. The Street railway journal . ebuckets are placed in the tank, one in-side of the other, they rest on the lugs,and consequently cannot bind or stick. Every tank is accompanied by a bag ofa special compound put up in powderform, with full directions for powder, when dissolved in water,forms the fire-quenching solution withwhich the tank is filled. This solution, upon coming in contact with fire, immediately forms a gaswhich has a fire-destroying capacity equal to many times thesame quantity of water. Where the tanks are to be used in exposed places, a com-pound is furnished that wil
. The Street railway journal . ebuckets are placed in the tank, one in-side of the other, they rest on the lugs,and consequently cannot bind or stick. Every tank is accompanied by a bag ofa special compound put up in powderform, with full directions for powder, when dissolved in water,forms the fire-quenching solution withwhich the tank is filled. This solution, upon coming in contact with fire, immediately forms a gaswhich has a fire-destroying capacity equal to many times thesame quantity of water. Where the tanks are to be used in exposed places, a com-pound is furnished that will not freeze in a temperature as lowas 20 degs. under zero. The solution contains no acid and isharmless; it does not lose its efficiency with age. When thesix buckets have been removed, there is enough solution leftin the tank to refill four of the buckets. The tank, being ornamental and compact in construction,can be put in any convenient or conspicuous place, where itwill lie sure to be seen and used in case of fire. *+>. LIQUID-FILLED FIRETANK WITH NESTORBUCKETS PROGRESS ON THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORDLOCOMOTIVES During the past week the first of the twenty-five Westing-house single-phase electric locomotives ordered by the NewYork, New Haven & Hartford Railroad for operation on itslines between Woodland and the Grand Central Station inNew York City, was received from the Baldwin LocomotiveWorks, Philadelphia, by the Westinghouse Electric & Manu-facturing Company at its works at East Pittsburg. The Bald-win Company, working jointly with the Westinghouse Com-pany, constructs the locomotives and the Westinghouse com-pany provides the electrical equipments. Each locomotive isto be equipped with four Westinghouse single-phase railwaymotors of the straight series gearless type, and also with theunit switch system of multiple control. It is expected thatthis first locomotive will be ready to run by the middle ofJanuary. 54 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVII. No. i. THE
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