Evening journal., 1903-02-12
FENDER THAT SAVES
BOTH LIFE AND LIMB
Good Record Of Hunter Au-
tomato Device Being Tried
on Peoples Line Car
WHAT IT HAS DONE ELSEWHERE

tnlS CITY are lcSlliB an tulOinalc
fender, known as the Hunter Automatic
Fender, of Cincinnati, o.. the inventor
Of the same being Lyle ]. Hunter. OF
that city. This fender was put on the
car No. AZ. of the East Lake branch OF
the Peoples line and is now running
regular.-
This fender is constructed TO save
lives positively. 1t is not a cheap de-
vice like many on the market, which
are made TO pass the ordinances adopt 4,
ed by City Council This automatic |
fender is somewhat expensive, and is
constructed for use on roads. where |
the price OF fender Is not taken into |
consideration but where the main de- |
sire is 10 have "a fender that will save |
the loss OF both life and limb of those |
who are unfortunate enough to get in
the way Of electric cars
AS viii be seen. from a first glance, 7
nearly All of the parts of this fender
are underneath the car. guarding the
wheels, where all life saving appliances
belong. as in almost two thirds OF the
accidents that occur the unfortunate
passes under the car and is ground to
pieces by the wheels. IN this device the
inventor has constructed what he calls
a buffer, which clings to the front end
~ AA' 'tAA hAAh AAnil Allt utNils Hilu ~
connected with the under parts in a
manner that any object striking any
part Of the car will Immediately cause
the under scope OF the fender under
the car to drop Immediately in front OF
the wheels, so in case the object rolls
under the car IL Is positively imposs-
Bile for the destruction of life or limbs.
This buffer is so constructed Of strip
steel that il forms a sort OF cushion. so
in case the object Il strikes is caught
near the top or az any point OF the car
too high TO pass underneath, through
the buffer being constructed cushion
like. this will throw the object away
from the car, but nevertheless no mat
ter at what point any contact is made
the under scope falls Immediately. so In
case the object rolls under Il will save
both life and limb from the wheels
The main point of this automatic
fender is that neither the conductor nor
motorman are required 70 touch Il in
amy manner, as II being an automatic
fender IL requires no human agency to
operate II, and IL works Immediately IL
comes in contact with any object. II Is
so constructed that the weight OF a
child OF years is sufficient to operate
II automatically. although II is so con-
structed that the oscillation OF the car
viii not in any way interfere with It.
II also has a foot treadle, which can
be operated by the motorman, in case
person should slip az the side of the
car. and Immediately this treadle is
pushed by the motorman, the under
scope will fall to the track. the same as
Il would operate when coming into
place automatically.
IL Is a life-s saving device, as Il win
clearly prove to any one who thorough
" understands Tenders, and tha fact
that most of the most expensive and
more delicate parts are under the car
one can readily see that In case OF
striking any heavy object, such as
wagon, etc, the fender Is not destroyed.
as such contact would only bend the
buffer in front hanging on the dash OF
the car, and this being made OF strip
steel, few moments at the blacksmith
shop viii be the only expense necessary
to put It In operation again, so that the
cost or maintenance TO street car COM
panies Is practically nothing. Also IL
extends but very few inches i'm front
OF the car, and thus takes up very litrie
room IL the car barn, and therefore is
not liable to trip persons, as is the
lenders mostly in use that protrude out
from the car something like three to
four feet
TO show the record OF this fender for
Xfe saving, according TO the rcport OF
nae city of Cincinnati this fender since
January 1896. to the present time. has
saved 256 lives, and the accidents were
such that nothing but an automatic
Tender could have saved the persons. as
~ many OF the cases the accidents hap
pened too quick FOR the motorman TO
give up his attention to his car and
a II..r~ mn.
lives were positively saved in that CITY
during that time. through the use OF
1900 Tenders, and all were the Hunter
Automatic Fender, and since that time
the whole city OF Cincinnati has now
been equipped with this fender.
Another very interesting victory oil
this Hunter Automatic Fender was
made IN St Louis, resulting from test
made there.
In January, 1896. the nine systems of
the street railways operating I'm st
Lotus Mo-. equipped their roads with
various protruding tenders, in accord
ance with the then existing law.
IN 1900 these roads were consolidated
ana the City Council appointed a COM
mittee, under same conditions as was
done in this city, to'investieate whv So
many deaths had occurred since these
Tenders had been in use. This was in
1902. The committee reported these
tenders to be unreliable and inefficient.
The Council passed an ordinance
a0olishing the use OF all protrudinR
lenders then in use in the city. and re-
quiring the street railways TO re-equip
their cars with an efficient device. re- |
gardless Of cost.
This Hunter Automatic Fender was
displayed on cars there. and the COM
pany manufacturing it presented its
record Of l,S0O tenders in use in the
cry OF Cincinnati, in which It was
snoWeo through the record that as