. Public works . traight The swingingspout distributes theI iial evenly by beingswung, while thestationary spout isequipped with aspreader. The ca-pacity of this binranges from one tonper lineal foot up toIS tons per linealfoot. Together withthe bins are usedweighing , cranes, grabbuckets and tubs. under the bin and can be operatedeither electrically or by hand. The illustrations show Ferroinclaveconstruction diagramatically, an in-stallation of Brownhoist SuspendedBin in the power plant of the MemphisStreet Railway Co., Memphis, Tenn.,and of coal larries, transfer cr
. Public works . traight The swingingspout distributes theI iial evenly by beingswung, while thestationary spout isequipped with aspreader. The ca-pacity of this binranges from one tonper lineal foot up toIS tons per linealfoot. Together withthe bins are usedweighing , cranes, grabbuckets and tubs. under the bin and can be operatedeither electrically or by hand. The illustrations show Ferroinclaveconstruction diagramatically, an in-stallation of Brownhoist SuspendedBin in the power plant of the MemphisStreet Railway Co., Memphis, Tenn.,and of coal larries, transfer cranes aridair-operated coal gates, as installed inthe Cleveland municipal electric lightplant. These bins and the other ap-paratus described are made by theBrown Hoisting Machinery Co., Cleve-land, O. THE AVERILL STADIAGRAPH. for Plotting Stadia Work Direct fromField Notes. It was a distinct advance in topo-graphical surveying to be able to standat an instrument and determine thedistance and elevation of any point. FERRl) LNCLJNE CONSTRUCTION. within a thousand feet by simply sight-ing at a rod held there. This stadiamethod has been in use now for someyears and yet we occasionally see landsurveyed for contours and topograph- 152 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL \oL. XXXVII, No. 5, ical detail by the old laborious methodof chaining and leveling. Probablythe calculations required to reduce theobserved vertical angle and rod inter-cept for each shot to horizontal dis-til nee and elevation has deterred manyfrom adopting stadia work. A goodobserver will record a few hundredshots each day, and it is a somewhattedious process to reduce by use ofslide rule, while calculating liy tablesis still more laborious. There has recently been placed onthe market an instrument invented byMr. C. K. .\verill, of Bridgeport, Conn., A RUST INHIBITIVE. Antoxide is a special coating orpaint for preventing the rusting ofstructural iron. In addition to its wa-terproofing qualities, Antoxide con-tains inhibitives to prev
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