. Electric railway journal . then businesshas increased and some lines have shown an increasein power consumption in spite of our effort to effect aneconomy. However, in general, I am satisfied that ameter on a car has a good influence on the motormanand encourages him in an effort to save. The St. Joseph (Mo.) Railway, Light, Heat & PowerCompany has increased its coal storage capacity from250 tons to 10,000 tons. Coal is being unloaded by a20-ton locomotive crane. By the improved facilitiesthe company expects to save $3,000 a year. 826 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. 50, No. 18 Snow Scrapers M
. Electric railway journal . then businesshas increased and some lines have shown an increasein power consumption in spite of our effort to effect aneconomy. However, in general, I am satisfied that ameter on a car has a good influence on the motormanand encourages him in an effort to save. The St. Joseph (Mo.) Railway, Light, Heat & PowerCompany has increased its coal storage capacity from250 tons to 10,000 tons. Coal is being unloaded by a20-ton locomotive crane. By the improved facilitiesthe company expects to save $3,000 a year. 826 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. 50, No. 18 Snow Scrapers Made at a Costof $30 Each BY R. A. WILLSON General Superintendent Washington Water Power Company,Spokane, Wash. The secret of preventing tie-ups due to snowstormsis to keep the tracks clear. During the early part ofthe winter as soon as the ground commences to freeze,it is our practice to send out the big snow plow, de-scribed in the Electric Railway Journal of Jan. 6,1917, page 39. This plow is run over all unpaved dis-. HOME-MADE SNOW SCRAPERS OF WASHINGTON WATERPOWER COMPANY tricts and it scrapes the mud down to the level of theball of the rail. In this way it is possible for thescrapers to reach the rail head. We keep up this plow-ing while there is any thawing that permits wagons toraise the mud. With the ground on both sides level with the railthere is little chance of the snow packing and beingfrozen on the rail. Then the use of the scraper is allthat is necessary to keep the line free for travel. The scraper which we use was designed by the writerand has proved effective in every way. The illustrationshows the general arrangement of the blades, transversemember, frame and operating lever. The transversemember is Vi-in. x 3-in. x-4-in. angle iron, which isattached to the car by a bolt through either end. Theframe is made of V^-in. x 21/2-in. spring steel, and thescraper blades are 12-in. x 24-in. plow steel. The motor-man can regulate the pressure on the blades by meansof
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