. Electric railway journal . FIREPROOF SWITCH ANDFUSE CABINET side by a steel door lined with transite board. Thismakes an absolutely fireproof cabinet conveniently lo-cated relative to the position of the motorman, andmakes a particularly neat layout for the fuses andswitching equipment. Stone & Webster interests in Seattle have leased ap-proximately 50 acres of upland and about 25 acres ofharbor area on the north end of Harbor Island in Seattle,which, it is stated, will be the site of the proposed ship-building plants to be erected in the Northwest as a partof the corporations plans to aid i
. Electric railway journal . FIREPROOF SWITCH ANDFUSE CABINET side by a steel door lined with transite board. Thismakes an absolutely fireproof cabinet conveniently lo-cated relative to the position of the motorman, andmakes a particularly neat layout for the fuses andswitching equipment. Stone & Webster interests in Seattle have leased ap-proximately 50 acres of upland and about 25 acres ofharbor area on the north end of Harbor Island in Seattle,which, it is stated, will be the site of the proposed ship-building plants to be erected in the Northwest as a partof the corporations plans to aid in government ship-building. The company is represented locally by thePuget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company. It isalso considered probable that the plant will be located inBellingham, where the corporation owns holdings. It isstated that the company plans to construct fifty shipsat one time. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIX, No. 22 1016. LOUISVILLE RAILWAY CONDUCTORS SEATIN TWO POSITIONS Conductors Folding Seat Folding seats have been installed on pay-as-you-entercars of the Louisville Railway for the use of the con-ductors. The seat is of wood pivoted between two ver-tical members of the prepayment railing and supportedat the front by a wooden leg hinged to the seat. Whennot in use the seat folds down between the verticalstanchions, and the supporting leg folds upward, asshown in the illustration. The seat thus occupies noplatform space when not in use. Marking Spare Axles to Save Time A means of quickly selecting the proper spare axleand wheels without the necessity of stopping to meas-ure journals, gears, etc., has been used to advantage inthe shops of the Colorado Springs & Interurban Rail-way. The man who has turned the journals or doneother work on the wheels and axle knows for what typeof truck, motor, etc., that spare axle is fitted, and whenhe has finished his work on it he marks with whitechalk one or tw
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