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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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ndling heavy pieces fromone machine to another. The wheel lathe, which is illus- March io, 1906.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 387 trated, is served by a swinging crane and wheels are handledwith this and turned without removing them from the axles.The practice is to run steel-tired wheels 60,000 miles, andthen turn off )/i in. The cost per turning per pair is about$1.10. A spring bolster is used with oiling devices on thebolster plates and side plates, which tends to increase thelife of the wheels. A transfer tabta with air lift has beeninstalled, and all work of removing and inspecting ar- and saturated twice a day. Lubrication costs 11 to 13 centsper thousand miles with motor oil at 15 cents and journaloil at 9 cents. It is claimed that the saving in cost amountsto about 25 per cent, and there is a saving in power of 30per cent as compared with grease lubrication. Cars form-erly required 5 kw per car mile, while now they require only3J4 kw. The saving in repairs is also very large. Wood
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WAITING ROOM AT TIPPECANOE, TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN• ALL STATIONS matures, brushes, etc., is done from below, and all trapdoors have been dispensed with. To eliminate danger of firesin cars, all wiring is run in conduits, and asbestos and dou-ble rubber-covered wire is used. Electric heaters have beenreplaced with hot water heaters. All cars have recently beendouble floored, and two thicknesses of building paper areplaced on the original floor with a hard pine floor above.All limited cars are carpeted. All local cars have leather-covered seats, while cane-pantasote upholstered chairs are

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