Dixon Graphite Grease

Dixon Graphite Grease

The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, of Jersey City, N. J., has received the following complimentary testimonial from the Lake Shore Electric Railway Company, Fremont, O.:

Gentlemen:—Referring to your communication of May 16, which was in reference to your graphite cup grease No. 2, which we are using on our trolley wheels. We have been using this for the past four or five years for trolley lubrication. We manufacture our own trolley wheels and they are so constructed that we have an extra large chamber for lubricant. We use a graphite bushing for a 5/8-inch pin 2 inches long only. We take the graphite cup grease No. 2 and thin it slightly with oil, making it somewhat thinner in the winter than in the summer. This lubricant is then forced into the chambers of the wheel with a force pump in our shop, and the wheel is then put into the harp attached to pole and is ready for service, and this is all the lubrication that is required for the life of the wheel. In the majority of cases we use the bushing over again on the second wheel. We have an air press for forcing these bushings in and out of wheel. During the past 16 years we have done considerable experimenting in trolley wheels and lubricants with different kinds of trollev wheels and different kinds of lubricants, and it has been our experience that the Dixon graphite cup grease No. 2 is the very best lubricant that can be obtained for this purpose. On trial equipments we have operated trolley wheels for 7,000 and 8,000 miles; however, in figuring up our average mileage on trolley wheels bv the year, taking into consideration wheels that are lost, broken and, in some cases, stolen, our average mileage is approximately 4,000 miles.