. The street railway review . FIG. D.—\V.\STIC nUVIXG : ELECTRIC CO. signor and in the courts than a release in the usual form, containedin the fine print on the back hereof. The Seattle Electric Co. makes a point of encouraging its em-ployes to reside in suburban districts, where the prices of propertywill permit them to have homes of their own. and grants variousprivileges intended to promote the comfort of the men not livingnear the operating barns. From the barns three cars, known asthe employes cars, are run regularly to University Heights, SouthSeattle and Green La
. The street railway review . FIG. D.—\V.\STIC nUVIXG : ELECTRIC CO. signor and in the courts than a release in the usual form, containedin the fine print on the back hereof. The Seattle Electric Co. makes a point of encouraging its em-ployes to reside in suburban districts, where the prices of propertywill permit them to have homes of their own. and grants variousprivileges intended to promote the comfort of the men not livingnear the operating barns. From the barns three cars, known asthe employes cars, are run regularly to University Heights, SouthSeattle and Green Lake, these cars being taken out by the nightmen when they quit work, locked and left on the track at the re-. FIG. ,\-LONGITrDIN.\L SECTION \V.\STl-; WASIMNC, ELECTRIC Co. rain, makes the provision of dry sand for use on the cars a veryimportant matter. The company owns a pit of good sand andgravel, some 50 acres in extent, and at this pit has erected thesand-dryiiig apparatus shown in two of the line drawings. Jan. 20. 1004-1 STREET RAILWAY RE\TE\\ , In operation, sand is delivered inio the boot from dump cars, inwhich the sand is drawn from the bank. From the boot an elevatortakes the sand up and delivers it to a revolving cylindrical sand passing the screen drops into the feed bin below it andthe stones and pebbles pass out the open end to a dump. Thegravel is used for ballast and concrete work. From the feed binthe sand is fed into the drying cylinder by a screw. The drying cylinder is over a furnace, as shown in the sectionalview. The rotating chamber has on the interior surface projectingfins to insure the sand heinec as it dries. From the drying The f
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