. The Street railway journal . m front and rear platforfhgive easy access to the top of thetank and float tell-tales at each endindicate the height of water carriedat all times. To sprinkle over thetrack and within a short distanceupon each side, there are perforatedpipes at both ends of the car. Thesecurve outward and return to the sideof truck. To sprinkle the street a con-siderable distance on both sides ofthe track, the car carries two swing-ing arms with perforated pipes car-ried on cranes that swing in a halfcircle, with a radius of about eighteenfeet, making a total width of road sprink
. The Street railway journal . m front and rear platforfhgive easy access to the top of thetank and float tell-tales at each endindicate the height of water carriedat all times. To sprinkle over thetrack and within a short distanceupon each side, there are perforatedpipes at both ends of the car. Thesecurve outward and return to the sideof truck. To sprinkle the street a con-siderable distance on both sides ofthe track, the car carries two swing-ing arms with perforated pipes car-ried on cranes that swing in a halfcircle, with a radius of about eighteenfeet, making a total width of road sprinkled of over forty-fivefeet. These arms are worked from eitHer platform, by handwheels actuating a worm engaging wheel on post of crane. In caseof necessity, these arms can be swung against the car in ten seconds,and are entirely out of the way. The water valves are of quick opening design and are placedbeneath the car. The Union Traction Company of Philadelphia,has equipped its lines with these cars, using eleven for the National Conference on Standard ElectricalInsurance Rules. At the joint conference of electrical, insurance and allied inter-ests looking toward the adoption, promulgation and enforcement ofa national code of rules for electrical construction and operation,which was held Mar. iSand 19 of this year at the headcjuarters ofthe Aniericair Society of Mechanical Kngineers, in New York, alarge amount of work was done. After a permanent organization,to be known as the National Conference on .Standard ElectricalRules, liad been effected, with headquarters at 12 West Thirty-firstStreet, New York, it was decided to place the work of drafting thefinal code in the hands of a committee of eight, including the presi-dent (ex-ofificio), who were to report back to the next meeting ofthe National Conference. This committee consisted of the follow-ing gentlemen : Prof. Francis!?. Crocker, chairman, delegate of theAmerican Institute of Electrical Engineers; Frank R. Ford, S
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