. The Street railway journal . the cars. Tiiis plan very much simplifies thematter of repairs. He did not quite agree with those whosay that conditions vary in different localities. We arerapidly approaching a condition which very urgently re-quires the standardization of equipment, and outside oflocalities where there are excessively steep grades, or some-thing of that kind which requires emergency brakes, andso on, the conditions to be met in different localities arevery similar. With that in view, he believed it desirablefor nearly all the roads to prepare for heavier equipment. Wm. W. Cole
. The Street railway journal . the cars. Tiiis plan very much simplifies thematter of repairs. He did not quite agree with those whosay that conditions vary in different localities. We arerapidly approaching a condition which very urgently re-quires the standardization of equipment, and outside oflocalities where there are excessively steep grades, or some-thing of that kind which requires emergency brakes, andso on, the conditions to be met in different localities arevery similar. With that in view, he believed it desirablefor nearly all the roads to prepare for heavier equipment. Wm. W. Cole, of Elmira, believed that in repair shopsthere is generally too much handling of material. In themanufacturing shops of the new design the article keepsgoing from shop to shop with absolutely no rehandlinguntil it reaches the assembling room. The same conditionscan be brought about in the design of a car house or a re-pair shop. The cars come in over the working pits wherethe general repairs are done. The machine shop should. GROUP OF DELEGATES AT THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN CONVENTION as the next order of business the paper on Some Notes onElectric Railway Shops and Shop Practice in Central NewYork, by W. H. Collins, of the Fonda, Johnstown &Gloversville Railway. DISCUSSION ON SHOP PRACTICE W. H. Evans, of Buffalo, said he was very much inter-ested in Mr. Collins suggestion about the master mechanicsvisiting diflerent shops, but thought that when they visita shop they should criticise. It is a great advantage tohave some one come in and tell what is wrong. He hadfound that the best suggestions frequently came from mas-ter mechanics whose roads are poorly equipped and so whohad found it necessary to devise some scheme to meet re-quirements v/hich others did not find necessary. Whilethe maintenance of records can be carried to an extreme,it is of vital importance that the actual record of the workas it>progresses should be recorded and filed and in shapefor ready reference and compar
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