. American engineer and railroad journal . coalto the crusher below which has a capacity of 400 tons in fivehours. The cable railway is capable of handling 150 tons The ashes are dumped through hoppers in the bottom ofthe stoker pits into small cars, so constructed that the bodyis detachable from the truck. After receiving its load thecar is run along a narrow gauge railway to a turntable at thewest end of the boiler house basement directly under the endof the ash bridge extending into the building. They arethen fastened on to the telpherage hoist, which upon beingstarted, automatically hoists
. American engineer and railroad journal . coalto the crusher below which has a capacity of 400 tons in fivehours. The cable railway is capable of handling 150 tons The ashes are dumped through hoppers in the bottom ofthe stoker pits into small cars, so constructed that the bodyis detachable from the truck. After receiving its load thecar is run along a narrow gauge railway to a turntable at thewest end of the boiler house basement directly under the endof the ash bridge extending into the building. They arethen fastened on to the telpherage hoist, which upon beingstarted, automatically hoists them to the height of a 10 beam, which forms the track from the ash bin into theboiler house. It then carries them across, automatically dump-ing into the ash bin, reverses and returns again to the innerend of the track and lowers to the turntable. The entirecycle of operation is effected by simply throwing the startingswitch. However, arrangements have been made for stoppingand reversing at any desired point. The time required for. VIEW OF BOILER FRONTS, SECOND FLOOR. per hour when operating twenty-nine 2 ton cars at a speedof ISO ft. per minute around the track loop. However, thereare at present but 10 cars in operation. These are of theside dump type, the sides being designed to swing outward andthe bottom being inclined so that the car entirely clears itselfupon the opening of the side doors. The tripping device, whichautomatically dumps the car above the bin, consists simplyof a heavy cam bolted to an I beam running directly over thecentre of the track. This cam engages an arm projecting upfrom the car, thus actuating the dumping mechanism. Thesecams can be located as desired. The cars are propelled by a % in. six strand wire cable,which is gripped by a simple design of gripping cable is driven by a 7% by 7 in. Westinghouse engine is automatically shut down in case cars are notproperly released from the cable, which is done automaticallyat a
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