. Electric railway journal . fil-lers added when staining is feared. The amount ofpressure exerted by the panels in the press is also afactor, but it would not be advisable to reduce the pres-sure in order to check the flow of the glue. If a panel is dried promptly, the caustic soda solu-tion will have difficulty in coming to the drying can be brought about by removing thepanels from the press as soon as it is safe to do so,and placing them on stickers. The amount of stainingcan also be decreased somewhat by placing a caul orsome other flat object between adjacent panels in thepr
. Electric railway journal . fil-lers added when staining is feared. The amount ofpressure exerted by the panels in the press is also afactor, but it would not be advisable to reduce the pres-sure in order to check the flow of the glue. If a panel is dried promptly, the caustic soda solu-tion will have difficulty in coming to the drying can be brought about by removing thepanels from the press as soon as it is safe to do so,and placing them on stickers. The amount of stainingcan also be decreased somewhat by placing a caul orsome other flat object between adjacent panels in thepress. Casein and vegetable glue stains can be almost en-tirely removed by sponging the stained surface with anoxalic acid solution, prepared by dissolving 1 oz. ofoxalic acid crystals in about 12 oz. of water. Stillbetter results may sometimes be obtained by moisten-ing the wood first with a sodium sulphite solution madeup in the same concentration as the oxalic acid. Inthis way very stubborn stains can be almost 244 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 7 Accident Record Shows Improvement A Study Made in Illinois Reveals That Safety-First Work IsBearing Fruit—Greater Efficiency by Chauffeursand Motormen Urged, Also BetterAccident Record System AMEASURE of cheer in the growing accident prob-lems involving street cars and automobiles wasbrought out in a study of accident data in Chicagorecently by R. F. Kelker Jr., engineer, Chicago. Theresults of this study are presented herewith in graphicalform, from which it is seen that while the number ofautomobile accidents is greatly increasing, the numberof street accidents per 100 motor vehicles is showing avery healthy decrease. Similarly, the number of acci-dents per 100,000 car-miles operated by the ChicagoSurface Lines has shown a good decrease in the last tenyears. As it was impossible to secure the number ofautomobiles used in Chicago alone, it was necessary tomake use of the registration figures for the entire Sta
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