. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . endof the system. Iron pipes specially se-lected for their smooth interiors onlyare used, and there is nothing insidethe pipes or fittings to arrest the flowof dust-laden air when once it has beendrawn into the system. A very important detail here comesin, and that is, that just as this dust-laden air is approaching the air-draw-ing machine it enters and passes to passthrough two dust separators, and by thetime the air reaches the valves and cham-bers of the pump it is entirely free fromdust
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . endof the system. Iron pipes specially se-lected for their smooth interiors onlyare used, and there is nothing insidethe pipes or fittings to arrest the flowof dust-laden air when once it has beendrawn into the system. A very important detail here comesin, and that is, that just as this dust-laden air is approaching the air-draw-ing machine it enters and passes to passthrough two dust separators, and by thetime the air reaches the valves and cham-bers of the pump it is entirely free fromdust or grit and can also be freed fromgerms if need be. The two cylindrical air through water and completes thepurification. If corrosive sublimate isused in this water the air comes off notonly free from dust and dirt, but thor-oughly rid of all organic matter. Boththese separators are cleaned daily, theone containing water is usually pipeddirect to the sewer. In the Jersey Central yards at Jer-sey City, of which road Mr. W. G. Bes-ler is general manager and Mr. is superintendent of mo-. DUST SYSTEM. live power, this system has practicallydoubled the number of cars are swept, seats are gone over,curtains have the dust drawn fromthem, and mouldings and woodworkhave the dust sucked off quietly »nd 30 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING January, 1905. -(juickly and in a way which leavesnothing further to be desired. The en-tire Pullman equipment which runs intothis terminal is daily cleaned by this sys-tem. Private cars or diners can be<;leaned without being taken out of thetrain shed when necessary. The stafif ofcleaners at any station so equippedcan handle more cars than the samenumber of men elsewhere, because theKenney vacuum system does not causedust to fly through the car, to settleagain somewhere else and be againwiped off. The Kenney system doesnot disturb any dust until it is actuallysucked into the slot-mouthed cleaningpipe
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