. The Street railway journal . DUMPING THE REFUSE BINS IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF BROOKLYN heavy tie rods and gussets, and designed throughout for severewear in continuous service. One of the larger sizes of theLidgerwood electric hoisting engines is mounted on the rearof the derrick, the hoist being operated by a 50-hp GeneralElectric railway motor. The effective radius of action is30 ft., and the boom swings through 170 degs. The derrick hasbeen working day and night for several weeks, and for a largepart of this time has been unloading buckets at the rate offour cars an hour, one bucket every four
. The Street railway journal . DUMPING THE REFUSE BINS IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF BROOKLYN heavy tie rods and gussets, and designed throughout for severewear in continuous service. One of the larger sizes of theLidgerwood electric hoisting engines is mounted on the rearof the derrick, the hoist being operated by a 50-hp GeneralElectric railway motor. The effective radius of action is30 ft., and the boom swings through 170 degs. The derrick hasbeen working day and night for several weeks, and for a largepart of this time has been unloading buckets at the rate offour cars an hour, one bucket every four minutes. The fastestwork up to date has been one carload of four buckets in eightminutes. The maximum weight of a loaded bucket would be8 tons, the average weight, 6y2 tons. An idea of the capital investment and earning capacityof the ash disposal business may be learned from the following make two round trips daily, so that for the basis of this calcu-lation, it can be assumed that 1200 cubic yardsare taken eachday from the
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