. The Street railway journal . has since been substituted for grease, and this is not onlyfound much more satisfactory but it is obtained at a mucliless initial cost and is much easier applied. The can shown in one of the illustrations is employed inoiling the track. It holds about three gallons, and the spoutis provided with a spring valve, opened by pressing withthe thumb a small lever near the handle of the can. Theend of the spout is provided with a guide which fits againstthe side of the rail. The idea of such a can was originallyobtained from one used in Oklahoma Citv. 426 STREET RAILWAY
. The Street railway journal . has since been substituted for grease, and this is not onlyfound much more satisfactory but it is obtained at a mucliless initial cost and is much easier applied. The can shown in one of the illustrations is employed inoiling the track. It holds about three gallons, and the spoutis provided with a spring valve, opened by pressing withthe thumb a small lever near the handle of the can. Theend of the spout is provided with a guide which fits againstthe side of the rail. The idea of such a can was originallyobtained from one used in Oklahoma Citv. 426 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. lo. The forge used in the shop for heating axles or heavyparts is a suggestion that might be of benefit to others. Itis made of a section of an old boiler that was obtained at avery low cost. The boiler shell extends about 4 ft. underground and is left unfilled up to the fireplace. The brickforming this are held up by cross bars supported from therim of the forge. The grate is formed of the perforated. i;()M]-\DE CIRCULAR BUILT FOR OUT .\\TURE STICKS plate of a Providence fender. A motor-driven blowerplaced overhead and originally used in a cotton gin suppliesair to the forge through a square wood pipe. winding of armatures is that the leads are not soldered intothe commutator bars; instead they are simply driven intightly. This practice has been followed by Mr. Long forabout three years, and practically no trouble at all has beenexperienced by leads coming out. The argument for thepractice is that the time consumed in soldering the leads iswasted. Little armature trouble has been experienced, infact but one armature has been lost in thelast year. This is largely due to the rigidinspection of bearings and care in oiling. The efficiency of choke coils on the carsand a proper installation of lightning ar-resters was rather effectively demonstratedon this system. With lightning arrestersevery twenty poles and no choke coils on thecar
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