. The street railway review . re arecases and fields for the General Electric Soo, the Westing-house No. 3 and 12 B, and the other motors which, are inservice. The switchboard is connected to the trolley cir-cuit and has an ammeter and voltmeter. Each nrniatnre isrun for 15 minutes at 50 per cent overload, the load being once a year, and under this system there are cars that havebeen in service almost constantly for 24 years. From 19 to20 cars are run into the shops for repair each day. At pres-ent there are 256 men at work in the shop, engaged as fol-lows: 15 blacksmiths, 28 machinists, 7 mol
. The street railway review . re arecases and fields for the General Electric Soo, the Westing-house No. 3 and 12 B, and the other motors which, are inservice. The switchboard is connected to the trolley cir-cuit and has an ammeter and voltmeter. Each nrniatnre isrun for 15 minutes at 50 per cent overload, the load being once a year, and under this system there are cars that havebeen in service almost constantly for 24 years. From 19 to20 cars are run into the shops for repair each day. At pres-ent there are 256 men at work in the shop, engaged as fol-lows: 15 blacksmiths, 28 machinists, 7 molders, 10 tin-ners, I plumber, 45 painters, 102 carpenters, 5 pattern mak-ers, 14 electricians, 14 truckmen, 3 wagonmakers, i harnessmaker, 2 watchmen, 7 store room men, 2 office men. THE TRAMWAYS AT CORK. The British Thomson-Houston Company is now con-structing in the city of Cork, Ireland, 11 miles of track andwill completely equip the system. The track is 3-ft. gage,and the rails weigh 83 lbs. to the yard. In the power sta-. FIG. 14—TESTING DEPARTMENT. applied by a prony brake, and in that time any faults de-velop. By this method the number of failures when thearmatures are sent to the barns has been reduced 50 percent. The new drying room recently built is giving goodsatisfaction. It is a room 10 ft. high and 7x16 ft., bricklined, with corrugated iron roof and double iron doors,and was used for storing shavings before the cyclone wasinstalled. The walls were lined with steam pipes 7 ft. upfrom the floor, and two ventilators extend from the roof lowithin a few inches of the floor to carry away the moisture-laden air at the bottom. Iron trestles hold the a temperature of 200° F. it now requires 20 hours to dryan armature where formerly it took three to four days. There are two busy seasons during the year, the first fromJanuary I to April I, when the summer cars are overhauled,and from May i to August i, when the winter cars receiveattention. Each car is re-var
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