. Electric railway journal . in most cases back to the first feed point. A cor-rective measure sometimes used to prevent this withdouble-track construction is to cross-connect the trolleyfrequently so that only a very short length of wire couldbe damaged. It should be remembered that copper trol-ley wire which has become annealed has less than 50per cent of its initial strength and its resistance towear is greatly reduced. Copper alloy trolleys do notseem to anneal as readily as copper, but they have atendency to break up into short pencils. Brass Footing for Metal Dashers QHEET iron or steel
. Electric railway journal . in most cases back to the first feed point. A cor-rective measure sometimes used to prevent this withdouble-track construction is to cross-connect the trolleyfrequently so that only a very short length of wire couldbe damaged. It should be remembered that copper trol-ley wire which has become annealed has less than 50per cent of its initial strength and its resistance towear is greatly reduced. Copper alloy trolleys do notseem to anneal as readily as copper, but they have atendency to break up into short pencils. Brass Footing for Metal Dashers QHEET iron or steel dash-k3 ers are apt to rust alongthe lower edge on accountof the moisture which ac-cumulates on the inside atthe point of junction withthe floor. The Rhode IslandCompany at its Providenceshops finds it economical tocut away the lower part ofrusted dashers, replacing itwith sheet brass, a stripabout 10 in. wide beingriveted on in place of the discarded metal. The accom-panying photograph shows the rejuvenated dasher DASHER WITH STRIP OPBRASS AT FLOOR LINE Conserving Domestic Sizes of Coal The Detroit United Railway has been conducting teststo determine if buckwheat size anthracite, bituminouscoal or coke cannot be used as fuel for their car tests were made at the suggestion of the FuelAdministration as it is considered extremely unlikelythat any domestic sizes of anthracite will be availablefor industrial or public utility use during the comingwinter. August 10, 1918 Men and Munitions Depend on Transportation 249 Auto-Trolley-Car Shows Big Savingin Operating Costs Passengers Call Them War Cars and ConsiderTheir Operation as a Patriotic MeasureAdopted by the Company AS DESCRIBED in the Electric Railway Jour-nal of May 18, page 977, the Westchester ElectricRailroad Company of the Third Avenue RailwaySystem, New York City, began placing cars ofthe one-man pedal-controlled type in service on itsChester Hill line early in May. Since their initial intro-duction
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