. Electric railway journal . urs. Transfers are turned in in separateenvelops for each trip. The machine is equipped witha total register, and a sub-total register with a is rented from the Tickometer Company, Cleveland,Ohio, on a monthly basis. The use of this machine, according to Mr. LeMay,saves the hire of three clerks. In summer months it for-merly required the services of five people to count thetransfers. Now they are handled by a young man anda girl. The young man opens the envelops, withdrawsthe transfers and passes them with the envelop acrossthe table to the girl, who feeds
. Electric railway journal . urs. Transfers are turned in in separateenvelops for each trip. The machine is equipped witha total register, and a sub-total register with a is rented from the Tickometer Company, Cleveland,Ohio, on a monthly basis. The use of this machine, according to Mr. LeMay,saves the hire of three clerks. In summer months it for-merly required the services of five people to count thetransfers. Now they are handled by a young man anda girl. The young man opens the envelops, withdrawsthe transfers and passes them with the envelop acrossthe table to the girl, who feeds them through the Tick-*ometer and checks the conductors count against themachine count. After checking the transfers they aretorn in two and they are later sold for scrap paper. Trolley Frog with RenewableWearing Pan The trolley frog shown in the accompanying illus-tration is a new design placed on the market by theGeneral Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. It con-sists of two parts, a malleable-iron body and a malleable-. HIGH SPEED MACHINE FOR COUNTING TRANSFERS WEARING PAN, BODY AND ASSEMBLY OF TROLLEY FROG iron or composition metal wearing pan fastened to thebody by two bolts. The trolley, span and guy wires are fastened into thebody part of the frog. The pan receives all the wearand is easily replaced without disturbing or altering theadjustment of the trolley or supporting wires, sincethey are fastened to the body of the frog only. Re-newals can therefore be made with a very short inter-ruption of traffic. The branch trolley wire can be endedin the body by being clamped under the set screw asshown, or it can be run through the frog and attacheddirectly to the guy wires. Although the frog is designed for 15-deg. turnouts,by properly locating it with respect to the main andbranch lines it can be used for almost any weight is only 8 lb., and on account of its lightnessthe life of the trolley wire immediately adjoining thefrog is considerably prolonged. 704 ELE
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