. The Street railway journal . wist drillgrinder, one Auburn grinder, one band saw, one 2-ton Har-rington hoist, one wheel-grinding machine, one Greenardarbor press and a home-made circular saw. The work done at the shops includes the operation of asmall brass foundry located in the basement of the armaturewinding room. The furnace is operated by kerosene oiland compressed air, and pouring off occurs about threetimes a week, the number of castings made averaging from30 to 40. The company makes its own trolley wheels,window catches, window tighteners, axle brasses for motor 766 STREET RAILWAY J
. The Street railway journal . wist drillgrinder, one Auburn grinder, one band saw, one 2-ton Har-rington hoist, one wheel-grinding machine, one Greenardarbor press and a home-made circular saw. The work done at the shops includes the operation of asmall brass foundry located in the basement of the armaturewinding room. The furnace is operated by kerosene oiland compressed air, and pouring off occurs about threetimes a week, the number of castings made averaging from30 to 40. The company makes its own trolley wheels,window catches, window tighteners, axle brasses for motor 766 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. i8. bearings, journal brasses, brass frames for conductors bells,hinges for oil cups, handles for reversers, split brass oilrings for rotary converters, and any other special brassparts which it may need in a hurry or find cheaper to makethan to purchase. The kerosene oil for the furnace issupplied by a 4-hp Christensen pneumatically-driven pumpat 25 lbs. pressure per square inch, the storage tank being. mantling the machine, and the halves are fastened togetherby screws. The brass foundry is operated by one man, whohas the assistance of one of the regular shop employeeswhen pouring off. The machine shop contains an electric oven for dryingarmature and field coils, an electric sand drier arranged tofeed dry sand automatically to the storage pile from thedamp sand compartment, a chemical ex-tinguisher outfit for fire protection, ablacksmith shop equipped with a forceddraft coal forge, and a coal-burning fur-nace for melting babbitt metal, alsoequipped with forced draft. A belt-driven fan supplies these furnaces incommon. On the side of the shop near-est the sub-station door is a bench for therepair of circuit breakers, headlights,control mechanism, fuses, etc. The em-ployee in charge of the sub-station ordi-narily works at this bench, and close byis a large gong, which rings if a circuitbreaker goes on the switchboard. Theman who operates the brass foundr
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