. Electric railway journal . DREPORT. AT RIGHT, THE BREAKER IS SUSPENDEDUPSIDE DOWN BY BRACKETS clothes of a passenger, and occasionally the motormangets a hot spark down his neck which is not onlyannoying but may interfere with operation. To eliminate all of these objections the Des MoinesCity Railway is now relocating the circuit breakers onall of its cars so that the flash and report occur on theoutside of the car. As shown in the accompanyingillustrations the breaker has been turned upside downand suspended by brackets from the roof at the sideof the vestibule. An outlet has been cut throu
. Electric railway journal . DREPORT. AT RIGHT, THE BREAKER IS SUSPENDEDUPSIDE DOWN BY BRACKETS clothes of a passenger, and occasionally the motormangets a hot spark down his neck which is not onlyannoying but may interfere with operation. To eliminate all of these objections the Des MoinesCity Railway is now relocating the circuit breakers onall of its cars so that the flash and report occur on theoutside of the car. As shown in the accompanyingillustrations the breaker has been turned upside downand suspended by brackets from the roof at the sideof the vestibule. An outlet has been cut through theletterboard and lined with asbestos board. The outsideshield shown in the illustration is light sheet iron linedwith asbestos. Eight or more cars have had the breaker relocatedin this manner at present. When the cars come intothe shop for repairs or overhauling this change will bemade until the entire system is changed over. Thenew arrangement has worked very satisfactorily. 488 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 54, No. 10. Portable Rivet Heater for Shop Use Des Moines City Railway Has Built Portable Equip-ment for Use in Any Part of Shops—BurnsKerosene and Is Great Time Saver RIVETING has to be done in many parts of the. ordinary railway shop. A forge is generally avail-able only in the blacksmith shop so it becomes necessaryto do one of two things, either take all riveting workto the blacksmith shop or devise some portable heatingequipment so that the work can be done wherever itis most convenient. The Des Moines City Railwayfavors the latter method and has designed and con-structed a portable forge or rivet heater. The stand of the heater is built up from lA-in. xli-in. angle corner posts cross braced by ^-in. x l:i-in. iron straps. The bottom an-gles are the same size asthe corner posts and thefloor is No. 12 sheet fire box is built of firebrick lined with fire claymixed with common salt andthe whole is incased in gage sheet iron. The firebox rests in IJ-
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