. The street railway review . SWITCHBOARD .\T ST. MARYS POWER lluUSE. rooms, one of which is the machine shop proper and the otherthe carpenter shop, general interior views of each of which areshown herewith. The machine shop is equipped with one 26-in. and 48-in. double spindle McCabe lathe; one i8-in. Bradfordlathe; one iso-ton Shafer wheel press; one Fosdick & Hollowayradial drill; one Woodward and Rogers 13-in, speed drill; oneNo. 4 power hack saw; one diverter winding machine madein the companys shops; one emery wheel; one grindstone, and Mar. X). 11)04.] STREET R.\IL\\ AY REVIEW. Ul one
. The street railway review . SWITCHBOARD .\T ST. MARYS POWER lluUSE. rooms, one of which is the machine shop proper and the otherthe carpenter shop, general interior views of each of which areshown herewith. The machine shop is equipped with one 26-in. and 48-in. double spindle McCabe lathe; one i8-in. Bradfordlathe; one iso-ton Shafer wheel press; one Fosdick & Hollowayradial drill; one Woodward and Rogers 13-in, speed drill; oneNo. 4 power hack saw; one diverter winding machine madein the companys shops; one emery wheel; one grindstone, and Mar. X). 11)04.] STREET R.\IL\\ AY REVIEW. Ul one transfer table for removing trucks from under cars. Thearmature room is equipped with a swinging crane, and. SlB-a ..... .. ... .\T \V.\\. a 3,000-lb. swinging crane is provided for mounting wheels in the lathe and on the wheel press. The company makes smoking cars. These are mounted on 14-A Peckham trucks. Onecombination passenger and smoking car 54 ft. long was built bythe Jewett Car Co., and is mounted on 14-A-XX Peckham \11 of the cars are uniformly equipped with four WestinghouseNo. 56 motors, K-14 controllers mounted on both platforms,Christensen air brakes and Knutson trolley retrievers. Almostall of the cars are equipped with pilots, although a few Providencefenders are used. It will be noticed that all of the car equipmentsare entirely uniform and this was decided upon in order to reducethe number of repair parts to a minimum and to facilitate the inspec-tion and work in the repair shops. The cars are in use everyalternate day only, and are thoroughly inspected during the dayfollowing each days run, and it may be stated here that thethoroughnes
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