. The street railway review . men recently dis- charged for knocking down fares. 362 ^ Iwt J\ailM^ j\CA/lc\/ STRINGING LIVE TROLLEY WIRE. Furnishing the power to string a trolley wire, throughthe trolle\^ wire itself, is something of a novelty, but thatis what was done by the Sioux City Traction Companyunder the direction of Superintendent I. B. Walker, whenbuilding its new line from Covington to South Sioux this was done is best explained by tlie picture. An. STRINGING LIVE TROLLEV WIKE —t>l()U,\ CITY. old construction car had a reel of wire put on the frontplatform and a sheave o
. The street railway review . men recently dis- charged for knocking down fares. 362 ^ Iwt J\ailM^ j\CA/lc\/ STRINGING LIVE TROLLEY WIRE. Furnishing the power to string a trolley wire, throughthe trolle\^ wire itself, is something of a novelty, but thatis what was done by the Sioux City Traction Companyunder the direction of Superintendent I. B. Walker, whenbuilding its new line from Covington to South Sioux this was done is best explained by tlie picture. An. STRINGING LIVE TROLLEV WIKE —t>l()U,\ CITY. old construction car had a reel of wire put on the frontplatform and a sheave over which it could run placed onthe roof. The controller stand is just behind the end ofthe spool at the left hand of the man on the front this outfit IJ/2 miles of wne was strung in half aday with the crew shown. It is surely a rapid and laborsaving method. In building this extension, all the railsand ties were hauled as far as possible on the companyselectric construction car and in future all new work willbe done in this way. A POWERFUL PLANT. Developmenis are being made at Pittsford, Vt., whichpromise the most powerful electric plant in the water is brought from Chittenden through a 40-inch steel penstock, and will run two wheels which areexpected to furnish to run the elec-tric roads of Rutland and from Rutland to Pittsford andpossibly to Brandon. The head of water at the powerhouse is about 800 feet, GETTING RID
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