. The street railway review . s abrilliant man and the world a benevolent citizen. MRS. JOHN W. FOWLER. AT Northport, Long Island, on September 24th, oc-curred the death of Mrs. John W. Fowler, wife ofthe well known member of the firm of Lewis & Fowler.Mrs. Fow^ler had been very much of an invalid for sometime, and the news of her death, while not altogetherunexpected, carried sadness to a large circle of friendswho sympathize with Mr. Fowler in his great loss. 456 ^^j»J; THE THREE SHORT RAILWAY MOTORS. ACTUAL daily service with the Short GearlessMotor, since its announcement some seven months

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. The street railway review . s abrilliant man and the world a benevolent citizen. MRS. JOHN W. FOWLER. AT Northport, Long Island, on September 24th, oc-curred the death of Mrs. John W. Fowler, wife ofthe well known member of the firm of Lewis & Fowler.Mrs. Fow^ler had been very much of an invalid for sometime, and the news of her death, while not altogetherunexpected, carried sadness to a large circle of friendswho sympathize with Mr. Fowler in his great loss. 456 ^^j»J; THE THREE SHORT RAILWAY MOTORS. ACTUAL daily service with the Short GearlessMotor, since its announcement some seven monthsago, has demonstrated all that was claimed for it, having proved efficient, reliable and entirely successful.The sahent features of this machine are considered byProf. Short, after the most careful study, as the indis-pensable requirements of a gearless motor for railwaywork, and are: the multipolar field; the small mag-netic gap; and a ring armature of comparatively largediameter. A brief description will be of interest.. SHORT GEARLESS MOTOR. From the cut, it will be seen that all gearing is elimi-nated from the machine. The number of bearings isreduced to two on each motor, making four in a carequipment. The armature speed has been reduced to theminimum, viz.: that of the car axles in practical operation.The noise of gearing and the squealing ofcommutator brushes are entirely obviated, andthere are but three wearing parts on each motor.The armature is of the ring type, of compara-tively large diameter and increased leverage.It is keyed to the hollow steel shaft, which is con-centric with the axle of the truck, and an insideclearance of one inch all around is provided for.The coils of the armature are in this, as in allShort machines, entirely independent and per-fectly ventilated. The motor has eight field magnets, four on each side of the armature. They face each other ^at a distance of only ten inches and thus form amost intense magnetic field. They are bolted tothe frame