. The street railway review . X, No. 7. J. A. Fay & Egan Co., of Cincinnati. This machinery is driven byan electric motor. The wood shop is 53 x 314 ft. with two tracksalong one side; of the remaining floor space one end is occupiedby the machines and the other by benches. About 95 men arc atpresent employed in this shop. The paint shop is a room 100 x 125 feet with six tracks. Underthe same roof, but separated by a fire wall arc the machine, forgeand armature repair shops. The equipment of the forge shop com-prises 3 forges, I power hammer, : hydraulic wheel press, i drill,bending rolls, and
. The street railway review . X, No. 7. J. A. Fay & Egan Co., of Cincinnati. This machinery is driven byan electric motor. The wood shop is 53 x 314 ft. with two tracksalong one side; of the remaining floor space one end is occupiedby the machines and the other by benches. About 95 men arc atpresent employed in this shop. The paint shop is a room 100 x 125 feet with six tracks. Underthe same roof, but separated by a fire wall arc the machine, forgeand armature repair shops. The equipment of the forge shop com-prises 3 forges, I power hammer, : hydraulic wheel press, i drill,bending rolls, and thread cutting machine. In the machine shopare i milling machine, i planer, 4 lathes, i drill press, 3 sensitivedrills, I power hacksaw and i tool grinder. Including the men inthe car shop about 200 men are at present employed. Near the other shop buildings is a wash house for cleaning thecars. This is a narrow brick building with cement floor and is longenough to receive two cars. At each side is a gallery supported by. The signs placed on the Indianapolis street cars are admirablein being few in number, conspicuous, legible from a distance, andsimple in wording. Each car carries four signs, one at each endand one at each side of the monitor in the roof; each route is namedfor two of the streets over which it runs and the end car signs bearthe name of one of these and the side signs the name of the signs are of y^-in. poplar wood with the letters sA in. inheight sawed out; the width of each element of the letters is i boards are painted black, with white stripes ]4 in. wide aroundthe edges of the letters; on the back is a sheet of white \t night the car lights shining through the celluloid backing showwhite letters on a dark background. In addition to these signsthere are smaller signs made of sheet steel stencils with whitecelluloid backing, which are placed at the edges of the hoods todistinguish such of the cars as only run part way to the termin
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