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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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t covers thedrawbar, and all other projections which a victim wouldbe liable to hit, with cushions of spring steel. The frontedge of the cradle is cushioned with rubber rolls andthe cradle, itself, is of such form that it may be droppedon any road surface without risk of breaking. It is, ofcourse, not practicable for a projecting fender of thiskind to be carried close to the ground all the time, butit is possible for the motorman to instantly drop it whilehis hands are free for other purposes. It folds againstthe dashboard so that it can be folded up when the caris run in the barn. Over three thousand of these fendersare in use and the company claims a record of saving97 per cent of all the lives placed in its care, and of that97 per cent 99 per cent were uninjured. In a total of219 accidents 94>^ per cent of the men. g6yi per centof the women and 98 per cent of the children weresaved, a record of which there is official proof, and onewhich certainly commends the Providence fender.
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NIGHT MIUTOGRATH OF THE ELECTRIC TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION. 652 (^ticct j\aikva)j\ca/icw^ LATEST IM AIR BRAKES. The Statiiard Air Brnlf; Companys New Automatic Controller — Ai I.nportant Impr ivement —Be Sure and Sa: it i.i Operation at Convention. Not the least of the attractions at ths Slreet RailwayConvention will bj the new Aatomitic Co)itiollingapparatus which will be shown in operation by theStandard Air-Brake Company. This unique device, while designed and built for usewith the companys electric air compressor, is also appli-cable to a variety of uses, such as electric and otherelevator v\ork, hyvlrau.ic and other pump control, andother things which naturally suggest themselves. Inair-brake practice it relieves t!ie motorman from allresponsibility. He has nothing whatever to do withthrowing the current on and off for the running of theair compressor. The apparatus takes care of this andas it requires neither lubrication nor inspection it will

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