. Electric railway journal . r only a few hours and is paid for a whole day. Withthe gig method the poles for the day are distributed ata time when the two-horse team would be idle. Whilethe poles are being set the team is employed in haulingaway the surplus excavated material, thus being keptbusy all day and eliminating altogether the need forthe larger team for pole distribution. The gig has reduced the cost per pole for distributionenough to repay its cost several times over. The pole in the illustration is only a short piece usedto show the grip of the tongs, no long pole being con-venient
. Electric railway journal . r only a few hours and is paid for a whole day. Withthe gig method the poles for the day are distributed ata time when the two-horse team would be idle. Whilethe poles are being set the team is employed in haulingaway the surplus excavated material, thus being keptbusy all day and eliminating altogether the need forthe larger team for pole distribution. The gig has reduced the cost per pole for distributionenough to repay its cost several times over. The pole in the illustration is only a short piece usedto show the grip of the tongs, no long pole being con-venient. Hot floor oil as a paint substitute for the floors andplatforms of the cars of the Evanston (111.) Railwayhas been found to give very satisfactory results aftertwo years of experimentation. Hard maple floors aretreated on both sides with a hot oil which does not maror show service wear like the ordinary floor paints. Inaddition the oil waterproofs the floor, increases its wearlife and need not be applied as often as DISTRIBUTING LONG POLES—POLE TONGS 412 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 9 30 000 25000 20 000 15000
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