. Electric railway journal . ange saves time formerly lost by detaching a hoistfrom a runway at the east end of the shop and erectingit on an I-beam in the ceiling. To save babbitt turningsand enable them to be used a second time a screen ofcanvas 3 ft. wide and 7 ft. high, supported by a woodenframe, is used under the lathe. Another useful feature ofthe shop is a Warsaw electric elevator of 1 ton capacity,with a platform 5 ft. square, which serves the old carhouse,upper and lower stockrooms and armature room by mul-tiple doorways on each floor. A GE commutator slotterlately has been added. OI
. Electric railway journal . ange saves time formerly lost by detaching a hoistfrom a runway at the east end of the shop and erectingit on an I-beam in the ceiling. To save babbitt turningsand enable them to be used a second time a screen ofcanvas 3 ft. wide and 7 ft. high, supported by a woodenframe, is used under the lathe. Another useful feature ofthe shop is a Warsaw electric elevator of 1 ton capacity,with a platform 5 ft. square, which serves the old carhouse,upper and lower stockrooms and armature room by mul-tiple doorways on each floor. A GE commutator slotterlately has been added. OIL SUPPLY AND SCRAP BIN The oil supply system is piped to adjustable pump standsat one end of the first floor stockroom, and the companymaintains the following storage capacities in separatetanks: linseed oil, 220 gal.; signal oil, 100 gal.; air com-pressor oil, 400 gal.; engine oil, 500 gal.; power housevalve oil, 300 gal.; turbine, oil, 300 gal.; kerosene, 400 gal.;electric car oil, 800 gal. Gages attached to floats are lo-. Berkshire Improvements—Skew Arch Bridge at State High-way on Lee-Huntington Extension cated in one, corner of the stockroom to indicate at alltimes the quantities on hand. The carpenter shop contains a buzz planer, a speed lathe,a swing saw and two circular saws, group-driven by a35nP> 370-voIt, three-phase motor of the General Electricinduction type. The scrap bin, 60 ft. long and from 13 ft. to 32 ft. wide,consists of a group of compartments formed by removable2-in. planking on the top of a concrete floor supported onconcrete piers and foundations. The compartments areparallel and front upon a runway 6 ft. wide, which is con-nected with the ground by a concrete ramp 25 ft. or teams are run up the ramp to the appropriatecompartment entrance, and after being discharged therefuse material is kept here until it can be hauled away ina gondola or other car set in front of the bins on thesiding shown in the accompanying halftone. A derrick isu
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