. Electric railway gazette . from the vessel is acomplished bymeans of an elevator and steam shovel, fitted witha double cylinder rapid-hoisting engine arrangedas shown in the illustration. The elevator boomsprojecting over the hatch of the vessel are pivotedon a vertical axis, so that they can be swung hori-zontally over the whaif leaving the dock front un-obstructed when not in use. MEETING OP UNION STEEET EAILWAYEmPLOYES. HUNT COAL HANDLING MACHINERY AT THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RAILROAD COMPANYS STATION. The power station of the Brooklyn HeightsRailroad Company is located between Kent avenueand
. Electric railway gazette . from the vessel is acomplished bymeans of an elevator and steam shovel, fitted witha double cylinder rapid-hoisting engine arrangedas shown in the illustration. The elevator boomsprojecting over the hatch of the vessel are pivotedon a vertical axis, so that they can be swung hori-zontally over the whaif leaving the dock front un-obstructed when not in use. MEETING OP UNION STEEET EAILWAYEmPLOYES. HUNT COAL HANDLING MACHINERY AT THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RAILROAD COMPANYS STATION. The power station of the Brooklyn HeightsRailroad Company is located between Kent avenueand the East River, Brooklyn, N. Y. On accountof the great value of the land on which it was The third annual convention of the AmalgamatedAssociation of Street Railway Employees of Amer-iea was held in Milwaukee this week. The organ-ization now has about members, with divi-sions in 41 different cities. Ten new divisions wereformed last year. President Mahon delivered hisannual address, the first part of which is as fol-. HUNT COAL HANDLING MACHINERY IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RAIL ROAD STATION. erected the plant is an unusually concentratedone. Specially designed machinery for hoisting andconveying the coal was necessary, and was furn-ished by the C. W. Hunt Companv, of New YorkCity. The conditions which confronted the latter com-pany in the equipment of the station were asfollows: The line of the boilers was parallel tothat of the wharf, the coal being received invessels. In case of the failure of this source ofsupply, means were to be provided to receive it inwagons from local coal dealers. The buildinghaving been erected before the installation of themachinery, it was necessary to adapt the machineryto existing conditions. Another complication was that the conveyorcould not be canied vertically downward at theend of the storage bin, as there was not room forit to pass through. These conditions required thatbesides being lifted over 100 feet vertically, thecoal must be carried
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