. The Street railway journal . rp may be opened, and the trolley wheelslipped off the bearing. It is claimed that thework of changing a trolley wheel can be donein one-fifth the time required with the ordi-nary harp. Any style of wheel may be harp fits very close around the wheel, andthere is no space for the wire to get betweenthe harp and the wheel. A copper spring car-ries the current from the wheel to the pole. For pit work a portable hydraulic jack,shown herewith, is used. This is mounted onfour wheels, and it is light enough to be car-ried from one pit to another by one man. The
. The Street railway journal . rp may be opened, and the trolley wheelslipped off the bearing. It is claimed that thework of changing a trolley wheel can be donein one-fifth the time required with the ordi-nary harp. Any style of wheel may be harp fits very close around the wheel, andthere is no space for the wire to get betweenthe harp and the wheel. A copper spring car-ries the current from the wheel to the pole. For pit work a portable hydraulic jack,shown herewith, is used. This is mounted onfour wheels, and it is light enough to be car-ried from one pit to another by one man. Theconstruction is very simple; the lift portionbeing made of 3-in. iron pipe, 4 ft. long, whilethe water tank is of 3-in. pipe, 18 ins. long. The pump is ofij/2-in. pipe, 6 ins. long. The table has 18-in. wood rollers, sothat an armature may be rolled off easily, and the lift has acapacity of about 1000 lbs. In pressing off car wheels, without removing the gear, uses a pair of cast-iron billets, having one end shaped to. INTERIOR OF CAR HOUSE AT SOUTH COVINGTON side seats. The interior finish is extra fine cherry. Both theside sashes drop inside the car between the sills. The end sashand the end door sash also drop into pockets. The end insidesash is provided with a screen. Peckham No. 7-D trucks, twoWestinghouse motors, a K-10 controller, Westinghouse electric fit the wheel flange. The accompanying illustration shows thismethod in operation. The company has about 150 cars in use, and two West-inghouse No. 49 motors have been adopted as standardequipment for each car. One man and four boys are December 19, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1049 employed in electrical repair work, and they make alltheir own armature coils and field coils and do theirown controller work, as well as car wiring, etc. CharlesUlrich, who is in charge of the department, has introduced armature coil cells he uses a simple press, which saves a greatdeal of time. There is a flat steel plate in which
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