. Electric railway journal . uncertain condition ofthe coal supply and the difficulty of obtaining cars, theplant of the Hattiesburg (Miss.) Traction Companyonly burned two cars of coal during the month of plant is getting about three cars of shavings perday from the lumber mills, and the company has beenauthorized to purchase six railroad cars for this pur-pose. This proposition will save the company in theneighborhood of $500 a month over coal at the presentprices. There is a possibility of again negotiating with the J. J. Newman Lumber Company for the total fuelrequirements, as the
. Electric railway journal . uncertain condition ofthe coal supply and the difficulty of obtaining cars, theplant of the Hattiesburg (Miss.) Traction Companyonly burned two cars of coal during the month of plant is getting about three cars of shavings perday from the lumber mills, and the company has beenauthorized to purchase six railroad cars for this pur-pose. This proposition will save the company in theneighborhood of $500 a month over coal at the presentprices. There is a possibility of again negotiating with the J. J. Newman Lumber Company for the total fuelrequirements, as the paper mill will not be erected untilsome time after the termination of the war. Wall-Mounting Brackets for Oil Cir-cuit Breakers To meet a demandfor brackets for usein supporting panel-mounting breakerson walls or pipeframes the West-inghouse Electric &Manufacturing Com-pany has broughtout a line of specialbrackets of which atypical one is shownin the accompany-ing illustration. Thefull line of bracketsis described in a. BRACKET FOR PANEL-MOUNTING OILCIRCUIT BREAKERS special bulletin recently issued. Anti-Creepers on Railway Track While the lighter traffic on interurban electric rail-ways makes the use of anti-creepers for rail less im-portant than on steam railroads, inquiry among a num-ber of electric railway maintenance of way engineersshows that anti-creeping devices are used in a numberof cases. These are principally on high-speed and ele-vated railways. The schedule of the track and road-way department of the Union Traction Company of In- 1 [ i n p i n n r II 11 If tion bf Move 11 men f J LI U U U U L 2 3 11 3SUSPENDED JOINT 1 f i r n 1 11 1 L if ire< t Oil if ? Iov f 1 -•mei L i J L LI JL JU L J U 3 113THREE TIE JOINT n r 1 i n n n ifin [ ! it f err ent |D|L JUL J J i J 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 SUPPORTED JOINT diana with regard to the installation of anti-creepersprovides as follows: When track is running not more than 1 in. per year,anti-creepers are installed as shown at 1-
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