. Electric railway review . revolutions per minute. Current istransmitted to Los Angeles. 117 miles, at 7a,1)00 transmission cables are supported by galvanized irontowers. The New York City Railway, which lost by fire on April8 its car barn at One Hundred and Forty-sixth street, suffereda similar misfortune on June 16, when the car barn at Madi-son avenue and Eighty-sixth street was burned. The buildingwas a three-story brick structure of semi-mill construction withsubstantial brick walls, and was built about thirty years ago. The first floor was used as a car barn by the compa
. Electric railway review . revolutions per minute. Current istransmitted to Los Angeles. 117 miles, at 7a,1)00 transmission cables are supported by galvanized irontowers. The New York City Railway, which lost by fire on April8 its car barn at One Hundred and Forty-sixth street, suffereda similar misfortune on June 16, when the car barn at Madi-son avenue and Eighty-sixth street was burned. The buildingwas a three-story brick structure of semi-mill construction withsubstantial brick walls, and was built about thirty years ago. The first floor was used as a car barn by the companyand the second and third floors were leased by the New YorkTransportation Company, which lost fifty or more the New York City Railway Company has aboutsixty-five cars in this barn, but the demand for rolling stockwas so great on Sunday, the day of the fire, that only fourcars were destroyed. The origin of the fire is not known. An examination ofthe burned structure shows that the wooden timbers were. Ruins of New York City Railway Car Barns. heavy, but the floors were not self-releasing and when theycollapsed the side walls fell with them. The offices of thecompany were located in a partitioned space at the left ofthe car entrance. From this section a passenger elevator ledto the floors above, while the automobiles of the Transporta-tion company were hoisted by means of an elevator shaftabout half way between the office and the rear of the build-ing. It is stated that the building will be rebuilt in the nearfuture. An Improvement in Commutating Poles. A. E. L. Chorlton aud H. Smith, Manchester, Bng., haverecently been granted a patent on an improved method ofconstructing commutating poles for motors and invention consists of separating the commutating polesfrom the main yoke, thus establishing an independent mag-netic circuit. This construction has a number of advantages;the commutating poles can be more easily designed to givethe desired
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