. Electric railway journal . as shown in the accompanying table. Cars Washed with Air and Water Flusher AGREAT saving in cost of washing cars is nowbeing realized by the Chattanooga Railway & LightCompany by the use of its combination air and waternozzle, an illustration of which is shown is one of the many convenient devices which havefollowed the installation of the new air compressor inthe Chattanooga shops. It is a National compressor type 3VS-23, of 300- capacity anddriven by a single-phase, 54-hp. flushing deviceconsists simply oftwo -i-in. rubber hoselines
. Electric railway journal . as shown in the accompanying table. Cars Washed with Air and Water Flusher AGREAT saving in cost of washing cars is nowbeing realized by the Chattanooga Railway & LightCompany by the use of its combination air and waternozzle, an illustration of which is shown is one of the many convenient devices which havefollowed the installation of the new air compressor inthe Chattanooga shops. It is a National compressor type 3VS-23, of 300- capacity anddriven by a single-phase, 54-hp. flushing deviceconsists simply oftwo -i-in. rubber hoselines, one for air andone for water, eachleading through suit-able control lingvalves to a commonnozzle. The wholedevice is a combina-tion of ordinary pipefittings. From the two valves there are bushings toi-in. ells, which in turn lead to a tee, to which is con-nected another short bushing which is plugged at theend, a ^-in. hole being bored through the plug. Anycombination of air and water can be discharged fromthis AIR AND WATER NOZZLE 960 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 21 The present method of cleaning out cars consists offirst using the air line to blow out dust, after whicha powerful stream of water is provided for flushing outthe car, air and water being used here in results obtained by the use of this combinationair and water stream are much better than from oldhand-scrubbing or flushing out with water stream only,both from the cleanliness resulting and from the savingin time. Under the former method of cleaning eight cars con-stituted a good days work, whereas it is now possibleto wash as many as twelve cars thoroughly with thesame labor besides two or three flivvers, as E. , general superintendent, facetiously puts it. Theonly difficulty encountered, which is a minor one, is thehandling of the double-hose line to keep it from gettingtwisted. New Rock Crusher an Economical Additionat Charlotte THE Southern Public Utilities Company has i
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