. Electric railway journal . ints mentioned are used either suspended or supported,according to the preference of the engineer in charge ofthe work, and seem to give equally satisfactory results inboth ways. Most of these joints are manufactured at the Rail JointCompanys plant at Troy, which has recently been en-larged. The rolling mill employed at this plant measures430 ft. x 194 ft., and is equipped with two 20-in. three-high trains, which serve an 8-ton jib electric crane, forrapid roll changing, and 10 finishing machines. In therolling shop, which is 136 ft. x 25 ft., there are five rollla
. Electric railway journal . ints mentioned are used either suspended or supported,according to the preference of the engineer in charge ofthe work, and seem to give equally satisfactory results inboth ways. Most of these joints are manufactured at the Rail JointCompanys plant at Troy, which has recently been en-larged. The rolling mill employed at this plant measures430 ft. x 194 ft., and is equipped with two 20-in. three-high trains, which serve an 8-ton jib electric crane, forrapid roll changing, and 10 finishing machines. In therolling shop, which is 136 ft. x 25 ft., there are five rolllathes of modern type and motor driven, for the manu-facture of rolls to correspond with any new section ofrail which may be on the market. The output of existingmachinery in a single turn of 12 hours is 200 net tons perday of joints, or about 62,000 tons per annum. In addition, the shops are equipped with heating fur-naces and possess an electric plant of 500-kw capacityand a storage house adjoining the mill, 150 ft. x 79
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