. American engineer . arrows. The location of the pointsat which the readings were made is shown on the accompanying iLLLMINATInN IN ObSEKVATIOX RoOM. UsiNC. TWELVE I5-WatT TuSCSTEN Lamps. Station. Foot Candles. Station. Foot Candles. 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 .Average, foot candles. diagrams. The direct electric lights were not in use when thesereadings were taken. Indirect lighting will undoubtedly be used extensively onprivate cars, dining cars, and possibly parlor cars. The effectof the light is most pleasing, but a considerably larger amou
. American engineer . arrows. The location of the pointsat which the readings were made is shown on the accompanying iLLLMINATInN IN ObSEKVATIOX RoOM. UsiNC. TWELVE I5-WatT TuSCSTEN Lamps. Station. Foot Candles. Station. Foot Candles. 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 .Average, foot candles. diagrams. The direct electric lights were not in use when thesereadings were taken. Indirect lighting will undoubtedly be used extensively onprivate cars, dining cars, and possibly parlor cars. The effectof the light is most pleasing, but a considerably larger amount ofpower is required than for ordinary lighting. The fixtures inMr. Yoakums car were supplied by the Safety Car Heating &Lighting Company. Fintsch gas is used as an auxiliary. CAR DEPARTMENT KINKS* BY \V. H. Wheeling & Lake Erie. Toledo, O. ILATFORM FOR SCRAP MATERIAL. The of removing scrap material from large shopsby means of a laborer with a wheelbarrow is an expensive. ^//| &/fi Fig. —Wooden Platform for Carrying Scrap. proposition, as much time is spent in wheeling the small loadsto the scrap pile. The wooden platform shown in Fig. 1 may beused for this purpose. It is 6; ft. square, and is made of 4 6 in. timbers, which may be taken from old car sills. It iscarried from place to place by means of cranes, four chainsfixed in one ring being used to lift it. Each chain has a hookfastened at its other end which fits in the 2 in. eyes at the fourcorners of the platform. With these platforms located at variousparts of the shop, scrap may be easily collected. When a plat-form is full the crane takes it to the end of the shop and dumps Entered in the Railway Age Gazette Shop Kink Competition whichclosed September 15, 1911. it in a scrap car, or on the scrap heap. When unloading, twochains are removed from one side, and when the other si<le islifted, the scrap will roll off the platform. The floor of theplatform should be of 1J4 •
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