. Electric railway journal . ite letters on blue back-grounds. The various signboards are mounted on oak posts ofuniform dimensions, painted white, and so located withreference to the track that they are illuminated at nightby the car headlights. The signboards are made of heavyenameled sheet steel and were furnished ready for in-stallation by the Electric Service Supplies Company. Theaccompanying engravings illustrate the appearance of someof these signs along the right of way. The new signs aresaid to be of considerable assistance in safely maintainingschedule, time during snowstorms and fog
. Electric railway journal . ite letters on blue back-grounds. The various signboards are mounted on oak posts ofuniform dimensions, painted white, and so located withreference to the track that they are illuminated at nightby the car headlights. The signboards are made of heavyenameled sheet steel and were furnished ready for in-stallation by the Electric Service Supplies Company. Theaccompanying engravings illustrate the appearance of someof these signs along the right of way. The new signs aresaid to be of considerable assistance in safely maintainingschedule, time during snowstorms and fogs. It is statedthat the Oshkosh-Neenah division of this road will sim-ilarly be equipped in the near future. Acknowledgment ismade to R. T. Gunn, general manager, Eastern WisconsinRailway & Light Company, for these views. C. H. Merz has estimated that if the heat wasted in themanufacture of 8,000,000 tons of coke in one district inEngland was utilized it would develop 150,000 hp withsteam and 258,000 hp with gas 6oo ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIII. No. 14. MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PRACTICES ATHARRISBURG, PA. In the Sept. 3, 1905, issue of the Street Railway Jour-nal Mason D. Pratt described the general shop and divi-sion car house designed by him for the Central Pennsyl-vania Traction Company at Harrisburg, Pa. This wasone of the first railway installations built entirely of rein- mens room and a 50-ft. x 375-ft. main shop, with wingsfor a blacksmiths shop, storeroom, winding room and heat-ing plant. The main buildings are 50 ft. apart, and conse-quently are entirely separate fire risks. Both are sup-plied with through tracks and an outside loop to securethe utmost freedom in car movement for maintenance andemergency purposes. The spare grounds are neatly soddedto make an attractive background to the light cement finish
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