. The Street railway journal . cellaneous. The P. S. section 201 had been in use about nine(9) years, the 222 had been in use from one to four years, and theWharton 90-lb. about ten years. The breaks to date have been twenty-four on P. S. 201, seven-teen on P. S. 222, twelve on Wharton 2-90, and one on 6 ins., atotal of fifty-four (54) out of 7383, or about 7 of 1 per this seems a small proportion, the record of Rochester,N. Y., of ten (10) breaks out of 7609 welded joints is BROKEN JOINT ON SHALLOW RAIL, WORCESTER ELECTRICALLY-BRAZED COPPER CONNECTION Wherever joints h
. The Street railway journal . cellaneous. The P. S. section 201 had been in use about nine(9) years, the 222 had been in use from one to four years, and theWharton 90-lb. about ten years. The breaks to date have been twenty-four on P. S. 201, seven-teen on P. S. 222, twelve on Wharton 2-90, and one on 6 ins., atotal of fifty-four (54) out of 7383, or about 7 of 1 per this seems a small proportion, the record of Rochester,N. Y., of ten (10) breaks out of 7609 welded joints is BROKEN JOINT ON SHALLOW RAIL, WORCESTER ELECTRICALLY-BRAZED COPPER CONNECTION Wherever joints have broken, in no case have they pulled apart considering the fact that 5308 were welded in 1901 and have donemore than 2 ins. This would seem to show that the pull which service through two winters. The majority of the breaks occurred 522 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. n. during the winter months, and especially during sudden ^changesof temperature. In addition to the welding of track, we run 1,000,000 C. M. cablethrough all special work and to connect to O. H. negative feed-ers, using the Lorain Steel Companys electrically brazed connec- pair bills for track and equipment, and lessening the electricallosses. From the experience of Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y., andColumbus, Ohio, where new track has been welded, it would ap-
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