. Electric railway journal . ce of the woodenwheel would be exactly equal to the track frame supporting the wooden wheel was weightedin order to increase the friction between the drivingand the driven wheel. The axle of the wooden wheelwas connected by aflexible shaft to acounting device tak-en from an old kilo-watt-hour revolution ofthe wooden wheelcaused the first dialof the meter to makeone revolution andas this represented10 ft. results couldbe read directly. Inorder that theremight be no tenden-cy toward slippingbetween the carwheel and the track,the brushes were r
. Electric railway journal . ce of the woodenwheel would be exactly equal to the track frame supporting the wooden wheel was weightedin order to increase the friction between the drivingand the driven wheel. The axle of the wooden wheelwas connected by aflexible shaft to acounting device tak-en from an old kilo-watt-hour revolution ofthe wooden wheelcaused the first dialof the meter to makeone revolution andas this represented10 ft. results couldbe read directly. Inorder that theremight be no tenden-cy toward slippingbetween the carwheel and the track,the brushes were re-moved from the mo-tor on that axle towhich the measuring device was attached and the carwas operated with one motor. A check of the results obtained showed that on tangenttrack these were as close as 1 ft. in 5,000. Curvedspecial work was measured with a tape, measurementbeing taken at the points of tangency of the this device it was found that results sufficientlyaccurate for the purpose desired were CONVENIENT TRACK MEASURINGDEVICE About 2,000 of the original white cedar ties laid in1869 by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railwaybetween North Milwaukee and Cedarburg are still inuse today. For untreated ties this is an excellent the first thirty-three years of service, or up to 1902,the ties did not have even the protection of tie plates. Janimry 22, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 187 22-Year-Old Track in Good Condition Track Consisted of 72-Lb. T-Rail Laid on Michigan HemlockTies Which Had Been Pressure Treated with Creosote—Rail Also Showed Little Deterioration AfterThis Long Service By W. L. Whitlock Superintendent of Way the Denver (Col.) Tramway WE RECENTLY had occasion to open up some trackwhich was built in July, 1898, and were muchimpressed by the soundness of the ties and condition ofthe rail after twenty-two years of service. The track inquestion was a tangent double track, 3-ft. 6-in. gage.
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