. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—GRIPMAN OPERATING GRIP AND BRAKE BYHAND POWER—3RD AVENUE RAILWAY. FIG. 3.—GRIPMAN OPERATING GRIP AND BRAKE BY COMPRESSEDAIR—3RD AVENUE RAILWAY. succession of grades (some of which are shown in Fig. 1),and being the direct route to the pleasure resorts, FortGeorge, High Bridge and Van Cortland Park, is a roadof very heavy traffic. Most of the cars run are mountedon double trucks, and all are of large size. These factsmade formerly the employment of an extra gripman tohelp in setting the hand brake, a common occurrence.Such arduous conditions rendered the t
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. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—GRIPMAN OPERATING GRIP AND BRAKE BYHAND POWER—3RD AVENUE RAILWAY. FIG. 3.—GRIPMAN OPERATING GRIP AND BRAKE BY COMPRESSEDAIR—3RD AVENUE RAILWAY. succession of grades (some of which are shown in Fig. 1), and being the direct route to the pleasure resorts, FortGeorge, High Bridge and Van Cortland Park, is a roadof very heavy traffic. Most of the cars run are mountedon double trucks, and all are of large size. These factsmade formerly the employment of an extra gripman tohelp in setting the hand brake, a common occurrence.Such arduous conditions rendered the trial of any brake plify the gripmans duties so as to make mistakes impos-sible. If in cases of emergency he has suddenly to movetwo or more heavy levers to avoid collision, the chancesare more that a disastrous accident will result than if butone handle has to be moved. Fig. 2 shows the old style car having different handleswhich the gripman was obliged to use. Fig. 3 showsplatform of 421 car with the levers removed. T