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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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roughthe East, Mr. and Mrs. Greene returned to Chicago andv\ill reside at 3311 Forest Avenue. Mr. Greene is mak-ing an enviable record among the street railway fra-ternity and his many friends will join us in congratulationsand best wishes for continued success and prosperity. 491 PECKHAMS PERFECT CANTILEVERTRUCKS. The liistorv of an invention is the story of triumphover dilliculties after the first attempt has adver-tised the strong points and sliowed the weaknessesof the idea. The Peck ham truck has been no exception to tliis uni-versal rule of improvement. This new truck as herc- cessar\- to remove wheels or a.xles. The gear claimsimmunity from shocks, ready adjustment, easy removal ofparts and firmness of carrying. The flexible motor support is also a new feature. Thishanger consists of two parallel steel bars providedwith one or more spring sockets to sustain the rubber orsteel springs used to support and sustain the rear end ofthe motor-frame. The two parallel crossbars are sus-
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with represented, embodies the salient features of theoriginal cantilever truck introduced nearly two years ago,but also includes the radical and important improvementsinvented by Mr. Peckham for the purpose stated at thehead of this article. The list of improvements may well begin with theradial gear, ( see illustrations below ) which gear has.shown several valuable features. radicalU new in con- pended at each end by flexible connecting-bars, frombrackets riveted to the side-frames. This arrangementallows freedom of movement and relief of motor-framesfrom side strain, and insures a true mesh of the same. The self-lubricating journal-boxes and brakes are usedon this truck, and the journal-boxes are dust-tight and canbe removed from the axle without jacking up the car. Thr wrought-steel side-frames are improved in con-

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