. The Street railway journal . r~ !^ ^f ju^ssrf I) 1 TRACK DRILL FOR THIRD-RAIL WORK be applied to any of these track drills now in use. All ofthe parts that connect the machine to the third rail are in-sulated, and hence the drilling can be done without dangerto the operator of the drill. This drill is now manufacturedby the Cleveland Armature Works, of Cleveland, Ohio. *♦* A SIMPLE TROLLEY ANCHOR For over a year, the Western Ohio Railway Company,of Lima, Ohio, has been successfully using a pole-guyingdevice, known as the Wapak anchor, and made by the WapakHollow Ware Company, of Wapakoneta,
. The Street railway journal . r~ !^ ^f ju^ssrf I) 1 TRACK DRILL FOR THIRD-RAIL WORK be applied to any of these track drills now in use. All ofthe parts that connect the machine to the third rail are in-sulated, and hence the drilling can be done without dangerto the operator of the drill. This drill is now manufacturedby the Cleveland Armature Works, of Cleveland, Ohio. *♦* A SIMPLE TROLLEY ANCHOR For over a year, the Western Ohio Railway Company,of Lima, Ohio, has been successfully using a pole-guyingdevice, known as the Wapak anchor, and made by the WapakHollow Ware Company, of Wapakoneta, Ohio. The con-struction of this anchor is apparent from the accompanying. GUY WIRE FASTENED TO ANCHOR cut, showing its appearance in service. The anchor canbe set in less than half an hour by one man, wherever a4-in. or 7-in. hole can be put down, and the only tool neededis a common post auger with a 5-ft. handle. When onceset and adjusted this contrivance needs no further atten-tion, and will easily outlast the pole, as it is made of ironcovered with asphaltum to render it rust-proof. When pre-paring to guy a pole, a hole should be less than4)4 ft. deep, and just large enough to let the anchor go down when folded up. When set, the blades should pointright and left—not up and down. The blades should bespread, the earth tamped in between them to hold them apart,and the hole tamped full. When the anchor and the postor pole are connected by wire, it should be stretched tight•before any twisting is done. The blades will, generally, spread of their own weight;and are so curved that they will catch in the bank when theearth is tamped in between them.
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