. The street railway review . heels. Average mileage. Slid flat 122 19,156 Broken tread or flange 59 23,895 Broken wheel 34 16,327 Worn out 219 43,717 Total 477 The worn out wheels made the following mileage; No. of wheels— Distance Run, miles. -Average, miles. 23 20,000 or less 8,804 15 20,0001030,000 26,715 JO 30,000 to 40,000 34,616 63 40,000 to 50,000 44,822 27 50,000 to 60,000 27 60,000 to 70,000 65,311 4 70,000 to 80,000 74,522 4 80,000 to 90,000 86,691 6 90,000 to 100,000 94,177 The road on which these records were taken now buys its wheelsat a contract price based on whee
. The street railway review . heels. Average mileage. Slid flat 122 19,156 Broken tread or flange 59 23,895 Broken wheel 34 16,327 Worn out 219 43,717 Total 477 The worn out wheels made the following mileage; No. of wheels— Distance Run, miles. -Average, miles. 23 20,000 or less 8,804 15 20,0001030,000 26,715 JO 30,000 to 40,000 34,616 63 40,000 to 50,000 44,822 27 50,000 to 60,000 27 60,000 to 70,000 65,311 4 70,000 to 80,000 74,522 4 80,000 to 90,000 86,691 6 90,000 to 100,000 94,177 The road on which these records were taken now buys its wheelsat a contract price based on wheels making between 40,000 and50,000 miles, and pays an increased price for each additional 10,000miles actually run up to 100,000 miles. AN EFFECTIVE SLEET CUTTER. The O. K. sleet cutter, shown in the accompanying illustration,for which Porter & Berg, of Chicago, are sole agents for theUnited States, differs materially from all other sleet cutting devices. The cutter is made in two sizes, to fit 4-in. and 6-in, harps. It. THOLLEV SLSBT CUTTER. consists of a brass lug or contact piece which is riveted into amalleable iron elbow shank. The latter being fitted with a nutto hold it securely in place in the harp as shown in the brass contact lug is renewable and can be replaced whenworn out at a small cost. This cutter is an emergency device, as itcan be readily carried for emergency use on the car and can beadjusted by the motorman or conductor at almost a minutes has been given a thorough test in actual use during the sleetstorms of last winter and has proven very effective and satisfactory. Nov. IS, igoi.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 857 DEVICE FOR BABBITTING SPLIT BEARINGS. It has become the general \vc believe, for streetrailway companies to rebabbitt their bearing boxes at their ownshops. These boxes are usually cast on arbors or in molds, butmost roads have found it necessary to do more or less machinework on the babbitt castings before t
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