. Electric railway journal . d by a hot-air heating system, in which COMMITTEE ON ELECTRICITY OF THE MAINTENANCEOF WAY ASSOCIATION The American Railway Engineering & Maintenance of WayAssociation has appointed the following gentlemen as mem-bers of the committee on electricity: G. W. Kittredge, NewYork Central & Hudson River Railroad, chairman; J. BAustin, Jr., Long Island Railroad, vice-chairman; N. E. Baker,Illinois Central Railroad; R. D. Coombs; A. O. Cunningham,Wabash Railroad; L. C. Fritch, Chicago Great Western Rail-way; George Gibbs, Pennsylvania- Tunnel & Terminal Rail-road; G. A. Har
. Electric railway journal . d by a hot-air heating system, in which COMMITTEE ON ELECTRICITY OF THE MAINTENANCEOF WAY ASSOCIATION The American Railway Engineering & Maintenance of WayAssociation has appointed the following gentlemen as mem-bers of the committee on electricity: G. W. Kittredge, NewYork Central & Hudson River Railroad, chairman; J. BAustin, Jr., Long Island Railroad, vice-chairman; N. E. Baker,Illinois Central Railroad; R. D. Coombs; A. O. Cunningham,Wabash Railroad; L. C. Fritch, Chicago Great Western Rail-way; George Gibbs, Pennsylvania- Tunnel & Terminal Rail-road; G. A. Harwood, New York Central & Hudson RiverRailroad; E. B. Katte, New York Central & Hudson River Rail-road; C. E. Lindsay, New York Central & Hudson River Rail-road; W. S. Murray, New York, New Haven & HartfordRailroad; J. R. Savage, Long Island Railroad. The subjects assigned to this committee for considerationduring 1911-1912 are : (1) Continue the consideration of the subject of Hudson & Manhattan Railroad—General Overhauling and Truck Shops, Showing Car Hoist air is passed by motor-driven fans through the heater tubesof three Harrison heaters directly over the furnaces. The hotair is then led by means of galvanized-iron ducts to the dif-ferent portions of the building. The heater room also containsa 600-cu. ft. capacity Chicago pneumatic compressor for sup-plying air to the signal system. This is used for emergenciesonly/as ordinarily the 85-lb. tunnel pressure is employed. Thiscompressor is tested regularly once a week. All of the shops have been provided with very ample lightingand ventilation from the large and numerous windows. Theshops are lighted at night by means of 100-watt tungsten lampsoperating on 25-cycle current at no volts. This lighting hasbeen found very satisfactory both in the shops and throughoutthe yard. ENGINEERING The design of yard and shops was made at the office ofL. B. Stillwell, consulting electrical engineer. The track workw
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