. The Street railway journal . FIG. 7.—COALING CHUTES FOR THIRD AVENUE LOCOMOTIVES—NEW YORK. ELEVATED RAILWAY. storage bunkers, having a capacity of from six to seventhousand tons, or a thirty-day supply, which can be drawnupon when, for any reason, the daily supply is inter-rupted. The coal for the storagebunkers on the Second Avenueside is transferred from the bargesby means of a jib hoist and dump-ing buckets and an overheadsingle rail, circular track, uponwhich runs a two-wheeled trolleyhoist, to which the loaded bucketsare hooked and pushed by handto any point where the coal is tobe dumpe
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 7.—COALING CHUTES FOR THIRD AVENUE LOCOMOTIVES—NEW YORK. ELEVATED RAILWAY. storage bunkers, having a capacity of from six to seventhousand tons, or a thirty-day supply, which can be drawnupon when, for any reason, the daily supply is inter-rupted. The coal for the storagebunkers on the Second Avenueside is transferred from the bargesby means of a jib hoist and dump-ing buckets and an overheadsingle rail, circular track, uponwhich runs a two-wheeled trolleyhoist, to which the loaded bucketsare hooked and pushed by handto any point where the coal is tobe dumped. White ash coal onlyis employed on the locomotivesof the elevated lines, the gradebeing known as broken coal. ThePhiladelphia & Reading Coal &Iron Company has the contractfor the entire supply for the ele-vated system. This is broughtby rail from the Lehigh mines toPort Reading, near Communi-paw, where it is transferred tobarges, which are towed directlyto the landing on the HarlemRiver, as noted above. The coal. FIG. 6.—ENGINE AND PUMP ROOMS—TERMINAL STATION OF SECOND AND THIRD AVENUE ELEVATED RAILWAYS, NEW YORK. The entire structure is provided with facilities for coalingten locomotives at a time. The locomotives of the Sec-ond Avenue and suburban lines are coaled from the southend of the station (Fig. 8), the arrangements beingsimilar to those provided for the Third Avenue beneath the elevated structure are extensive costs, delivered, $ per ton, and the average weightconsumed per train mile is lbs., costing 7 cts., anunusually economical result. This coaling station, together with others for theWest Side lines, as well as the many other facilities forthe economic operation of the entire railway system, 86 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 2. under the control of the Manhattan Elevated RailwayCompany, which embraces 102 miles of track, is a creditto the good judgment and ability of the general manager,Col. F. K. Hain.
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