. Electrical world. of Glovers latest type. In addition to the feeder cables ter-minating on the switchboard with fire-resisting cable, the wholeof the back connections and cable work in the station is also of thisdescription. All of the feeders and pilots w-ere submitted to apressure of 1,000 volts alternating current for one hour. They werethen tested for insulation resistance. N. E. L. A. Membership. At the Boston meeting of the National Electric Light Association,which was held last week, an amendment to the constitutionwas adopted dividing the membership in five classes, as follows:Class
. Electrical world. of Glovers latest type. In addition to the feeder cables ter-minating on the switchboard with fire-resisting cable, the wholeof the back connections and cable work in the station is also of thisdescription. All of the feeders and pilots w-ere submitted to apressure of 1,000 volts alternating current for one hour. They werethen tested for insulation resistance. N. E. L. A. Membership. At the Boston meeting of the National Electric Light Association,which was held last week, an amendment to the constitutionwas adopted dividing the membership in five classes, as follows:Class A, member companies: entrance fee, $25; annual dues, com-panies in towns of less than 20,000 pouulation. $10; 20,000 to 300,000,$25: over 300,000 population, $50. Class B. members: entrance fee.$5 and annual dues $5. Class C, associate member companies; en-trance fee. $25: annual dues. $20. Class D, associate members; en-trance fee. $5 and annual dues, $5. Class E, honorary members:no entrance fee: annual dues, $ N Bv Cloyd M.\rsii.\ •L\V problems of trans-portation arise aseach internationalexposition grows in extent,and these have been met atSt. Louis in several first and most import-in means of transportationliout the grounds is by theintramural railway, which isa complete electric railwaysystem consisting of sevenmiles of double track en-circling the grounds andrunning nearby each im-portant building. Its oper-ition is similar to that ofm elevated railway with>tations at convenient pointsand a uniform fare of tencents for all or any part ofthe trip. Such a means ofa real necessity, not simply catering to the pleasureThis has recently been demonstrated. The intra-mural track has formed an important portion of the railroad systemwithin the grounds. Since the Exposition opened, all cars with ex-hibits and materials have been switched on the sidings or into thebuildings at night. To permit this the intramural cars have ceasedrunning at oclock, which i
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