. The Street railway journal . ed in position and allows thespool to revolve on an iron axle that turns inbabbited bearings, and is secured to the spoolby means of square iron plates which fitsquare holes in the sides of the spool. Whennot in use the frame can be quickly taken topieces and stored away, leaving the center ofthe car clear for other work. On one end of the axle that supports thespool is an iron wheel about 2 tt. in diameter,upon which is mounted a band-brake that iscontrolled by a brake lever taken from an oldcable grip car. The brake arrangement isclearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
. The Street railway journal . ed in position and allows thespool to revolve on an iron axle that turns inbabbited bearings, and is secured to the spoolby means of square iron plates which fitsquare holes in the sides of the spool. Whennot in use the frame can be quickly taken topieces and stored away, leaving the center ofthe car clear for other work. On one end of the axle that supports thespool is an iron wheel about 2 tt. in diameter,upon which is mounted a band-brake that iscontrolled by a brake lever taken from an oldcable grip car. The brake arrangement isclearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When it is desired to string new trolley,if the track is in position, as is usually thecase, this car is run to the end of the line andthe new wire spliced to the old trolley asshown in Fig. 1. The wire is run off the spoolin the direction shown by the broken line inFig. 3. It runs over a pulley mounted in theroof at the opposite end of the car, and is then carried over awheel on the tower platform to the trolley arm which is. FIG. EMERGENCY CAR, SHOWING SPOOL OF TROL-LEY WIRE READY FOR PAYING OUT THROUGH ROOF mounted on the front end of the car. The wheel on the tower issupported at one end of a bar that is held by clips to the towerrail as shown in Fig. 1. When not in use this bar and wheel August 8, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 195 can be removed and carried inside, thus leaving the tower freefor other work. When the wire is connected the car is run backward andthe new trolley is paid out, the car motors receiving their cur- STORE YARD Fig. 5 is a view of the companys store yard, looking soutbfrom the entrance, and shows a stock of rails, stone, specialtrack work and miscellaneous supplies. A view of the yardfrom the opposite end, looking north, Fig. 6, shows a large
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