. The Street railway journal . employed. These are cast in the form of asleeve which embraces the axle from the gear wheel to ment, and he thinks it would pay any road running sixcars or more to employ a cheap wheel press. There isalso a gear cutter, as described, and a number of smalltools. For boring out the axle sleeves, a rod with rightand left threads is employed, which runs out the shavingsmade by the cutting tool in both directions. The shoptools are operated by a ten horse power stationary of iron are considered preferable to those of steel,and so far the company has had on
. The Street railway journal . employed. These are cast in the form of asleeve which embraces the axle from the gear wheel to ment, and he thinks it would pay any road running sixcars or more to employ a cheap wheel press. There isalso a gear cutter, as described, and a number of smalltools. For boring out the axle sleeves, a rod with rightand left threads is employed, which runs out the shavingsmade by the cutting tool in both directions. The shoptools are operated by a ten horse power stationary of iron are considered preferable to those of steel,and so far the company has had only one broken are provided for communication between the dif-ferent buildings at the station, on which a small electricflat car is run for the purpose of transferring parts toand from the repair shop. EMPLOYES. White men only are employed for motormen and con-ductors, and their pay is twelve cents an hour, and theywork fourteen hours per day. The track laborers aremostly colored men who receive $ to $1 per
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