. Electric railway journal . uting transformers, a fuse box is made which em-bodies several important safety features. As will beseen from the illustration complete separation of thepart to be handled from all live contacts is accomplishedautomatically by opening the door. The fuse tube is open at the bottom and is providedwith a closed expulsion chamber at the top. Upon theblowing of the fusethe gases are expelledfrom the bottom ofthe tube through aporcelain bushing inthe bottom of thebox. The gases ex-pelled from the fusetube puncture a pieceof paper clamped un-der the box. Thispuncture can
. Electric railway journal . uting transformers, a fuse box is made which em-bodies several important safety features. As will beseen from the illustration complete separation of thepart to be handled from all live contacts is accomplishedautomatically by opening the door. The fuse tube is open at the bottom and is providedwith a closed expulsion chamber at the top. Upon theblowing of the fusethe gases are expelledfrom the bottom ofthe tube through aporcelain bushing inthe bottom of thebox. The gases ex-pelled from the fusetube puncture a pieceof paper clamped un-der the box. Thispuncture can be seenby the inspector fromthe ground, and thereis no necessity for his climbing the pole. No tools other than a screwdriverare necessary for the installation of boxes. They aresupported by a strap hanger-iron screw to the crossarm,and the line lead and transformer lead enter the fusebox through extra heavy bushings in the side of the complete outfit is made by the Westinghouse Elec-tric & Manufacturing SAFETY FUSE BOX FOR DISTRIBUTINGTRANSFORMERS August 18, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 281 News of Electric Railways Traffic and TransportationFinancial and Corporate Personal Mention Construction News Strike Declared in San Francisco , Men Walk Out Without Presenting Demands—Dis-content Spread by New Men—City toParallel Market Street Tracks On Aug. 11 about 100 platform men of the United Rail-roads of San Francisco went out on strike, no cause beingstated. Many of them abandoned their cars on the men continued to leave their posts until by nightfallon Aug. 14 neany ail the lines of the system were seriouslycrippled, some being discontinued altogether. The strikersasserted that they had enrolled 1500 out of the total of 1850platform men. A parade of strikers took place, as well asvarious other demonstrations, such as derailing cars andurging men to quit their posts, but the cases of violence orserious damage have been few. The company has beenb
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