. Electric railway journal . NEW TYPE CENTER-ENTRANCE AND EXIT CARS RECENTLY INSTALLED IN ATLANTA, GA. March 20, 1920 Electric Railway Journal o»b Reclamation Shop Effects Saving of More Than $86,000 in 1919 Centralization of Maintenance, Special Construction and SalvageWork on Connecticut Companys System Results in Large Economies. NEARLY twoyears ago, theofficials of theConnecticut Company-believed that largeeconomies could berealized in the main-tenance of rollingstock by centralizingin one shop the rec-lamation and specialconstruction jobs andall except the routinemaintenance workfor the e
. Electric railway journal . NEW TYPE CENTER-ENTRANCE AND EXIT CARS RECENTLY INSTALLED IN ATLANTA, GA. March 20, 1920 Electric Railway Journal o»b Reclamation Shop Effects Saving of More Than $86,000 in 1919 Centralization of Maintenance, Special Construction and SalvageWork on Connecticut Companys System Results in Large Economies. NEARLY twoyears ago, theofficials of theConnecticut Company-believed that largeeconomies could berealized in the main-tenance of rollingstock by centralizingin one shop the rec-lamation and specialconstruction jobs andall except the routinemaintenance workfor the entire , as was describ-ed in the issue of theElectric RailwayJournal for Aug. 31, 1918, a reclamation shop was in-stalled at New Haven, Conn., about January, 1918, inwhat had formerly been an old paint shop and storagehouse. Since the publication of that article, the shophas been in continuous operation, and figures and factsare now available to show what has actually been ac-complished. The work of the reclamation shop might very prop-erly be divided into three classes; maintenance, specialconstruction and salvage. The maintenance work coversthose jobs which can be done in quantity, such as boringand babbitting armature and axle bearings and rewind-ing armatures, and such work as overhauling com-pressors, repairi
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