. The Street railway journal . FIG. 8.—SAND VALVES IN CAR HOUSE. FIG. 9.—INTERIOR OF SAND-DRYING ROOM genious and convenient, as practically all handling of the sandis done by machinery. The sand-drying apparatus is all con-tained in a small room about 12 ft. sq. with brick walls, adjoin-ing the car house, and shut off from it by a fireproof door, as thesand-drying furnace contains a fire. The sand is received in carload lots, and is dumped directlyinto a hopper. From this hopper it is shoveled into the drier,which consists simply of a spherical stove with an exteriorcylindrical casing of shee
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 8.—SAND VALVES IN CAR HOUSE. FIG. 9.—INTERIOR OF SAND-DRYING ROOM genious and convenient, as practically all handling of the sandis done by machinery. The sand-drying apparatus is all con-tained in a small room about 12 ft. sq. with brick walls, adjoin-ing the car house, and shut off from it by a fireproof door, as thesand-drying furnace contains a fire. The sand is received in carload lots, and is dumped directlyinto a hopper. From this hopper it is shoveled into the drier,which consists simply of a spherical stove with an exteriorcylindrical casing of sheet-iron. Directly over the hopper sur-
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