. The Street railway journal . I R:,ilway 590 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. i6. present use two General Electric units of looo kw each arebeing installed at Second Street and Wyoming Avenue, tocarry the load until such time as the new plant is in distribution system for the new station will be almostentirely underground. A number of the conduits will have tobe built new. A few of the old ones will have to be enlarged,. About li;r, 1(1 Yard About aii) in Yard Section through Section through Inside Rail Outside Rail Street KaxltiKty J^jumal SECTIONS OF MANGANESE STEEL R
. The Street railway journal . I R:,ilway 590 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. i6. present use two General Electric units of looo kw each arebeing installed at Second Street and Wyoming Avenue, tocarry the load until such time as the new plant is in distribution system for the new station will be almostentirely underground. A number of the conduits will have tobe built new. A few of the old ones will have to be enlarged,. About li;r, 1(1 Yard About aii) in Yard Section through Section through Inside Rail Outside Rail Street KaxltiKty J^jumal SECTIONS OF MANGANESE STEEL RAILS FOR SHORT RADIUSCURVE ON MARKET STREET and a number of them will be available just as they are. It isexpected to lay about 500,000 ft. of new conduit during thissummer. The number of sub-stations has not yet been definitelysettled, but the number will probably be seven. In most casesthey will be located in the suburbs of the city. It is proposedto abandon two or three of the smaller direct-current stationswhen the large high-potential station is completed. The powerplants of the system were described in this journal in the issueof April 6, 1901, since which time there has been no changeworthy of mention. THE FEEDER SYSTEM The underground feeder system consists of about 700 milesof lead encased cables, ranging in size from 211,600 cm to1,500,000 cm in cross section. Paper, rubber and jute insula-tions are used. Very good results hav
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