. The street railway review . GENERA] VIEW OF POWER STATION AND CAR SHED. throw, cut-out switches. The lower sides of the cut-out switchesare connected with the primary coils of three oil-cooled step-downtransformers which occupy practically all of the floor space of thesecond story. A 300-kw. rotary converter is installed on the groundfloor. There is also on this floor a switchboard having panels forcontrolling the rotary and the outgoing feeders. The pole line for the entire distance of the road has 35-ft. Michi-gan cedar poles in the country and 60 and 75-ft. Idaho cedar poles. SOUTHERN MIC
. The street railway review . GENERA] VIEW OF POWER STATION AND CAR SHED. throw, cut-out switches. The lower sides of the cut-out switchesare connected with the primary coils of three oil-cooled step-downtransformers which occupy practically all of the floor space of thesecond story. A 300-kw. rotary converter is installed on the groundfloor. There is also on this floor a switchboard having panels forcontrolling the rotary and the outgoing feeders. The pole line for the entire distance of the road has 35-ft. Michi-gan cedar poles in the country and 60 and 75-ft. Idaho cedar poles. SOUTHERN MICHIGAN RAILWAY CO. STANDARD TRACK AND OVERHEADCONSTRUCTION. through the towns where any lower form of construction wouldendanger the high-tension wires. No. 000 grooved trolley is sup-ported by clinch ears and Ohio Brass Co. standard overhead straight line construction 12-in. ears of the clinch type areused. On curves the trolley is supported by similar ears eightinches long. Flexible suspension brackets are used on straight 302 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [Vol. XVI, No. 6. track with span construction at curves. Along the entire length ofthe line the trolley wire is supplemented by a 300,000-c. m. bare cop-per feeder. The officers of the Southern Michigan Railway Co. are: MortimerP. Reed, president; William W. Babcock, vice-president; James , secretary; F. W. Bueltzingslovven, treasurer; J. , general manager; Charles G. Lohman, superintendent oftransportation; E. L. Critchlow, general freight and passengeragent, and H. M. Ashenfelter, superintenden
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