. The street railway review . the several styles of metal lockersmade by Edward Darlcy & Sons Co., of Pliiladclpliia, which arespecially adapted for use in ma-chine shops, car barns, powerhouses, etc. These lockers arebuilt with an angle irfln steelframe and the sides and door arecomposed of woven wire of aboutl-in. mesh, the wire being gives a strong body and ren-ders the contents of the lockervisible. A special crimp is usedin the wires at each point of in-tersection, which makes it impos-sible to enter the lockers by push-ing the wires apart. These lockers arc generally fin-ished
. The street railway review . the several styles of metal lockersmade by Edward Darlcy & Sons Co., of Pliiladclpliia, which arespecially adapted for use in ma-chine shops, car barns, powerhouses, etc. These lockers arebuilt with an angle irfln steelframe and the sides and door arecomposed of woven wire of aboutl-in. mesh, the wire being gives a strong body and ren-ders the contents of the lockervisible. A special crimp is usedin the wires at each point of in-tersection, which makes it impos-sible to enter the lockers by push-ing the wires apart. These lockers arc generally fin-ished in black enamel, unless oth-erwise ordered, but they can alsobe finished in any color, clcctro-Iironze or nickel-plated, as de-sired. Each locker is furnishedwith a special key so that noth-ing can be taken from it exccplby the holder of the key. Theselockers are now in use in almuhlall well-equipped inanufacluringestablishments, and wherever anumber of men arc employed, andtheir utility and conveniemi- . ;.M( :ip|iarcMt I require furlhcr 498 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [ XIV. No. ;. Tw«) Interesting Storage Battery Installationsin Maine. BANGOR. ORONO & OLDIOU N SIREET RY. riic HniiKir. Orono & (JIdtowii Sirci-I owrnril :inI) liy the Piil)lic Works Maine, cxtcmls aboiil■ 4 or 15 miles out of Bangor. It is siipplicil with power at theMangor end front the Veazie power station, which is alKint live milesoiit of Bangor anil which furnishes all the light anJ power for thecity, and from the other end hy a small water power plant at Mil-ford, just across the river from the end of the line at OldlownThis plant is equipped with two D-62 generators, driven hy twoturhincs. and an 88-kw. regulating storage hattery. recently in-stalled, consisting of 264 cells with Chloride .•\ccutnulator type F-9plates in F-13 glass jars, having a capacity of 160 ampere in regu-lating work. Before the installation of the batt
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