. The Street railway journal . DETAILS OF SUPPLY CAR, TORONTO RAILWAY Street Ky. Juurnal is operated with a hand pump, the pump and lifting table beingmounted on a flat truck arranged to run on narrow-gage trackrails laid on the bottom of the pit. The hand pump comprisesa water chamber 13 ins. square and about 3 ins. high, insidemeasurement. This chamber is formed of j^-in. plates andserves as a base for the pump. When the chamber is filledwith water, the act of raising the pump handle draws a charge opening the return valve (operated by a small hand wheel),thus allowing the water to flow back
. The Street railway journal . DETAILS OF SUPPLY CAR, TORONTO RAILWAY Street Ky. Juurnal is operated with a hand pump, the pump and lifting table beingmounted on a flat truck arranged to run on narrow-gage trackrails laid on the bottom of the pit. The hand pump comprisesa water chamber 13 ins. square and about 3 ins. high, insidemeasurement. This chamber is formed of j^-in. plates andserves as a base for the pump. When the chamber is filledwith water, the act of raising the pump handle draws a charge opening the return valve (operated by a small hand wheel),thus allowing the water to flow backward through the by-passinto the water chamber. The same water is used over andover again. This type of jack has proven satisfactory if rea-sonable care is exercised in keeping the valves in good con-dition. The jack table on which the material or apparatus to be February io, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 235 handled is carried is so mounted as to give an adjustment ofseveral inches either side from the center. This is accomp
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