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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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is by means of a pump. The advantages in favor of valve engine seldom consumes less than 40 lbs. per horse-power.The Morehead return trap consumes less than 10 lbs. per horse-power. The pressure is admitted to the surface of the water andis automatically shut off before the tank is empty. The steam usedis only such as is condensed by the latent heat passing from it intothe water in the tank, which is all put back into the boiler. The Morehead return trap requires practically no attention;needs no lubrication; will not race or run away; never sticks; isnoiseless; requires little room and no foundation. The trap ismanufactured by the American Blower Company, of Detroit,Mich. ^ The Montgomery (Ala.) Traction Company is laying its trackon Dexter Avenue, the principal street of this city. The line ispractically completed to Pickett Springs, 4 miles north of Mont-gomery. This company has five new first-class cars, and will startrunning regularly within ten days. W. H. Ragland is the presi-
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RETURN TRAP dent, and John G. White & Co., of New York, are the con-tractors. The company is having difficulty in crossing the tracksof the Montgomery Street Railway; but i; is presumed that allmatters of difference between the two railways will be satisfac-torily settled within a few days. 7/0 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL (Vol. XX. No. 18. Johnsons Trolley Retractor This device is intended to furnish protection to the overheadconstruction, trolley poles and wheels by instantly retracting thetrolley about 15 ins. below the wire whenever it gets off the line.It has operated successfully through severe storms and 10 degs.below zero without being out of service a minute. It is made entirely of steel, is simple of construction, and everyadjustment can be made from the outside of the car. Fig. 1 shows the retractor in position on the dash of a car,connection being made with the regular trolley rope by means ofthe clamp I, Fig. 2, the latter cut showing the position when thetrolley is retract

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