. The Street railway journal . 3 degs., except at onepoint in the city, near Grand View Park, where a grade of4 per cent is encountered. Freight traffic, however, is takenround by way of Norwoodville and Flint Valley, so that thisgrade is avoided. Turnouts are provided every 2 miles. Oilswitch lamps are maintained on all switches. Power is ob-tained from the Des Moines City Railway power house by an June 20, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 899 alternating-current transmission at 13,000 volts. There is butone sub-station at present, and this is a brick structure. It islocated at Mitchelville, co
. The Street railway journal . 3 degs., except at onepoint in the city, near Grand View Park, where a grade of4 per cent is encountered. Freight traffic, however, is takenround by way of Norwoodville and Flint Valley, so that thisgrade is avoided. Turnouts are provided every 2 miles. Oilswitch lamps are maintained on all switches. Power is ob-tained from the Des Moines City Railway power house by an June 20, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 899 alternating-current transmission at 13,000 volts. There is butone sub-station at present, and this is a brick structure. It islocated at Mitchelville, combined with the freight and passen-ger office, as shown. At Altoona a frame building has beenerected for a freight and passenger depot. The section fore-mans family occupies the second story of this depot, and hiswife is the freight and passenger agent. OPERATION The running time from Des Moines to Colfax is one hourand thirty minutes, and there is one car every hour. The DesMoines City Railway maintains a despatcher, who also. FREIGHT L O C O M (J TI \ ■ E despatches the cars on the interurban from his office in DesMoines. Stromberg-Carlson portable telephone outfits areprovided for each car, and spring jacks are placed at the turn-outs, so that car crews can plug in and talk with the orders are required for all car movements, exceptwhen cars meet according to the tinic-taljle. The despatcherand each car crew is pro\ide(I with a register on which (he
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