. Railway age gazette . A Broken Coupler and a Similar One Which Has Been Repairedby the Oxy-Acetylene Process Usually these are torn and damaged from rough handling inopening; an old box car has been fitted up for handling theseand one of the older employees gives all his time to sorting andrepairing them. As many as 1,365 sacks were reclaimed in onemonth, resulting in a net saving of about $84. OIL .\ND W.\STE One of the smaller buildings is equipped with electricallydriven centrifugal separators which thoroughly clean the soiled. Broken Signal Post and Relay Box Awaiting Repairs and oil soa
. Railway age gazette . A Broken Coupler and a Similar One Which Has Been Repairedby the Oxy-Acetylene Process Usually these are torn and damaged from rough handling inopening; an old box car has been fitted up for handling theseand one of the older employees gives all his time to sorting andrepairing them. As many as 1,365 sacks were reclaimed in onemonth, resulting in a net saving of about $84. OIL .\ND W.\STE One of the smaller buildings is equipped with electricallydriven centrifugal separators which thoroughly clean the soiled. Broken Signal Post and Relay Box Awaiting Repairs and oil soaked waste which has been taken from journal boxes,and also reclaims the oil. The net return from this departmentruns from $200 to $300 a month. BRASS SCRAP Special attention is given to the brass scrap because of its value,even as scrap. A small house has been built from old car timbersand metal car roofs which has a number of bins for the diflfereat 536 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHAXICAL EDITION Vol. 88, Xo. 10 classes of brass, a scale being placed at tlie entrance to the build-ing in order accurately to keep a check on all of the material. BRAKE BEAMS The reclaiming of brake beams is segregated in a small build-ing because of the danger of flying rivet heads in brake Ijeams which are not too badlv twisted or damaged
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