. Electric railway journal . the contactor box in conduitterminating in insulating bushings seated in the wallof the box. The box, as shown by one of the illus- trations, is attached by bolts to two iron straps carriedhorizontally by General Electric insulating bolts fromtwo similar iron straps attached by bolts to the crosssills. Inside the box and between the contactor arcchutes and the box frame a sheet of transite l/i is placed to prevent any arc from a contactor com-municating with the box proper. This arrangementinsulates the entire contactor box from the car bodyand ground. Ine
. Electric railway journal . the contactor box in conduitterminating in insulating bushings seated in the wallof the box. The box, as shown by one of the illus- trations, is attached by bolts to two iron straps carriedhorizontally by General Electric insulating bolts fromtwo similar iron straps attached by bolts to the crosssills. Inside the box and between the contactor arcchutes and the box frame a sheet of transite l/i is placed to prevent any arc from a contactor com-municating with the box proper. This arrangementinsulates the entire contactor box from the car bodyand ground. Inexpensive Improvements WillReduce Insurance Rates BY W. H. BOYCE Superintendent Beaver Valley Traction Company, NewBrighton, Pa. No doubt there are many railways which are payingneedlessly high fire insurance rates. Even though theshops are not new and of the most modern fireproofconstruction, the insurance rate can be considerablyreduced by complying with certain of the recommenda- Front £:£e ! j. ANTI-FREEZE BOX FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS tions of the Fire Underwriters Electrical was done in our shops, with the result that theyearly saving in the cost of insurance is greater thanthe expense which was necessary to make the requiredimprovements. The following table shows our insurance rates beforeand after the improvements were made: Rate Amount 1907-1308 $252,590 190S-1909 261,475 1909-1910 1910-1911 275,000 1911-1912 300,000 1912-1913 1913-1914 0 59807 317,000 Total saving per year on $300,000 of insurance as below : 1911—$300,000 at 940 $2, 1913—$300,000 at 9807 1, Total saving per year at new .. $ The yearly saving of $ was the result of im-provements which cost only $650, including the cost ofone 40-lb. chemical extinguisher. The other improve-ments included placing the wiring in conduits and com-plying with the minor recommendations of the FireUnderwriters. None of the
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