The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-12
TWO MORE EXPERTS THE REPORTS OF CITY ENGI- NEER AND ELECTRICIAN. is Discovered in the Electrical and Track Department and
 General Overhauling Necessary.

The Committees on Judiciary and Fran. chises anu HrlVileges oI the Clty Couhcli met yesterday morning for the purpose or hearing the experts who had been seiect- ed to examine the property ana equp- ment of the Montgomery Street RallWay Company. and to hear evidence Tn Fepu'- '' 1Ytv Enginer ID, W. Ford had his re- port ready and 1t was read ana ne Was examined. The report was sa1, as foIloTs 1sel Gentleman-In compliance with res olution adopted at meeting, 4t 9he Vetp etb inst, | employed MT. L. T. Layfeld, Car | Inspector of the Western Railway or Alabama, to inspect the, the cars onronn 0I 1ne MT Layfieid has made report of ms | inspection. which was presented to you | on the 9th inst. IA. | ton. They show very little wear except on curves turnouts and cross-overs There are several low joints In the track ,r on paved streets. Almost the entire line | outside of paved streets needs resurtac' | Ing and gauglng.. The splice bars have worked loose. and the bolts with Wnich M | they are bolted to the rails are worn, | thereby causing a great number Of low joints. The raiis have spread In few places from bad ties or the spikes worKr Gnxo made by bending straight rails, and boiling thns. guard n6d rsl aetsin Q" the o .hem; sSans of 'aese Sontin9ous Curve after bsng in use for a short time, and when they | are bound together the splice bars ana bolts work loose, allowing one .ide i, or | the other of the joint to spread, therepy | causing a sudden jar or shock as the | cars pass over these points The frogs and switch points on Dexter, Avenue are | worn sufficiently to allow the ftange Of | the wheels to mount the track The frogs | are not firmly spiked to the ties or bolted to the rails with splice bars great | many of the curves were not originally made for the places where they are now used; they have either been heightened or shortened to flt the changed position Of tue ''"'N' D. w. Ford, City Enginer. MT. Ford said he knew Mir. Layfeld. The cars in the barn that are used as extra cars were turned over to Mir Lay | field to examine. These cars are In the barn being overhauled ready for emerg- | ency service. The cars in shops are the | winter cars and they are on blocks Tn l the shops. The trucks and controllers are used on both summer and winter cars. cars known MT. Layfield for six or eight years. He made fair inspection or the cSrs cSH sIii while he not was new with but n are gooS Some are not heavy enough. There are light rails on Columbus Monroe ana oth- places The light raiS are rete not of neae sneed they make Some of the curves are made | by bending rails. There are many sharp curves, all of them are too f sfaatp' arp Coa1 LnIs mittee on Streets that the rails should | not 20 within less than IA feet of the curb line; on the cross & overs ,ts dhe bsns rsiis | been frightened up and good deal ot work has been done in that way. To Keep them in good repair the joints ought to be frightened up once a month and this would save continuous jars and jolts as the cars pass over them. Joints outside They are loose The tracks are not on a level with the streets in some places. The short curves have deleterious ef- fleets on the system causing much wear and discomfort A force is Kept at work on track every day, but the force Is not sufficient to keep up the track. The short trucks cause car to bump up and down on grades; the shortness of trucks have no effect on cars except at curves, if the curves are heightened it would be stopped; when cars run on at switch 1t 1 is caused from the gearing; the buZZing cannot be remedied He noticed the noise rate of speed. a constant grind. Three cars are used on Belt Line, which Is about four miles long: this keeps the cars over a mile apart. Two on Court Streets. This line Is about two and a 1 half miles long. Two on Highland Park are run on schedule, about 15 or 20 min | utes apart.
 City Electrician.
 Mir, Blakey's report was read as fol-
 Montgomery, Sept. 10, 1901.
 TO the Joint Committee:
 | Gentlemen:-As per request l herewith ! hand you report of result of inspection of electrical cquipme mt of the Montgom- cry Street Railway Company.
 Power Plant.
 I find the power plant of the Montgom- cry Street Railway Company of five gen orators of ThOmpson-Houston make known to the trade as D-62. These ma chimes 1 find to be apparently in the fol- lowing coalition; No. in fair condition: No. ? sparkling badly at Commutator and armature not running smoothly; No. 5 in good condition; No. CommutatOr In bad condition and armatuFe not balanced: No in good condition At the time in- Spected the station 1 found machine No. , carrying most or the load; No. carry ing next, and others in order as follows: l, and 1. This should not be the case. | All machines ought to carry apprOXi- mately the same load. The result of ma chimes not dividing the load properly is that circuit breakers are thrown out when the cars are not even using the full capacity of machines. This practice of running number of machines in paral- Tel is not in accord with modern usage.
 Car Equipment.
 | Upon examination of car equipment, l find them all to be in about the same condition. Loose bolts in motor covers. which will cause some to rattle when running over rough track. BushnGs to hearings m aXleS that support motor | frames are badly worn, which causes mo-