. The Street railway journal . 1NTERIOR OF FIRST CAR AFTER FI RE. FIRE STARTED UNDER SEAT leased strikes an umbrella-shaped head, provided with serra-lions, so that the water is diverted in a heavy spray over aradius of about 16 ft. Thirteen obsolete single-truck cars wereplaced in the bouse as closely together as possible. The ex-periments were conducted by employees of the Cleveland Elec-tric Railway, under the direct supervision of President An-drews, Secretary Davies, Chief Engineer Cook and fire steamers bad lines connected with the sprinkler sys- tem, and other lines of hose w
. The Street railway journal . 1NTERIOR OF FIRST CAR AFTER FI RE. FIRE STARTED UNDER SEAT leased strikes an umbrella-shaped head, provided with serra-lions, so that the water is diverted in a heavy spray over aradius of about 16 ft. Thirteen obsolete single-truck cars wereplaced in the bouse as closely together as possible. The ex-periments were conducted by employees of the Cleveland Elec-tric Railway, under the direct supervision of President An-drews, Secretary Davies, Chief Engineer Cook and fire steamers bad lines connected with the sprinkler sys- tem, and other lines of hose were laid ready for an emergency. In the first test the fire was started in car No. 200, locatedexactly in the center of the house, and in a manner similar tothat in which fires usually originate in cars, viz: by means of ashort-circuit. Two arc light carbons were connected to themotor circuit, and a piece of fuse wire was placed between thetwo carbons, which were about an inch apart. The carbons. EXTERIOR OF SECOND CAR were placed beneath a seat, and when the current was turnedon the fuse melted and an arc was formed, which speedily setfire to the seats. In three minutes the interior of the car wasin flames and the windows on the sides and transoms com-menced to break. Within three minutes from the time the firstsprinkler was opened the fire, both inside and outside, was en-tirely extinguished. Twenty-seven sprinklers were opened inthis test. The second test was even more severe, as it was started frombelow the car floor; car 198, located directly in front of thefirst car, being used. To provide better draft, a number ofboards in the rear of the building were knocked out. In thistest oily waste was placed over the carbon points and a number
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