. Electric railway journal . rakes. 107G—Air brakes (Allis-Chalmers). 107H—Air brakes (National). 1071—Changing equipment from box to open cars andvice versa. 107J—Heaters and —Fare boxes, etc. April 4, 1914.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 781 The same method is pursued with all the followingaccount numbers, such as: 109— Repairs to service cars. 110— Repairs to electrical equipment of all cars. 111— Repairs to shop tools and machinery. 112— Shop expenses. 113— Vehicles. We include service vehicle maintenance cost as partof the equipment department maintenance, althoughmany other railway
. Electric railway journal . rakes. 107G—Air brakes (Allis-Chalmers). 107H—Air brakes (National). 1071—Changing equipment from box to open cars andvice versa. 107J—Heaters and —Fare boxes, etc. April 4, 1914.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 781 The same method is pursued with all the followingaccount numbers, such as: 109— Repairs to service cars. 110— Repairs to electrical equipment of all cars. 111— Repairs to shop tools and machinery. 112— Shop expenses. 113— Vehicles. We include service vehicle maintenance cost as partof the equipment department maintenance, althoughmany other railways do not. In 1913 this item aloneamounted to nearly $16,500, or about $ per carmile. PIPE BENDER AND POLE STRAIGHTENER BY JOHN DUNCAN, MASTER MECHANIC FORT DODGE, DESMOINES & SOUTHERN RAILROAD The operating department of the Fort Dodge, DesMoines & Southern Railroad uses for pipe bending andtrolley pole straightening the simple and inexpensivemeans shown in the accompanying sketch. The con-. Outfit for Pipe Bending and Pole Straightening trivance is made from one piece of 1-in. x 10-in. iron, 4ft. long, into which numerous holes are bored in orderto get any angle that is wanted. The bar is mountedon two right-angle irons, the yoke thus formed beingbolted to a pair of 2-in. x 6-in. planks, so that the equip-ment can be shifted to any part of the floor. The sketchalso shows a pair of bolted spools used in connectionwith pipe jobs. CONCRETE POLE TESTS IN SYRACUSE The New York State Railways, Utica-Syracuse Line,have some 1400 reinforced concrete poles in use on theirvarious city and interurban lines. The first of thesepoles were manufactured in 1910, and since then themethod of manufacture has been developed so that thepoles have been adopted as the standard throughoutfor certain lines where there is heavy traffic. Themethod of constructing the poles and the details of thepole yard were given in the issue of the Electric Rail-way Journal for March 15, 19
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