. The Street railway journal . curtains which may be drawndown over the fronts to keep out any possible dust that mayfind its way into this department, thus insuring the drying tothe best possible advantage. This cabinet has adjustable parti-tions, which may thus be moved along to accommodate differentwidths of sash. An important feature of the paint shop equipment is thepainters supply room, a paint storage department, which ismaintained for most economically handling the oil, color, var-nish, brushes and other supplies for the painting of cars. This 356 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No.
. The Street railway journal . curtains which may be drawndown over the fronts to keep out any possible dust that mayfind its way into this department, thus insuring the drying tothe best possible advantage. This cabinet has adjustable parti-tions, which may thus be moved along to accommodate differentwidths of sash. An important feature of the paint shop equipment is thepainters supply room, a paint storage department, which ismaintained for most economically handling the oil, color, var-nish, brushes and other supplies for the painting of cars. This 356 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 8. store room, of which an interior view is presented herewith,occupies a space, 12 ft. x 52 ft. in area, between the erectingand woodworking shops. All construction in this room is fire-proof, the floor being of concrete and the ceiling of brick,arched between I-beams. The best of facilities are providedfor properly handling the supplies. The dry colors are kept inbins underneath the counter in the middle of the room, while. THE FIREPROOF PAINT STOCK AND SUPPLY ROOM FOR USEOF THE PAINT SHOP DEPARTMENT shelving is provided for can paints, sandpaper, etc. Barrelsof oil are set upon pedestals over large tray-like pits in thefloor so that accidental leakage may not easily cover the entirefloor and thus offer serious fire risk. This store room is voirs being applied to each car, which carried 300 lbs. car-braking system was a straight-air equipment of usualconstruction, taking its service air supply from an auxiliaryreservoir, into which air is fed at 40 lbs. by a reducing valvefrom the storage tanks. The high-pressure supply was fur-nished by a compressor in the power station at Birmingham,the cars being charged at least once per trip. The results from the storage-air system, as here tried, werevery satisfactory and led to further applications to cars of boththe city and interurban systems. During 1900 and 1901 thecompany made an extensive series of tests of the work
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