. Electric railway journal . FIG. 1 ARMATURE SHAFT RACK, RHODE ISLAND COMPANYS CRANSTON SHOPS the coils, particles which cannot as a rule be seen withthe naked eye. The above methods have been important factors inreducing motor troubles, so that whereas formerly aboutten armatures used to be brought into the shop for re-pair weekly on account of troubles due to unsatisfac-tory field conditions, at present only one or two arma-tures come in monthly. The number of spare field coilscarried has been reduced about 50 per cent. Storage of Motor PartsAt the Cranston shops three notable means of compa
. Electric railway journal . FIG. 1 ARMATURE SHAFT RACK, RHODE ISLAND COMPANYS CRANSTON SHOPS the coils, particles which cannot as a rule be seen withthe naked eye. The above methods have been important factors inreducing motor troubles, so that whereas formerly aboutten armatures used to be brought into the shop for re-pair weekly on account of troubles due to unsatisfac-tory field conditions, at present only one or two arma-tures come in monthly. The number of spare field coilscarried has been reduced about 50 per cent. Storage of Motor PartsAt the Cranston shops three notable means of compactstorage are in use in connection with motor maintenanceand the repair of other electrical equipment. Fig. 1shows a convenient rack for the storage of armatureshafts. These are mounted vertically in holes drilledin a 7-ft. x 8-ft. platform. A capacity of 120 shafts isattained in this exceedingly limited space, the holes be-. FIG. 2 SCREW CABINET; FIG. 3 ARMATURE COIL STORAGE RACK UNIT. BOTH IN RHODE ISLAND COMPANYS SHOPS 510 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIX, No. 11 ing drilled in diameters ranging from 2% in. to 4 different types or sizes of shafts are carriedin the platform under normal conditions of platform floor is of 1-in. planking and is mountedin the machine shop. Fig. 2 shows a home-made cabinet for the storage ofscrews in the electrical repair shop to obviate the loss oftime incurred in going to and from the main stockroomfor these small supplies. The cabinet is an octagonalstructure containing forty-eight triangular boxes withgalvanized-iron sides, wooden bottoms and fronts, thedrawers being 3 in. deep, 4^2 in. wide at the base andwith sides 6 in. long. When opened all drawers areheld from falling out by a small vertical pin whichprojects downward at the apex of the triangle in eachcase, but which is short enough to enable a box to betaken out with ease by tilting down
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