. The Street railway journal . y completed thecut-off, actuated by the increased weight of the weigh-hopper,partially closes and reduces the stream of material to a meredribble. When an exact balance is reached the cut-off com-pletely closes, stopping the flow, and in doing so throws up alever, which sets in motion the mechanism which opens thebottom of the hopper, and as soon as the charge has beendumped closes and locks it again. In closing the bottom of thehopper the dumping mechanism again strikes the lever, throw-ing it down and thereby causing the cut-off to open and allowa new charge to
. The Street railway journal . y completed thecut-off, actuated by the increased weight of the weigh-hopper,partially closes and reduces the stream of material to a meredribble. When an exact balance is reached the cut-off com-pletely closes, stopping the flow, and in doing so throws up alever, which sets in motion the mechanism which opens thebottom of the hopper, and as soon as the charge has beendumped closes and locks it again. In closing the bottom of thehopper the dumping mechanism again strikes the lever, throw-ing it down and thereby causing the cut-off to open and allowa new charge to flow into the weigh-hopper. The movementis a very simple one, the only power required being the mo-mentum of the falling material. It is claimed that an absolutebalance is secured of every weighing. A long-armed beam isemployed, swinging entirely free of any of the working parts ofthe machine, thus insuring frictionlcss movement. The weigh- they have been found especially accurate in the weighing ofmaterials in large AUTOMATIC SCALES FOR WEIGHING COAL The scales are put on the American market by the Richard-son Scale Company, of New York. *^ A general shortening of schedules on the lines of the Metro-politan Street Railway Company, of Kansas City, Mo., hasbeen made possible because of the new policy adopted by thecompany of inducing passengers to step lively and of takingon only such passengers as are at the designated stoppingplaces. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 3. WORKS OF A BROOKLYN RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANY The accompanying illustrations give a very good idea of anumber of rooms in the new factory of the Columbia MachineWorks & Malleable Iron Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Thiscompany has recently greatly enlarged its business, and it hasnow manufacturing facilities which enable it to turn out largeand small work of the highest quality. The company makes aspecialty of electric railway supplies, and some of the featuresof the trade which are supplied are new an
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