. The street railway review . SIIB-flTATTON. switchboard was erected in a central position in the power is a handsome board of blue Vermont marble, and consists atpresent of six generator, one summation, three exciter and fivefeeder panels. The switchboards at the five sub-stations consist of the standardAmerican type of converter and feeder panels, as well as thenecessary equipment for booster and battery operation. 748 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. ( XIII, No. 9. Sub-staliun:>. There arc at present five sub-stations, each containing two 450-kwshunt wound converter- and
. The street railway review . SIIB-flTATTON. switchboard was erected in a central position in the power is a handsome board of blue Vermont marble, and consists atpresent of six generator, one summation, three exciter and fivefeeder panels. The switchboards at the five sub-stations consist of the standardAmerican type of converter and feeder panels, as well as thenecessary equipment for booster and battery operation. 748 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. ( XIII, No. 9. Sub-staliun:>. There arc at present five sub-stations, each containing two 450-kwshunt wound converter- and two battery boosters each capable i>fbooAling a current of 1,000 amperes. Each sub-station ii equippeilwith two l>atleries of the Tudor type, having j8o cells each of 500ampere hours capacity. is also ecjuippcd with six air-blast. INTKKIllU. \V.\\KK1>KV ST H-SI.\TI(J,\, transformers of i/j-kw. output each. Ihy location of the existingsub-stations is indicated on the map by heavy black dots. Boostersare also being installed in the power house and sub-stations for deal-ing with the return current. Rolling Stock. In regard to the rolling stock, 150,000,000 passengers are carriedannually, and it can be well understood therefore that it is neces-sary to have a very considerable rolling stock. .\t the present timethe stock in use is 400 electric. 60 steam, and 70 cable cars, the elec-tric cars averaging a sealing capacity of 40 passengers, the steam70 passengers, and the cable about 20. It is not intended to describethe cable and steam cars in detail, as they are not to be continued,being shortly to be superseded by the electric cars. There are several distinct types of electric cars in use, viz.: four-wheeled closedand side-door, double truck California, with longitudinal seats, anddouble coupled cars with cross
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