Electrical news and engineering . completed the installation of a new sys-tem of transporting their steel and raw materials from onebuilding to another and around the mills. Formerly thiswas, done by mejs of the time honored trucks run oversteel plates laid on the floors about the mills and hauledby men. To-day„,they have in successful operation a com-plete industrial TFjilway system, including electric locomo-tives, cars, tracks, switches, etc., enabling them to quicklyand easily haul materials to all parts of their plant. This entire equipment was furnished by the Orenstem-Arthur Koppel, Com
Electrical news and engineering . completed the installation of a new sys-tem of transporting their steel and raw materials from onebuilding to another and around the mills. Formerly thiswas, done by mejs of the time honored trucks run oversteel plates laid on the floors about the mills and hauledby men. To-day„,they have in successful operation a com-plete industrial TFjilway system, including electric locomo-tives, cars, tracks, switches, etc., enabling them to quicklyand easily haul materials to all parts of their plant. This entire equipment was furnished by the Orenstem-Arthur Koppel, Company of Pittsburg, and was built intheir own plant dt Koppel, Pa. The electric locomotivesshown, in the accompanying illustration, a view of theequipm^(;nt in the Superior Steel Company plant, are op-erated ^by an overhead trolley, and are easily handled byone man. By the old method of hauling it required severalmen to handle each truck—to-day one man operates a wholetrain. The Steel Company think so well of their equipment. A New Pole-Preserving Machine The treatment of poles with preservative oils is receiv-ing increasing attention by pole dealers and municipalitiesat the present time. On this account a new method of ap-plying the preservative will be interesting to cedar pole is a recognized fact that the point in the pole whichcauses the most trouble owing to decay is just at theground line and the new method concentrates its oil treat-ment for a distance of 18 inches above and below the sur-face line of the earth. An idea of the machine may be obtained from the ac-companying illustration. The main parts of the machine area steam boiler, air compressor and storage tank, a closed Electrib Haulage in Superior Steel Plant that they have just recently ordered twenty-four addi-tional cars. These will soon be delivered and will giveample facilities for handling all their products. The managers of manufacturing plants are rapidly be-coming aware of the fact that it is o
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