. The street railway review . INTERIOR OF EMPLOYES CLUB ROOM. valuable materials are kept. This vault extends through the ceilnii;and has another entrance from the general offices on the secondfloor. On the opposite side of the building from the store rooms andat the rear of the master mechanics office is the armature the west side of this room is a work bench and at one endof the room is fitted a vertical rack arranged for holding a large number of armatures without encroaching ii tin floor space. Atthe opposite end of the room from the racks is a brick armaturebaking oven 8 x 8 x
. The street railway review . INTERIOR OF EMPLOYES CLUB ROOM. valuable materials are kept. This vault extends through the ceilnii;and has another entrance from the general offices on the secondfloor. On the opposite side of the building from the store rooms andat the rear of the master mechanics office is the armature the west side of this room is a work bench and at one endof the room is fitted a vertical rack arranged for holding a large number of armatures without encroaching ii tin floor space. Atthe opposite end of the room from the racks is a brick armaturebaking oven 8 x 8 x 6 ft. in size. This oven has double steel doorsand is heated by a set of resistance coils arranged by the employesof the shop. One of the interesting home-made devices ■ this department isa portable water resistance used for testing purpo 1 By referenceto the accompanying illustration it will be noted that this waterresistance consists of a small barrel or keg to the sides of which. HOME MADE SAND DRYING APPARATUS. are iastened vertical 2 x 2-in. wooden posts. Near the top, theseposts are pierced by a horizontal shaft fitted with a crank at oneend. On this shaft is wound the rope which supports an old journalbrass used for making electrical contact with the water in the means of a flexible cable this piece of brass is electrically con-nected to a porcelain connection socket fastened to the frameworkholding the small windlass. A suitable plug with a flexible cablecompletes the circuit between the porcelain connection block andthe source of current. The cable, from a plate immersed at thebottom of the inside of the barrel, is brought through a woodenbushing driven tightly into the bung hole. This cable is of sufficientlength to connect with an ammeter or other instrument in thecircuit with the coils to be tested. At the rear of the armature and store rooms extending acrossthe full width of this bay of the building, is the machine shop. Thetools in this sh
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