. Electric railway journal . agon trailing behind the are loaded on this wagon by using the winch towind up a line extending across the wagon and loopedaround the pole. Poles are also snaked short distancesby means of a line on the winch where the ground isnot good traveling for the truck. The company alsohas a derrick mounted on a gin wagon which is hauledas a trailer behind the pole truck and is used for raisingand setting poles with the line from the winch, whiletransformers are frequently raised to crossarm plat-forms by the same means. In consequence, the com-pany is able to d
. Electric railway journal . agon trailing behind the are loaded on this wagon by using the winch towind up a line extending across the wagon and loopedaround the pole. Poles are also snaked short distancesby means of a line on the winch where the ground isnot good traveling for the truck. The company alsohas a derrick mounted on a gin wagon which is hauledas a trailer behind the pole truck and is used for raisingand setting poles with the line from the winch, whiletransformers are frequently raised to crossarm plat-forms by the same means. In consequence, the com-pany is able to do with this car all work requiring ahorizontal pull without obstructing the street, as is thecase when the truck drives off pulling a line attachedto its rear. As some of the trucks have been in service for a con-siderable period reasonably reliable cost data are avail-able, and these are given in the accompanying table shows the figures covering operation of fourWhite gas trucks and three General Vehicle storage-. MOTOR TRUCK TOWER WAGON FOR RESERVE July 7, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 25
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