. The Street railway journal . GENERAL VIEW OF ENGINE ROOM TRAVELER OF OVERHEAD CRANE IN POWER STATION lamps, and station switches are fixed which control the incan-descent lamps in the tunnel half-way to the next station in eachdirection. The lamps are placed five in series, and the circuitsare run so that there is never more than the voltage of one lampbetween two adjacent wires in the same pipe. Special throw-over switches are provided to take the lightingcurrent from the conductor rails when the spe-cial lighting cables are not charged. PERSONNELThe chairman of the board of directors ofthe
. The Street railway journal . GENERAL VIEW OF ENGINE ROOM TRAVELER OF OVERHEAD CRANE IN POWER STATION lamps, and station switches are fixed which control the incan-descent lamps in the tunnel half-way to the next station in eachdirection. The lamps are placed five in series, and the circuitsare run so that there is never more than the voltage of one lampbetween two adjacent wires in the same pipe. Special throw-over switches are provided to take the lightingcurrent from the conductor rails when the spe-cial lighting cables are not charged. PERSONNELThe chairman of the board of directors ofthe Great Northern & City Railway Companyis Sir Charles Scotter, the other directors 1 ic-ing the Earl of Lauderdale, Sir Henry Burdett,K. C. B., Lord Knollys, G. C. V. O., andCharles Steel, who has recently joined theboard, and was formerly the general managerof the Great Northern Railway, and, therefore,brings special experience to bear upon thetraffic problems connected with this line. The line from its southern end to Dra
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