. The Street railway journal . o I Mii|i,ii;;i street ,lunial gectign A-A FIG. OF SHAFTSTRAIGHTENER Fid -PINION DRAWING DEVICE 232 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 6. MOTOR LUBRICATION IN COLUMBUS After an extensive experience covering three years the Co-lumbus Street Railway has adopted oil for lubricating motorbearings and finds it superior to grease for this purpose. Thismatter has been developed along very simple lines by CharlesE. Hott. No changes are required inthe grease boxes, as the oil receptaclesare made of rectangular form to fitinto the grease box on the motor.
. The Street railway journal . o I Mii|i,ii;;i street ,lunial gectign A-A FIG. OF SHAFTSTRAIGHTENER Fid -PINION DRAWING DEVICE 232 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 6. MOTOR LUBRICATION IN COLUMBUS After an extensive experience covering three years the Co-lumbus Street Railway has adopted oil for lubricating motorbearings and finds it superior to grease for this purpose. Thismatter has been developed along very simple lines by CharlesE. Hott. No changes are required inthe grease boxes, as the oil receptaclesare made of rectangular form to fitinto the grease box on the motor. The supply of oil to the bearing isregulated by wicking, which passesthrough a valve chamber, as shown inthe accompanying cut. The oil is fedto the bearing by the capillary actionof this wick. A valve is also provided,being seated in this oil chamber, whichstops the supply of oil when the ecjuip-inent is not in service. The oil used isGalena car oil, the lighter oil beingused for winter and the heavy oil forsummer. The economy
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