. Electric railway journal . trailers. suggests that the experimental section, whichlater would form a part of the electrified network, beso equipped that the third-rail voltage could be raisedlater to, say, 3000. February 13, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL ■m vJii,9*ionri9rij-iu bsqqirla 9din yiddi ifirif i9qon i 989/11 tO IIA (Contributions from the Men in the Field Are Solicited and Will be Paid for at Special Rate$.)ij<rLj!ttU[i bn Equipment and Its Maintenance Short Descriptions of Labor, Mechanical and ElectricalPractices in Every Department of Electric Railroad


. Electric railway journal . trailers. suggests that the experimental section, whichlater would form a part of the electrified network, beso equipped that the third-rail voltage could be raisedlater to, say, 3000. February 13, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL ■m vJii,9*ionri9rij-iu bsqqirla 9din yiddi ifirif i9qon i 989/11 tO IIA (Contributions from the Men in the Field Are Solicited and Will be Paid for at Special Rate$.)ij<rLj!ttU[i bn Equipment and Its Maintenance Short Descriptions of Labor, Mechanical and ElectricalPractices in Every Department of Electric Railroading ■ii, i),;! I iljttliU Fixed Squeegee for Vestibuled Cars BY A. R. JOHNSON, ASSISTANT TO SUPERINTENDENT OFEQUIPMENT THIRD AVENUE RAILWAY SYSTEM, NEW YORKIn remodeling about 630 convertible cars to the pay-within type the Third Avenue Railway System, NewYork, realized that the removal of the bulkheads necessi-tated some means of keeping the vestibule sash free ofrain, snow and ice with the least discomfort to the pas-. tyojq 9rii ^99rn two center vestibule posts. Where the latrapSfrpeeJieotbeyond the posts they are twisted, theift ■eitd$vih$in&secured by means of two thumbscrews. Fiulrtijiermbr©springs are set between the straps and the ppjsi«il$foallow clearance between the sash and the ritEapsnW&ilepermitting close contact of the sash and nobbsafj bHibdsqueegee extends across the bottom vestitotdesIsasH}which is stationary, and close to the upper stilfifolbtbssame in order to be out of the way. As the triliiodniejjsash is lowered and then raised by the motormfraErjgtb©outer side of the pane is swept by the rubber torjguerflfieffectually that rain streaks and snow are -ureaehdyicleaned off. up9 9rij gvneq Recording Progress in Constructi^^^fCars and Assembly of Equipments is BY NORMAN LITCHFIELD, M. E. FIXED SQUEEGEE FOR VESTIBULED CARS sengers and also of avoiding accidents from cloudedsash. To attain this end a fixed window cleaner orsqueegee was devised. This cle


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