. The street railway review . and No. 12A, and Walker motors arelargely used. A large number of snow plows are required and kept in thevarious car houses; of these there are 13 Taunton double trackshare plows. There are no electric sweepers. The company hasa large equipment of special cars, such as mail, parlor, freight,motor and coal cars. Minor car and truck repairs are made in the car house pitrooms, but in case of heavy damage cars are sent to the carshops. Here also all cars are repainted once a year, and old carsare rebuilt. At the equipment shops on Albany street new caw are equipped wi
. The street railway review . and No. 12A, and Walker motors arelargely used. A large number of snow plows are required and kept in thevarious car houses; of these there are 13 Taunton double trackshare plows. There are no electric sweepers. The company hasa large equipment of special cars, such as mail, parlor, freight,motor and coal cars. Minor car and truck repairs are made in the car house pitrooms, but in case of heavy damage cars are sent to the carshops. Here also all cars are repainted once a year, and old carsare rebuilt. At the equipment shops on Albany street new caw are equipped with trucks and electric apparatus, and all old carsrefitted. The care and repair of signs, glass, doors, cushions,etc., for 2,400 cars keep a large force of men at work repairs are made in the companys shops on Albanystreet. Cars and trucks in ordinary use are cleaned at the car house,wash and pit rooms. Each car is inspected every day. All mo-tors are opened or dropped once a month and at such times trucks. SPECIAL WORK AT DOVER AND WASHINGTON STREETS. are overhauled. So far as possible trucks and motors of eachtype are concentrated at certain houses to lessen the variety ofspare parts carried and facilitate repairs. On accouut of the narrow streets the width of the cars islimited to 8 ft. Truck centers on long ears are 14 ft. trucks of 39-in., 48-in. and 02-in. wheel bases are used;short trucks have wheel bases of 6 ft. C in. The long cars seem to be preferred in Boston to any otherstyle. They take up less room per passenger, in the street, re-quire no greater operating force and are more roomy and health-ful and ride easier than the shorter cars. In track construction a 9-in. girder rail is used laid on a tieplate 1 in. thick with 2x%-in. tie-rods 5 ft. apart. The pavingblocks used are 12 in. long, 4 in. thick and 8 in. in depth, andare laid either on gravel or a concrete base. September 30, 1897, the company had 25,000 ft. of electricallyweld
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