. Electric railway journal . orm with the outline of the roof. At thestaircase sides only, a portion has been slotted out ofthe bottom of the wood gutter, to form an outlet forrain or snow. Directly below this aperture a brasscasting has been fixed, made in the form of a trunkbead, and so arranged on the corner post to provide forthe intake of rain. To this attachment is fixed a tube, that extends to the bottom of the sidedecency board (which is cut away to make provisionfor the tube in direct form), and to this junction a doubleelbow is attached in sleeve form, which provides fora
. Electric railway journal . orm with the outline of the roof. At thestaircase sides only, a portion has been slotted out ofthe bottom of the wood gutter, to form an outlet forrain or snow. Directly below this aperture a brasscasting has been fixed, made in the form of a trunkbead, and so arranged on the corner post to provide forthe intake of rain. To this attachment is fixed a tube, that extends to the bottom of the sidedecency board (which is cut away to make provisionfor the tube in direct form), and to this junction a doubleelbow is attached in sleeve form, which provides foran additional length that passes down the end of thebody cornerpost and terminates 6 in. below the plat-form boards. By this contrivance we claim to havenot only reduced the labor in washing and repainting,•but also to have protected passengers from much annoy-ance during wet and stormy weather, and in additionwe find that a better appearance of the car is verysimply maintained. 1060 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 53, No. 22. rin SSING RAIL Emergency Special Work Made WithArc Welder Kansas City Railways Use Arc Welding Equipmentto Build Right Angle Crossingsfor Emergency Use DURING the latter part of December, 1918, KansasCity was visited by a very heavy fall of wet snowwhich on account of existing labor conditions was notpromptly removed from the streets and was speedilypacked into a sheet of ice over all the tracks. The traf-fic over the rails and special work constantly packedthis ice into the crevices and breaks in the special work,and many pieces which ordinarily would have lasted forsome months were destroyed by spreading, lifting ofthe hard centers and breaking of the bolts and fasten-ings. The result was that when the snow was finallycleared several crossing frogs were almost impassableand were in danger of breaking equipment every timethey were used. A period of at least sixty days wouldhave been necessary to secure repair pieces and a veryconsiderable time would have
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