. The Street railway journal . DEVICE FOR BABBITING BEARINGS AND BABBITEDBEARINGS Storeroom to facilitate the handling of materials. Belowa portion of the storeroom is a fireproof vault for the stor-age of oil. Bowser oil pumps in the storeroom are pipedto the oil tanks below. The gasoline tank is buried in theyard outside the building, but is connected through pipingto a pump in the storeroom. There are seven pumps for as many different kinds of oil and paint materials. IWASH ROOMSThe advantage of proper wash room, facilities were ap-preciated, and very few railway car shops are as wellequipp
. The Street railway journal . DEVICE FOR BABBITING BEARINGS AND BABBITEDBEARINGS Storeroom to facilitate the handling of materials. Belowa portion of the storeroom is a fireproof vault for the stor-age of oil. Bowser oil pumps in the storeroom are pipedto the oil tanks below. The gasoline tank is buried in theyard outside the building, but is connected through pipingto a pump in the storeroom. There are seven pumps for as many different kinds of oil and paint materials. IWASH ROOMSThe advantage of proper wash room, facilities were ap-preciated, and very few railway car shops are as wellequipped with wash basins, lockers and toilets. An illus-tration shows the arrangement of the twenty-four wash. DEVICE FOR GROOVING COMMUTATORS. THE CIRCULAR SAW IS IN THE VERTICAL SHAFT AND AT THE LEVEL OF THE CENTER OF THE ARMATURE SHAFT basins, which are supplied with hot and cold water. Eachman is furnished with an expanded metal locker. MISCELLANEOUS SHOP PRACTICE-CAR CONSTRUCTIONThe company has begun the construction of cars andis now building eight of the semi-open type. One of theillustrations show some of these cars under construction. June 22, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1097 They are built along the general lines of cars already inservice, are 46 ft. 6 ins. long over bumpers, and measure 7ft. 10^ ins. over sills. A channel bar, which is carriedaround the ends of the body, reinforces the side sill. Aside panel extends up 18 ins. from the floor. The plat-form timbers are almost completely enclosed in two channelbars, one below and one above each timber. The motors
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