. Electric railway journal . he Pennsylvania Railroad onJune 5, 1918, had 7227 women in this employ. This isan increase of 1545 over the number on May 27. Duringthe same ten days the number of male employees de-creased by 900. The average labor turnover on thePennsylvania lines, East, exclusive of the general officeforce, is at the rate of 100 per cent annually. June 29, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 1241 Preventing Disintegration of PavingAlong the Rail Head Newly Invented Angle-Iron Paving Edge PermitsMotion of Rail Without CausingDamage to Paving THE maintenance of paving along the rail hea
. Electric railway journal . he Pennsylvania Railroad onJune 5, 1918, had 7227 women in this employ. This isan increase of 1545 over the number on May 27. Duringthe same ten days the number of male employees de-creased by 900. The average labor turnover on thePennsylvania lines, East, exclusive of the general officeforce, is at the rate of 100 per cent annually. June 29, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 1241 Preventing Disintegration of PavingAlong the Rail Head Newly Invented Angle-Iron Paving Edge PermitsMotion of Rail Without CausingDamage to Paving THE maintenance of paving along the rail head is aserious element in the operating cost of the waydepartment on any electric railway property havingtrack in paved streets. Vertical play of the rails to-gether with the punishment which the paving gets fication of the plan also permits the formation of a steelprotected flangeway alongside of T-rails. In many casesthe use of this scheme would undoubtedly overcome mu-nicipal objection to the use of T-rail in city PROSPECTIVE VIEW OF PAVING GUARDS, WITH ANCHORSAND REINFORCING RODS from heavy wagons and motor trucks combine to breakaway the paving where it comes in contact with therail heads. For the purposes of securing the ties, rails andfillers in a semi-rigid construction, free to vibrate with-out detriment to the adjoining paving, the InternationalSteel Tie Company, Cleveland, Ohio, has placed on themarket a line of guards, of angle iron, provided withsubstantial anchors. These are securely locked into theconcrete paving foundation by means of twisted stripsand anchor rods. The accompanying drawings clearlyshow the details of construction. The guard, of course, Low-Tension Dead-Front Switch PanelProvides Safety for Operators ALINE of dead-front panel switches has beenbrought out by the General Electric Company,Schenectady, as a safety-first development. These arefor use as distributing panels and for generators andfeeder panels of powerplants or shops and aresom
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