The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-25
Will Be Used in Extension 81
Automatic Signals.
ON FORTY-FOUR CARS
Probably Largest Shipment OF
It's Kind Ever Made.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.

One of the largest shipments of bat
terry wells ever made has just been con-
signed by the C. F. Massey company OF
Chicago, manufacturers of the Massey
Battery Wells, to the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway. Two hundred
and eighty-nine battery wells were
turned over to the railroad. The wells
occupied A cars. They will be utilized
in connection with the installation OF
$50 miles of automatic block signals
along the main lines OF the ROCK
Island.
Last year the C. F. Massey company
manufactured 100 battery wells for the
Rock Island. The company is also
supplying battery wells to the Bath
more & Ohio; Boston & Albany; Pitts
burg & Lake Erie; Long Island; Erie;
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton; Chi
cago & Alton; Chicago e. Northwest
ern; Chicago Rock Island & Pacific;
Chicago & Eastern Illinois; Chicago
Great Western; Chicago, st. Paul. MIN
neapolis & Omaha; Pennsyivanld
Lines; Illinois Central; Elgin, Joliet &
Eastern and the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul
Superior tests have proved the SUI
periority of the Massey battery Wells
and they are being used in preference
to al others. The G. F. Massey com
pany has carried the manufacture OF
battery wells to a point which is con-
sidered perfection itself.
The use of concrete wells for hous-
ing signal batteries, instead OF wooden
boxes and other receptacles, has peen
productive of such good results ina
nearly all principal railroads nave
given the matter serious consideration.
Signal engineers are familiar with
the ordinary battery troubles, caused
by lack of protection from the elements
and changes of temperature. All those
troubles can be prevented by using
Massey battery wells. They are apso-
luteIv waterproof The batteries are
below the frost line, and an even tenn
perature is always maintained IN the
lower compartment. ~
The Massey battery wells are ouil1
on a strong steel frame and are cast IN
one piece. without seam or joint, ana
are absolutely waterproof. me MN
hole on all Massey wells is directiy IN
the center, which makes 1t posslDle 70
handle the wells by means of a yoke
placed across the inside of the neck,
keeping the we'll in vertical position
while placing in the ground.
All Massey battery wells are rem
forced according to a system covered
by letters patent, which gives the
maximum strength with the minimum
weight of material
The slanting top and long neck are
characteristic of the Massey battery
wells. which permit covering the Wen
with SdIlll " SOOAANSA
buoyancy in low or wet ground; also
allows the well to be placed close to
the track without danger of top being
damaged by objects dropping from the
cars.
A composition of asphaltum and fiber
is cast on the inside of the well. which
prevents dampness or sweating caused
by atmospheric conditions.
Massey battery wells are perma-
nent fixture when once installed. They
last forever and improve with age This
is also true of the Anhydric Steel-Con-
crete Battery chutes, also made by the
G. r Massey company. These chutes
are built similar to the battery wells,
on a strong steel frame and are cast
in one piece, of a waterproof concrete
composition without a seam or joint.
They are furnished complete with ele-
vator. frost cover, iron cover lined
with wood, and fastened with steel
chain and lock same as battery well. q
Suitable wire outlets are provided,
similar to battery wells.
These chutes weigh less than iron
chutes of the same length, consequent
lv they are more easily handled and in
stalled, and are now in service on many
roads.
They are not an experiment, and
their waterproof quality has been fully
demonstrated.
The inside diameter of our standard
single and double chutes is 10 inches,
which permits the easy removal of the
elevator and eliminates the trouble of
the elevator sticking.
The cost is considerably less than the
cast iron chutes; they will never rust
va0d renewing