. Electric railway journal . eous Total 852 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIV. No. 15. FORCED DRAFT CAR HEATER The Peter Smith Heater Company, Detroit, Mich., exhib-ited this week at the convention a novel forced draftmethod of heating and ventilating city and interurban heater for cars up to 35 ft. inside measurement is 21 and 60 in. high and can be placed in the vestibule orbody of the car. The stove, which is inside the hot airchamber, is of the ordinary type, but has a corrugated firepot which is 12 in. in diameter. The grate is of simple de-sign, and is sh
. Electric railway journal . eous Total 852 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIV. No. 15. FORCED DRAFT CAR HEATER The Peter Smith Heater Company, Detroit, Mich., exhib-ited this week at the convention a novel forced draftmethod of heating and ventilating city and interurban heater for cars up to 35 ft. inside measurement is 21 and 60 in. high and can be placed in the vestibule orbody of the car. The stove, which is inside the hot airchamber, is of the ordinary type, but has a corrugated firepot which is 12 in. in diameter. The grate is of simple de-sign, and is shaken with a side to side movement or rockedand dumped at the will of the operator. The base is arigid plate casting which serves as a foundation and keepsthe different parts permanently in line. The stove has anash box and coal storage chamber located below the grate. These chambershave pans whichhold sufficientash and coal tooperate for 18hours. The doorsto the fire box,ash pit and coalstorage areLi 11 hung ongravity hinges. INSIDECASING N2 20 retained and at the same time the heat can be distributedthroughout the car in the most efficient manner. The car in which one of these heaters is now being oper-ated has a distributing pipe or hot air conduit which runsfrom the front to the rear of the car along the truss plankon the floor. This pipe is rectangular in form, 3 in. by 8 in.,and made of light galvanized sheet iron. It lies on edge ina magnesium lined wooden box with square openings underevery seat. These openings are cut in the lower portion ofthe conduit front for all seats forward of the center; for therear seats the openings are cut in the upper portion of theconduit front. This arrangement permits the hottest air topass the first openings and be distributed at the back ofthe car where it is most needed, and also afords a means foran even distribution of warm, fresh air. The heater has a motor and blower located on the topnear its front face. The blower consists of a %-
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