. The Street railway journal . he lathe for boring wheels and turning down commutatorsis served with a swinging crane, as shown in Fig. 3. Similarcranes serve both ends of the repair pit in an adjoining wheel press is in the repair pit room, and wheels are rolledin and out of it without the use of a crane. For testing engineers valves and other parts of air brakeequipment compressed air is piped into the shop through a wallfrom the storage reservoir of a car in the car house to testingconnections, as seen in Fig. 4. Attachment can be made to thispiping for blowing out dirt and dust fr
. The Street railway journal . he lathe for boring wheels and turning down commutatorsis served with a swinging crane, as shown in Fig. 3. Similarcranes serve both ends of the repair pit in an adjoining wheel press is in the repair pit room, and wheels are rolledin and out of it without the use of a crane. For testing engineers valves and other parts of air brakeequipment compressed air is piped into the shop through a wallfrom the storage reservoir of a car in the car house to testingconnections, as seen in Fig. 4. Attachment can be made to thispiping for blowing out dirt and dust from motor cases andarmatures. Compressed air from the brake reservoirs is usedin cleaning cars. It is especially useful for starting dust from December 5, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 983 cracks behind hot-water pipes and in cane seats, though, ofcourse, it does not remove the dust after it has dislodged it. Mr. Lake has recently equipped the cars of this road withpilots similar to those used on locomotives, as it is becoming. FIG. 4.—AIR COMPRESSOR FOR CLEANING MOTORS AND CARS daily more apparent that a pilot is a good safety precaution ona high-speed road to prevent cars from being derailed byanimals on the track. PUBLIC SQUARE WAITING ROOM, CLEVELAND The plans for the suburban station to be erected on thePublic Square, Cleveland, have been completed and formallyapproved by the city and the interested companies. Work onthe structure will begin at once, as it is desirous of having thestation ready before cold weather. The arrangement underwhich the structure will be erected is a peculiar one. The cityofficials have long felt the need of public toilet rooms on thePublic Square, and the railroad officials, appreciating this,offered to erect and maintain a building fitted with these con-veniences if the city would permit it to be erected on the Public but no length of time is specified. The next city administration,if it sees fit, can order the interurbans to vacate, because,
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