. The street railway review . re is a single cirtuilbreaker in the operating barn which controls all of the cir-cuits in the barn and in case of any trouble on those circuitsthe entire barn is cut off from the line. Outside the operating barn is the operating yard, wherethe cars in service are temporarily stored. On one side ofthis yard are a sand house, coal and wood bins, and a lubri-cant store room. In ihe sand house wet sand is dried foruse on the cars in a dryer, which consists of a stove aroundwhich a large hopper is placed. The wet sand is sliovclcdinto this hopper and after being dried
. The street railway review . re is a single cirtuilbreaker in the operating barn which controls all of the cir-cuits in the barn and in case of any trouble on those circuitsthe entire barn is cut off from the line. Outside the operating barn is the operating yard, wherethe cars in service are temporarily stored. On one side ofthis yard are a sand house, coal and wood bins, and a lubri-cant store room. In ihe sand house wet sand is dried foruse on the cars in a dryer, which consists of a stove aroundwhich a large hopper is placed. The wet sand is sliovclcdinto this hopper and after being dried falls out through anopening around the bottom of the hopper. Although onlya small amount of sand is dried at one time in this way, theoperation of drying is kept up every day, and enough drysand is stored av/ay in the summer, when but little is usedon the road, to supply the amount required during the win-ter. The coal and lubrirants stored in this yard are only few days supply for the cars and are always accessible to. BRYAN C.\K DISMANTLER. the empioyes. These sores are recruited at short intervalsfrcm the main store house. The machine and repair shop is situated at the further endof the operating yard, and it is in the equipment of this partof the plant that the greatest interest centers. Directly infront of the entrance is a Murphy wheel grinder, by meansof which the car wheels arc trued up without being removedfrom the car. The car is run over the pit where the wheelgrinder is located and is supported independent of thewheels. The journal box covers are opened and each axleis centered between a pair of adjustable lathe head centersand the track underneath the wheels removed, so that theaxles and wheels revolve on the centers by operating thecar motors. Four emery wheels are used, one being placedagainst each wheel, and these are revolved in a directionopposite to that of the wheels by means of a system of shaftsand belting. The emery wheel shafts are driven at a spe
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