. American engineer and railroad journal . on otthe supply, and no serious delay toany ears unless an unusual numberof closed bottom cars arrive at one time. Two men form the entire force at these stations, one is thecrane operator and the other a helper whose duties consistlargely of shoveling coal from ends and corners of cars, keep-ing the grounds clean, etc. At one station a contract is made with the operator to handleall coal from cars or pit to locomotive tender for 3^ cents a ton. At the Grand Rapids station during the month of March,1910, there were 6,506 tons of coal handled at an ave
. American engineer and railroad journal . on otthe supply, and no serious delay toany ears unless an unusual numberof closed bottom cars arrive at one time. Two men form the entire force at these stations, one is thecrane operator and the other a helper whose duties consistlargely of shoveling coal from ends and corners of cars, keep-ing the grounds clean, etc. At one station a contract is made with the operator to handleall coal from cars or pit to locomotive tender for 3^ cents a ton. At the Grand Rapids station during the month of March,1910, there were 6,506 tons of coal handled at an average cost,including repairs and supplies, of cents per ton on the ten-der. The repairs and supplies amounted to but .8 cents per lo-ton cranes are used at these stations, beingequipped with 54 cu. ft. two rope, grab buckets. These cranesare arranged for very high speed in operation and are especiallysuited for this work. They have 35 ft. booms and a radius offrom 15 to 35 ft. One of the illustrations shows the bucket at. LUCOIIOTIVE CkANt; ULLING ELEVATED COAL HOPPERS. close range. This type of bucket has been found to be particu-larly adapted for cleaning cars and can be hung either length-wise or crosswise of the boom as desired by the operator. HOT-WIRE SYSTEM FOR TUNGSTEN LAMPS
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