. Electric railway journal . LONG BRACKET ARMS INSTALLED BY VIRGINIA RAILWAY &POWER COMPANY AT NORFOLK, VA. constructed by a contractor for digging a sewer in animportant street and the span construction in use forsupporting the trolley wire. The Virginia Railway & Power Company- has madeuse of a similar scheme at one location on its right-of-way where it is so narrow that it is impracticable toset poles on both sides. A wagon road runs along oneside of the tracks and the brackets span this road andthe two car tracks. The pole bracket arms, which were furnished by the. Ohio Brass Company, are
. Electric railway journal . LONG BRACKET ARMS INSTALLED BY VIRGINIA RAILWAY &POWER COMPANY AT NORFOLK, VA. constructed by a contractor for digging a sewer in animportant street and the span construction in use forsupporting the trolley wire. The Virginia Railway & Power Company- has madeuse of a similar scheme at one location on its right-of-way where it is so narrow that it is impracticable toset poles on both sides. A wagon road runs along oneside of the tracks and the brackets span this road andthe two car tracks. The pole bracket arms, which were furnished by the. Ohio Brass Company, are 23 ft. long and are made of2-in. C-tubing. They are braced by l1/2-in. C-tubingbraces and in addition are supported by two rodsattached to each arm. In order to protect the woodenpoles from damage by wagon hubs, renewable V-shapedguards are placed at the bottom of each pole. Pneumatic Tampers Cut Labor Cost inHalf in Pittsburgh The Tamping Outfits Also Reduce the First Cost ofWelding Equipment The Pittsburgh Railways was one of the first to usepneumatic tampers. The present equipment consists oftwo compressors, each of which furnishes power for abattery of six tampers. These machines have threelines, respectively 50 ft., 100 ft. and 150 ft. long andeach line takes care of two tampers. The company is also planning to purchase five portablesets, made to handle four tampers each, in order to se-cure the convenience of working with compressor equip-ment that can be kept off the tracks where traffic isbeing maintained upon the tracks undergoing repairs. As in other
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