. Electric railway journal . at such a committee is constituted by the Pub-lic Service Commission. The committee then appealedfor the relief for the railways to the Commission. September 20, 1919 Electric Railway Journal 585 Automatic Cleaning^ Feature forUnderfeed Stoker ANEW form of stoker, known as the automaticcleaning type, has been placed on the market bythe Underfeed Stoker Company of America and alreadystokers are under construction for the equipment of50,000 hp. of boilers. The feature of the new stokerswhich gives it its name is the dump plate at the rear,as shown in one of the accom


. Electric railway journal . at such a committee is constituted by the Pub-lic Service Commission. The committee then appealedfor the relief for the railways to the Commission. September 20, 1919 Electric Railway Journal 585 Automatic Cleaning^ Feature forUnderfeed Stoker ANEW form of stoker, known as the automaticcleaning type, has been placed on the market bythe Underfeed Stoker Company of America and alreadystokers are under construction for the equipment of50,000 hp. of boilers. The feature of the new stokerswhich gives it its name is the dump plate at the rear,as shown in one of the accompanying illustrations. Fundamentally the stoker is the same as the Jonesstoker which has been marketed by this company fortwenty-five years, but in the new form several im-provements have been incorporated. In the older stokerthe coal piled up on dead plates on either side of theretorts and was there permitted to form a periodic intervals it was removed through frontdoor openings. With some coals this proved to be. Sizes of Beams vary witht/o. of Ret or f5. 9ar>d I7asshown up to andincluding\~j4fteforts UNDERFEED STOKER WITH AUTOMATIC CLEANINGFEATURE, SHOWING DUMP PLATE s/Vfe of Retorts to suit Hp. of Boiler Furnace^~ Widtii i^ariable nifh Number of Retorts


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