. Electric railway journal . Milltown and Trenton is furnished fromMilltown power house and Plainsboro substation. The dis-tribution line is carried on chestnut poles 35 ft. long, setat intervals of too ft. and 21 ft. on either side of the centerline of the right-of-way except between Bayway, Elizabeth,and Woodbridge Junction, Woodbridge Township, wherechestnut poles. 50 ft. high, for a high-tension line wereerected opposite the poles for the distribution line. Atthe Rahway River, a navigable stream, two steel towers150 ft. high were erected to carry the high-tension lineover the river. Where
. Electric railway journal . Milltown and Trenton is furnished fromMilltown power house and Plainsboro substation. The dis-tribution line is carried on chestnut poles 35 ft. long, setat intervals of too ft. and 21 ft. on either side of the centerline of the right-of-way except between Bayway, Elizabeth,and Woodbridge Junction, Woodbridge Township, wherechestnut poles. 50 ft. high, for a high-tension line wereerected opposite the poles for the distribution line. Atthe Rahway River, a navigable stream, two steel towers150 ft. high were erected to carry the high-tension lineover the river. Where high-tension poles were erectedno distribution line poles were set on that side. Thetrolley wire is No. 0000, suspended by span wires from thedistribution and high-tension poles. SIGNALS AND CROSSING SIGNS The new road is equipped with the Union Switch &Signal Companys continuous track-circuit signals. At eachend of the single-track sections home signals are locatedand about 1000 ft. in advance of these the intermediate. Newark-Trenton Line—Automatic Flagman Type of Cross-ing Signal signals are placed. The home signals are of the semaphoretype, giving day indications by the position of the bladeand their night indication by colored lights. The bladeoperates in the upper left-hand quadrant to afford themotorman a clearer vision of the position of the blade by September 20, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 457 making the sky the background. In the intermediate signalsthe indications are by lights both day and night. Thelights shine through powerful lenses and are shaded sothat the sun cannot shine directly on the lenses. The signals are operated by sixty-cycle alternating cur-rent which is transmitted along the line from the Avenel :W: .; - |Oi.^lji!j!!»!i»!!ScSj 1 J Newark-Trenton Line—Semaphore Track Circuit Signals ata Siding using the highways, the Brach automatic flagmen havebeen installed at those road crossings which are more fre-quently used. This signal, in addition
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