. Electric railway journal . uces satisfactory re-sults. The first cost of one of the journal boxes shownin the accompanying illustration is $, while the costof welding on new chafing plates is only 50 cents. Al-though the chafing plates have been riveted on success-fully in some instances it has been found very difficultto make them oiltight, whereas when the plate is weldedin place this requirement is readily met. Miscellaneous Applications The heaviest weld that has been successfully madein the shop of the Michigan Railway has been on thecracked shanks of old Sharon type and Tomlinson r
. Electric railway journal . uces satisfactory re-sults. The first cost of one of the journal boxes shownin the accompanying illustration is $, while the costof welding on new chafing plates is only 50 cents. Al-though the chafing plates have been riveted on success-fully in some instances it has been found very difficultto make them oiltight, whereas when the plate is weldedin place this requirement is readily met. Miscellaneous Applications The heaviest weld that has been successfully madein the shop of the Michigan Railway has been on thecracked shanks of old Sharon type and Tomlinson radialtype couplers. The approximate first cost ofone of these coupler shanks is $, and the cost toweld it is $2. Welds in simpler form are frequentlymade to obviate delays in the receipt of material, thusmaking it unnecessary to carry a large stock of spareparts in the storeroom. For instance, GE-239, 2400-volt, brush-holder receptacles that have been burnt inservice are readily put in condition for operation. In. OXY-ACETYLENE REPAIRS—WORN AND RECLAIMED AXLE CAPSAND JOURNAL BOX 554 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 12 one of the accompanying illustrations, one of thesebrush-holder receptacles in need of repairs is illustrated,together with one that has been restored. For thiswork a scrap brush is fastened to the receptacle duringthe welding operation to serve as a mold for the innersurface of the brush-holder receptacle. The cost newof one of these holders is $, and the welding cost,including labor, material and gas, is about 25 cents. Asimilar case occurred in connection with a broken baseon one of the Michigan Railways pneumatic trolleybases. As shown in one of the accompanying illustra-tions, the base, which is made of cast iron, was crackedacross one side, and to weld it cast-iron metal waspoured into the crack. The cost new of one of thesebases is approximately $25, but the cost of material,
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