Identifier: streetrailwayrev02amer (find matches)
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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e knob drops of its own accord, whichwill be at zero. When the conductor pushes knob up toreturn indicator to zero, the machine is locked and can-not be worked until after the indicator has reached thezero mark; and the direction plate can be changed onlywhen the indicator is at zero. The box is three and one-half inches thick, including ringing device. The SecurityRegister is in use on four roads in St. Louis alone, and isnow being rapidly introduced elsewhere. The manufac-turers refused to put any boxes on the market until theyhad given the register one full years test at home. Thisthey have done, having had 200 in daily use on four St.Louis roads, and without the expenditure of a singledollar for repairs. Hence, little wonder the roads givevery flattering testimonials of its success. L. Turner, one of the bright young men who havecommenced early and are growing up in street railwayexperience in that excellent school, the Chicago CityRailway, has been elected auditor of the company.
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The Leeds Daily News tells in England it is the greathing to learn how to descend from a moving tram car ona muddy day. The correct method for a 3oung gentleman is to light a cigarette on the rear platform, take hiscane under his arm, and, keeping his back to the horsesstep lightly off the car. All the girls inside will notice thefeat and speak of it; but it requires some training.There is some well-concealed humor in this and someoneought to offer a prize for its exhumation. 621 IDES NEW SYSTEM OFGENERATORS. DRIVING CLEANING CARS. ANEW system of generator driving has been putin operation by A. L. Ide & Son, Springfield,111., who have built and installed for the ForestCity Electric Light and Power Company, Rockford, 111.,a 2 50-horse-po\vcr tandem compound Ideal engine.This will be used for driving their street railway genera-tor. The shaft is also extended on the opposite of theengine, and carries four pullies, which drive four 50-lightarc dynamos by the use of the -Ideal Transmi

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