. Electric railway journal . oxyacetylene torch the back of the steel safe was cut offand the safe was then set up on a brick foundation. Anew wooden box corresponding in width and height to theinterior of the safe was built onto the back, increasingthe depth to 26 in. A wooden form 36 in. wide, 54 and 40 in. deep was then built around the old safeand 1-in. steel plates were set on all sides half way betweenthe form and the walls of the safe. Concrete of a 1: 3 : 5 mixAvas poured into the form and further reinforced with rods tied with wire. This gives a heavily-reinforcedwa
. Electric railway journal . oxyacetylene torch the back of the steel safe was cut offand the safe was then set up on a brick foundation. Anew wooden box corresponding in width and height to theinterior of the safe was built onto the back, increasingthe depth to 26 in. A wooden form 36 in. wide, 54 and 40 in. deep was then built around the old safeand 1-in. steel plates were set on all sides half way betweenthe form and the walls of the safe. Concrete of a 1: 3 : 5 mixAvas poured into the form and further reinforced with rods tied with wire. This gives a heavily-reinforcedwall of concrete 5 in. thick on sides, back and top of theold safe. A No. 14-gage steel plate facing was placed on. STORAGE CAPACITY MAS DOUBLED BY INCREASING DEPTHTHE VAULTS STACK UP NICELY the front of the safe and fastened in place by bolts anchoredin the concrete. The new safe was then painted with blackEraderrust. The old safe held twelve vaults from the Cleveland boxeswhile the new one holds twenty-four and the cost of doubl-ing the capacity has been very small as compared withthe cost of a new safe. Convention Statistics THE registration figures, together with other statisticalinformation for the recent Atlantic City conventioncompare very favorably with those of the two previous con-ventions held at the same place. While the attendance wasnot as large as in 1916, the exhibit space was exceeded. Asfor the new exhibitors in 1919 there were sixty-five that didnot exhibit in 1916, while fifty-five who had exhibited in1916 were not listed in 1919. 1919 Officers of associations 30 American 367 Accountants 49 Claims 54 Engineering 284 Transportation 167 Total railway members 951 Individual members
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