. Electric railway journal . able is about 24 ft. long, has a speed of about 2 andcan be operated by one man. The stock room is about 80 ft. x 16 ft. Paint in cans isstored on shelves on each side of the room, which has askylight giving excellent natural illumination. Brush racksand tanks are located under the shelves and in the centralportion of the room and the whole length of the room isserved by an overhead traveling hoist installation equipped with a one-ton and a half-ton hoist of the hand-operatedtype. By this hoisting apparatus a barrel of kerosene, lin-seed oil, turpentine or K
. Electric railway journal . able is about 24 ft. long, has a speed of about 2 andcan be operated by one man. The stock room is about 80 ft. x 16 ft. Paint in cans isstored on shelves on each side of the room, which has askylight giving excellent natural illumination. Brush racksand tanks are located under the shelves and in the centralportion of the room and the whole length of the room isserved by an overhead traveling hoist installation equipped with a one-ton and a half-ton hoist of the hand-operatedtype. By this hoisting apparatus a barrel of kerosene, lin-seed oil, turpentine or Keystone turpentine can be elevatedto a height above the floor of the stock room and the con-tents can be discharged into one of four tanks carried ona steel framing at the side of the center aisle. Each ofthese tanks has a capacity of 10 barrels and is connectedby a pipe line with a corresponding faucet below. As thefaucets are properly labeled, the necessary liquids can bedrawn off with the minimum loss of time. The faucets. Boston Elevated Paint Shop—Canvas Painting Device are arranged in groups as shown in one of the brush racks and tanks are provided with steel wires onwhich brushes can be hung and drained. In one corner of the stock room is a steam bath whereaJl skin paint is boiled off and redeemed as a brown colorfor subsequent use by the company. In the center of thestock room near the delivery window is a check rack, shownin the general view. This rack has about 80 pockets ofinclined form for the reception of different colored tabs,numbered to show what painters are using the differenttools and brushes. An additional rack of this type is alsolocated on the inside wall of the room and on the out-side of the room is a duplicate rack where the men keeptheir tabs when they are not in exchange for tools orbrushes. Each pocket has a number corresponding tothat assigned to the painter who uses it. Among the sup-plies and tools for which separate checks are given a
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