. Electric railway journal . of Timber Per Year BY EDGAR W. BRIGHT Tie and Timber Agent, Boston Elevated Railway The Boston (Mass.) Elevated Railway has recentlycompleted a timber treating plant at the companysSouth Boston yard which is the first pressure instal-lation to be built by any street railway in the UnitedStates, and which embodies a number of interestingfeatures in design in comparison with ordinary prac-tice. This was referred to in the writers article pub-lished in the issue of the Electric Railway Journalfor March 11, 1916, page 504. The company has usedcreosoted ties and lumber
. Electric railway journal . of Timber Per Year BY EDGAR W. BRIGHT Tie and Timber Agent, Boston Elevated Railway The Boston (Mass.) Elevated Railway has recentlycompleted a timber treating plant at the companysSouth Boston yard which is the first pressure instal-lation to be built by any street railway in the UnitedStates, and which embodies a number of interestingfeatures in design in comparison with ordinary prac-tice. This was referred to in the writers article pub-lished in the issue of the Electric Railway Journalfor March 11, 1916, page 504. The company has usedcreosoted ties and lumber extensively during the pastfive years, and for some time the lumber problem ofthe road has been in charge of the writer, under whosedirection the plant has been established. The designingengineer is Grant B. Shipley, of Pittsburgh, Pa., whosepatents are embodied in the plans and specifications forthe work. The plant is adapted to treatment by either Storage for Untreated Hewu Ties Ad/iu= aDd, Boring Machine / Mounted on Car. FIG. 1—GENERAL LAYOUT OF TIMBER TREATING PLANT SHOWING RAIL AND WATER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES 1066 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 21
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