. The street railway review . MENTS ON THE KANSAS CITY-LEAVENWORTH INTERURBAN. THE CROYDON 1 ENGLAND 1SYSTEM. TRAMWAY ItY X. 11. PKRRY. >wint; to the enlargement of Fort Leavenworth to a garrison oi3,000 troops, the Kansas Ciry-Leavenworth electric lines have re-cently met with a heavy increase of traffic and it has been found- derably increase the capacity of the mail. Newtracks have been laid to reach the new Federal prison at the north-west limit of the city, and a new route, which does away with alarge number of trestle bridges, has been built over the governmenttion between the city an
. The street railway review . MENTS ON THE KANSAS CITY-LEAVENWORTH INTERURBAN. THE CROYDON 1 ENGLAND 1SYSTEM. TRAMWAY ItY X. 11. PKRRY. >wint; to the enlargement of Fort Leavenworth to a garrison oi3,000 troops, the Kansas Ciry-Leavenworth electric lines have re-cently met with a heavy increase of traffic and it has been found- derably increase the capacity of the mail. Newtracks have been laid to reach the new Federal prison at the north-west limit of the city, and a new route, which does away with alarge number of trestle bridges, has been built over the governmenttion between the city and the fort. The headway cf thecars has been considerably shortened and four new 51 -ft. Kuhlmancars have been added to the service between Kansas City and thepost. ■b-station is located at Fifth and Spruce streets, in the heartof the city, and with other buildings of the company, occupies abouta quarter of the block. A new three-story building to contain thegeneral offices of the company is being located on this site, and a. ■ IN Till: MAi II1NF. Midi. car ban 1 ft., capabli m lating -5 cars, lias also been built. ub-Station 1- a machine shop 30 x 100 ft. in size,where repairs are made, and there ii also a room 15 x 30 ft.,and an armature 1 ite In one end latter room freight is handled and the freight traffic has grown tobe a considerable feature between Kansas City and Leavenworth. The building- of tin- group which ished r 180 x 285 sub-station I om the Wolcott power house,12 miles distant, and contain- at! r run- ning at 500 r. p. in., transforming alternating current of 375 volts to tip down transformers of■ condary. I he rotary con-ught up to synchronizing ipeed by the d from V. K\ a Ian giving an air ■ A 1.]. ott .0 13,000 iwn ami 11 it tin- .it which to Hi. Park, ai the Kansai City end of the road, i- and Contains a 250-kw. rotary and tl ithheld from pub-lication, ha • g, and ha hi admonil foi the • ling publii Thi for the The tr
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