. Electric railway journal . TWO TYPES OF HOME-MADE GAS BURNERS USED BY THE TRACTION COMPANY for use with illuminating gas instead of gasoline. Thegas connections for these burners are overhead, the tub-ing is light, and consequently the operator states thatwhere formerly his left arm used to tire in cleaningpaint from the car body on account of the weight of thegasoline in addition to the weight of the blow torch,now his right arm, which he uses for scraping, tires firstbecause there is no stopping to pump up the air pres-sure. We have also found these gas burners to be de-sirab
. Electric railway journal . TWO TYPES OF HOME-MADE GAS BURNERS USED BY THE TRACTION COMPANY for use with illuminating gas instead of gasoline. Thegas connections for these burners are overhead, the tub-ing is light, and consequently the operator states thatwhere formerly his left arm used to tire in cleaningpaint from the car body on account of the weight of thegasoline in addition to the weight of the blow torch,now his right arm, which he uses for scraping, tires firstbecause there is no stopping to pump up the air pres-sure. We have also found these gas burners to be de-sirable both from the standpoint of the time saved incleaning off the paint and in the reduction of the firerisk in the companys WHEEL GRINDING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH DUST GUARDS FORPROTECTION OF OPERATOR WHEEL GRINDING MACHINE WITH DUST GUARD REMOVED TOSHOW FLUE WHICH CARRIES AWAY IRON DUST 110 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. 50, No. 3 Overhead Kinks from Cleveland Threadless Pull-Over Casting, Spring for Trolley-Trough Hangers, Glass-Insert Section In-sulators and Other Practical Devices The first installment of the Cleveland overhead kinkswas published in the July 14 issue of the ElectricRailway Journal, page 64. The second and final in-stallment, given below, describes several more ingeniouspieces of overhead equipment which have been devisedby James Scott, superintendent of overhead. Threadless Pull-Over A pull-over casting so designed that it may be in-stalled without the use of any tool other than a hammeris shown in Fig. 1. It may be used with an ear havinga specially designed shank, or the ordinary pull-over earran be adapted for use with this pull-over casting by % Had
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