. Electric railway journal . e work of the Institute. PresidentJackson was then introduced and presided during the meeting. The paper of the evening was presented by the author,William S. Murray, of New Haven, Conn., and was copiouslyillustrated with lantern slides. This paper is published inabstract elsewhere in this issue and was discussed by N. and B. G. Lamme, of Pittsburgh. About 100 memberswere present, among .those from a distance being President Jackson, Secretary Ralph W. Pope, W. S. Murray, of NewHaven; John Murphy, of Ottawa; H. W. Weller, of Montreal;H. P. Davis, N. W
. Electric railway journal . e work of the Institute. PresidentJackson was then introduced and presided during the meeting. The paper of the evening was presented by the author,William S. Murray, of New Haven, Conn., and was copiouslyillustrated with lantern slides. This paper is published inabstract elsewhere in this issue and was discussed by N. and B. G. Lamme, of Pittsburgh. About 100 memberswere present, among .those from a distance being President Jackson, Secretary Ralph W. Pope, W. S. Murray, of NewHaven; John Murphy, of Ottawa; H. W. Weller, of Montreal;H. P. Davis, N. W. Storer and B. G. Lamme, of Pittsburgh. — COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR BAND SAW The construction departments of the Chicago Railways re-quire a great many wooden shims and wedges and these arecut from scrap timber in the repair shop wood mill. A largemotor-driven band saw is used for cutting the wedges. Tosteady the work and get the wedges of uniform size a beveledblock is used to hold the wood while it is being pushed against. Fare Register in Use as a Counter on a Saw Table the saw. As these wedges are ordered several thousand at atime some special means of counting them as they are cut hasbeen found advisable. Accordingly an old fare register hasbeen rigged up for this use. The register is mounted on aboard which quickly can be clamped to the saw table. Theringing arm of the register has been extended to a length ofabout 8 in. When the register is in place on the board this armis in such a position that each time a wedge is cut it engagesthe jig which holds the work. By this means an accurate countis obtained without requiring any attention on the part of thesaw operator. EMERGENCY SUPPLY OF SAND ON CARS As a precaution against sand hoppers becoming empty on re-mote sections of the line, the Bristol & Plainville TramwayCompany, Bristol, Conn., keeps stored under the seats of eachcar 24 canvas bags filled with fine gravel. Two bags are suffi-cient to fill a hopper. Special faci
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