 42. I therefore see no reason to change my opinion that 30inches is a better height than 25 or 26 at which to attachthe animal to the car. Should any difficulty be experienced from the collar 46 THE STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. March, 1887 pulling upwards, a belly-band can be used. If this isbuckled tight enough, it will lower the line of draught andmake it more nearly horizontal. An objection exists to the use of belly-bands without aback band, during the prevalence of flies. When the car RUNNING GEAR. This is also an important matter, and worthy of carefulconsideration. A poor gear and bad springs add to theburden upon the horses propelling the car, to the expense ofmaintenance and to the discomfort of passengers. Each superintendent has decided for himsel