. The street railway review . ry open trailer carwas rebuilt and equipped with complete electrical and air brakeapparatus; all the seats were removed and all of the wiringbrought out in plain sight, so as to be easily traced. The wiresarc all tagged and diagrams on the wall of the room are letteredand immbered to correspond. The air compressor and motor aremounted on the floor of the car and arc readily accessible. Inorder to run the motors without moving the car, the drive wheelshave been jacked up clear of the track, the followers only restingon the rails. Extra resistances have been placed
. The street railway review . ry open trailer carwas rebuilt and equipped with complete electrical and air brakeapparatus; all the seats were removed and all of the wiringbrought out in plain sight, so as to be easily traced. The wiresarc all tagged and diagrams on the wall of the room are letteredand immbered to correspond. The air compressor and motor aremounted on the floor of the car and arc readily accessible. Inorder to run the motors without moving the car, the drive wheelshave been jacked up clear of the track, the followers only restingon the rails. Extra resistances have been placed in the motor cir-cuits to prevent them from attaining too great a speed. Trapdoors are placed over each motor, and these, when removed, leavethe motors in full view. The headlight and interior wiring isthe same as in ordinary cars. There is a pit under the car toafford access to the parts under the body. On the walls of the room are numerous diagrams showing thewiring details of different equiiimrnts, also drawings of ibe air. INSTRUCTION CAR IN MOTORMENS SCHOOL. valve; and in addition to these there are air valves, controllersof various types and a trolley base, all of which may be dissectedat the pleasure of the students. A raised platform in one cornerof the room is provided with benches so that in case a largeclass is to discuss some point they may be seated while the in-structor lectures and demonstrates from the front platform ofthe car. It is not, as a great many people suppose, an easy matter tobecome a tnotorman or a conductor, and the companys recordsshow that after having passed the physicians and other preliminaryexaminations about 25 per cent of the students resign Iwfore theirfinal examination, or fail to make the necessary showing in theearlier stages. The applicant for a position as niotorman or con-ductor is first interviewed by the assistant superintendent and isgiven an application blank to fill out. This blank is in. insize and contains, besides the u
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