. The Street railway journal . 802 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 26. order. The room is well lighted and ventilated and is equippedwith drill-press, lathe, grindstone and other tools, driven by a lineshaft belted to an induction motor operated on the lighting cir-cuit. The power for the machine shop is therefore en-tirely distinct from the railway circuit, and the shop can be runafter the rotary has been shut down, either in case of accident to the. FIRST CAR OPERATED OVER THE ROAD rotary or its auxiliary apparatus, or while the car service is sus-pended during the night. The sloping
. The Street railway journal . 802 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 26. order. The room is well lighted and ventilated and is equippedwith drill-press, lathe, grindstone and other tools, driven by a lineshaft belted to an induction motor operated on the lighting cir-cuit. The power for the machine shop is therefore en-tirely distinct from the railway circuit, and the shop can be runafter the rotary has been shut down, either in case of accident to the. FIRST CAR OPERATED OVER THE ROAD rotary or its auxiliary apparatus, or while the car service is sus-pended during the night. The sloping character of the ground hasgiven an opportunity for constructing a track pit of somewhat noveldesign. The tracks entering the shop are about 4 ft. above thefloor. They run along the side of the wall, and the rail nearest thecenter of the room is supported by a wooden stringer resting onbrick piers. When a car is in the house, therefore, access can be hadto it from underneath with considerable ease. The master mechanichas designed a simple and efficient hoist for lowering the motorsinto the pit, and handling other heavy work. This hoist consists of soon to be doubled by an increase of four cars of the same typemade by the John Stephenson Company, of Elizabeth, N. J. Thecars seat forty-four passengers, the arrangement of the seats beingsimilar to that adopted by the Worcester (Mass.) Consolidatedroad. The seats at each end are longitudinal and hold fou
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