The Street railway journal (1895) (14759223235)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo111895newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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-four menare employed; in the machineshop are thirty-two men and aforeman, in the blacksmith shop,eight men and a foreman, and inthe winding room, nineteen menand a foreman. The com):)any em-ploys three inspectors on the roadfrom 8 A.M. to 7 P.M., and all carsare inspected every night in thedifferent car houses, five or sixmen being employed in each shop A 25 H. P. motor built by theRoyal Electric Company runs themachine shop, and a 35 H. P. mo-tor built by the Canadian GeneralElectric Company runs the car-penter shop. A direct belted elec-tric elevator of sufficient size totake the largest car is operated be-tween the floors of the building. The company uses Farrs arma-ture compound and armature paint for the protection designiite the difterent routes. The company makes itsof armatures and field coils from moisture, and considers own car seats, sand boxes, brake rigging, fare registersit highly efificacious for the purpose. (coffee pot) and fenders, the latter being asimple, straight
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INTERIOR CAR HOUSE-MONTREAL STREET RAILWAY. October, 1895. THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL SOUVENIR. 21 steel net work attached to the under side of the platform,and carried from 5 to 6 ins. from the top of the rails. Thisfender has averted a number of accidents, and is, so thecompany believes, as satisfactory as any. The cars are heated by stoves at a cost of $ .15 perday for fuel and labor, the fuel account beinp; from $ . ro to