. The Street railway journal . a capacity of 100 cu. minute piston displacement is provided in the main cab for operating the air brakes. The principal dimensionsfollow: Length over bufifers 41 ft. 6 in. Length inside to inside knuckle 39 ft. 6 in. Total length of platform 38 ft. 6 in. Length of under frame 34 ft. o in. Total wheel base 27 ft. 6 in. Rigid wheel base 9 ft. 6 in. Span of third-rail shoes 22 ft. 8 in. Length of motormans cab 15 ft. 6 in. Height top of cab from top of rail 11 ft. 11 in. Height of pantograph when in retracted posi-tion from top of rail 14 in. Height o
. The Street railway journal . a capacity of 100 cu. minute piston displacement is provided in the main cab for operating the air brakes. The principal dimensionsfollow: Length over bufifers 41 ft. 6 in. Length inside to inside knuckle 39 ft. 6 in. Total length of platform 38 ft. 6 in. Length of under frame 34 ft. o in. Total wheel base 27 ft. 6 in. Rigid wheel base 9 ft. 6 in. Span of third-rail shoes 22 ft. 8 in. Length of motormans cab 15 ft. 6 in. Height top of cab from top of rail 11 ft. 11 in. Height of pantograph when in retracted posi-tion from top of rail 14 in. Height of floor line above the top of rail 5 ft. o in. Width over all 10 ft. 2^ in. Diameter of wheels 48 in. March 28, 1908.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL, 495 STORAGE BATTERY HOUSE VENTILATION ON THENEW YORK CENTRAL In the account of the New York Central electrical equip-ment in the issue of this paper for Oct. 12, 1907, only abrief mention was made of the system of heating and ven-tilation employed in the storage battery houses. The com-. FIG. 1.—HEATING .^l> VENTILATING ROOM IN SWITCHp HOUSE pany which installe#the storage batteries agreed to certainguarantees on then^ provided the temperature was main-tained at 70 deg. JRis necessitated a heating plant for coldweather and a means of cooling in warm weather, as wellas proper ventilation at all times. The acid fumes thrownoff by the batteries precluded the possibility of heating bydirect radiation, as the fumes would attack and destroythe radiation and pipe lines. Hence the blower system wasadopted. The entire heating plant is centralized in a de-
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