Show FIRST OF NEW AIR BRAKES ABOUT COMPLETED new to be placed at power house and other improvements made in a few days the four new street cars to operate on washington avenue under the new system will be put on the road equipped with the latest model of the electric air brake the work Is now being rushed and one of the cars with tho new brake equipment will bo finished this evening and a trial test mad esome day this week the brake itself Is a model of mechanical ch ingenuity and a distinct example of one of the many ways electricity can be turned to serviceable purpose attached to the armature of tho dynamo that supplies power to the corn Is a small cog wheel that operates a larger wheel attached to an air pump the air goes from tho compressor to a storage tank under the car and from the tank to the clutch of the brake at the will of the motor man the whole arrangement works automatically and after 0 pressure of 80 pounds has been secured the mechanism is stopped by the overpressure and starts again when tho pressure decreases the new cars are as fine a type as any in the west and the service will be greatly improved when they are put into commission in connection with the recent move the management of the company has decided to remodel the system of at the power house new 40 pound rails will replace the light ones several new switches leading to the car barn will bo laid and the switches on washington avenue near the powerhouse remodeled so as to lead directly into the bam from the street gradually the 40 pound rail will be laid over the entire system and the lighter stock used tor suburban purposes |