AUCKLAND TRAMS.
(rBKSS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, April 20. Tin? Roye,l Commission appointed to enquire into and report upon the efficiency and suitability of the braking equipment in use on the Auckland trams, continued its sitting to-daj-. James Hampden Brennand, rollingstock superintendent for the Auckland Tramway Company, who fees had experience on the North Sydney tram service and at Leeds, gave his opinion in favour of the air brake in preference to the- magnetic brake. He hail known the magnetic brake to fail on occasions. He estimated- the cost of installing the magnetic brakes throughout thr Auckland service at approximately £50,000, and: as ail the underRear would have to be reconstructed, the time occupied in making the change would be considerable. William A. Duttorj, electrical engineer, ©are it as his opinion that the air brake, with the hand brake, was an improvement on the magnetic brake, and would be the most suitable for the Auckland conditions.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13713, 21 April 1910, Page 8
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AUCKLAND TRAMS.
Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13713, 21 April 1910, Page 8
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