. The street railway review . imits barns onNorth Clark street. The shop is under the charge ofMr. Lynch, formerly superintendent of the Connellygas motor works. One of the old gas engines has beenmade over into an air compressor for the shops. It isbelted from the line shafting of the shop, which is runby an electric motor. The compressor has tight andloose pulleys, and has an arrangement which automatic-ally throws the belt onto the loose pulley when the press-ure is above ninety pounds and throws the pump inaction again when the pressure falls. The compressed air is used at present for vvoi
. The street railway review . imits barns onNorth Clark street. The shop is under the charge ofMr. Lynch, formerly superintendent of the Connellygas motor works. One of the old gas engines has beenmade over into an air compressor for the shops. It isbelted from the line shafting of the shop, which is runby an electric motor. The compressor has tight andloose pulleys, and has an arrangement which automatic-ally throws the belt onto the loose pulley when the press-ure is above ninety pounds and throws the pump inaction again when the pressure falls. The compressed air is used at present for vvoiking asteam hammer. It makes the work of the men in theblacksmith room much cooler during the summer thanif steam was used. It also saves keeping up steam in aboiler for the express purpose of running the uses of compressed air will probably be madelater. A convenient arrangement for taking G. E. 800 arma-tures out of open cars is also in use. At one end of thetransfer table pit are two cranes with arms just long. DEVICE FOR REMOVING ARMATlRES. enough so that the block and tackles attached theretocome directly over the motors when a car is put on thetransfer table and shoved to the end of. the pit. Whenthe armatures have been lifted above the seats the caris shoved back out of the way so that the cranes can beswung around. The Consolidated Street Railway C^ompany. Wor-cester, is changing its cars from double to singletrucks. 542 (^/ti^lF(mWa^j\eyie^ TROLLEY PARTIES AND PARTY CARS. Rates Charged Upon Various Roads—Special Cars Profitable—The Form of Amusement Growing in Favor. Within a short time the part of a street railway com-panys business, which consists in catering to the wantsof pleasure-lovers among its patrons by providing specialcars which may be chartered by parties, or arrangingfor the exclusive use by such parties for specified periodsof the cars such as are in daily use, has grown to mag-nificent proportions and forms an important part of ma
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