. The Street railway journal . turally with the style of car. Wepresent herewith engravings of all those used on a standard, forty pas-senger, open car having six reversible and two stationary seats, such asshown on page 395. The manufacturer of the trimmings shown, the Lewis & FowlerManufacturing Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y., devotes one special de- molten metal is called—a day, and each heat contains from fifty tosixty pounds. After being cooled the moulded pieces are taken to thefiling and drilling departments where twenty-five men are employed inremoving from the rough castings burrs, warts
. The Street railway journal . turally with the style of car. Wepresent herewith engravings of all those used on a standard, forty pas-senger, open car having six reversible and two stationary seats, such asshown on page 395. The manufacturer of the trimmings shown, the Lewis & FowlerManufacturing Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y., devotes one special de- molten metal is called—a day, and each heat contains from fifty tosixty pounds. After being cooled the moulded pieces are taken to thefiling and drilling departments where twenty-five men are employed inremoving from the rough castings burrs, warts and other imperfectionsto be met with, and in drilling holes for the screws, countersinking,etc. The polishing then follows, and in this department the pieces areground on graded emery wheels and belts against which they are heldby hand. They are then polished on linen buffers which make 2,300revolutions per minute. In this department of the Lewis & Fowlerworks, twenty-two men are employed in the operation of twelve. 8
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