. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . arry the coal out onto the of these conveyors will serve anequal number of loadino; towers, eachbelt running- up onto a tower over anincline with an arrangement of pulleysthat will permit the tower to mov(^ backand forth along- the pier without intei-ferinp; with the operation of the b( loadintj; towcM- will contain an (le-vator cage having a v(M-tical movementof tw(Mity-s(n(Mi feet which, in turn, willcontain a scHond cage known as theshuttle i-am, having a length transverseto the pier of 118 feet and containing atiansverse belt conv(
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . arry the coal out onto the of these conveyors will serve anequal number of loadino; towers, eachbelt running- up onto a tower over anincline with an arrangement of pulleysthat will permit the tower to mov(^ backand forth along- the pier without intei-ferinp; with the operation of the b( loadintj; towcM- will contain an (le-vator cage having a v(M-tical movementof tw(Mity-s(n(Mi feet which, in turn, willcontain a scHond cage known as theshuttle i-am, having a length transverseto the pier of 118 feet and containing atiansverse belt conv(\vor. This shuttleram will be capable of motion that willgive it a maximum extension beyond thebulklu^ad line of thirty-five feet on eitherside. On each side of the tower therewill be a boom suppoiting a loweiator orboot for lowering the coal into a v(\ss( it is delivered fi-om the tiansverse b(4tin the shuttle ram. Two of the sixty-inch b(4ts will carrythe coal to storage bins located on thepiei- l)etwe(Mi the coaling toweis and the. dumpers at linu*> when it is necessaisto]) any of the belt convcNojs or loa y toding 64 TPIE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE towers temporarily. Coal from thesestorage bins will be dmnped back on anyof the four sixty-inch belts leading to theloading towers or onto two forty-inchbelts leading to two trimming towers,one on each side of the pier. These areto be used for trimming purposes or forsupplying bunker coal while the towersare loading cargoes. This arrangement will provide veryflexible operation and is expected to re-duce breakage on coal intended for do-mestic purposes, although the equipmentmay be speeded up when mine run coalis handled. The entire improvement willcost $1,500,000, and the maximum capac-ity wdll be considerably in excess of thepiesent demand.—Railway Age Gazette.
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