. The Street railway journal . sub-stations to themoving trains can be described mostconveniently by beginning with thecontact, or so-called third rail. Southof Ninety-Sixth Street the averagedistance between sub-stations ap-proximates 12,000 ft., and north ofNinety-Sixth Street the average dis-tance is about 15,000 ft. Each track,of course, is provided with a contactrail. There are four tracks, and con-sequently four contact rails, fromCity Hall to Ninety-Sixth Street,three from Ninety-Sixth Street to145th Street on the West Side, twofrom 145th Street to Dyckman Street,and three from Dyckman
. The Street railway journal . sub-stations to themoving trains can be described mostconveniently by beginning with thecontact, or so-called third rail. Southof Ninety-Sixth Street the averagedistance between sub-stations ap-proximates 12,000 ft., and north ofNinety-Sixth Street the average dis-tance is about 15,000 ft. Each track,of course, is provided with a contactrail. There are four tracks, and con-sequently four contact rails, fromCity Hall to Ninety-Sixth Street,three from Ninety-Sixth Street to145th Street on the West Side, twofrom 145th Street to Dyckman Street,and three from Dyckman Street tothe northern terminal of the WestSide extension of the system. FromNinety-Sixth Street, the East Sidehas two tracks and two contact railsto Mott Avenue, and from that pointto the terminal at i82d Street three tracks and three contact rails. Contact rails south ofReade Street are supplied from sub-station No. 11;from Reade Street to Nineteenth Street they are sup-plied from sub-stations Nos. 11 and 12; from Nineteenth. VIEW AT REAR OF OPERATING BOARD IN SWITCHBOARD GALLERY—SUB-STATIONNO. 11-SHOWING COMPARTMENTS FOR THE DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKERS October 8, 1904. J STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL 631 Street they are supplied from sub-stations Nos. 12 and 13;from the point last named to Ninety-Sixth Street they are sup-plied from sub-stations Nos. 13 and 14; from Ninety-SixthStreet to 143d Street, on the West Side, they are supplied fromsub-stations Nos. 14 and 15; from 143d Street to DyckmanStreet they are supplied from sub-stations Nos. 15 and 17, andfrom that point to the terminal they are supplied from sub-station No. 17. On the East Side branch contact rails fromNinety-Sixth Street to i32d Street are supplied from sub-sta-tions Nos. 14 and 16; from i32d to 165th Streets they are sup-plied from sub-stations Nos. 16 and 18, and from 165th Streetto i82d Street they are supplied from sub-station No. SYSTEM FOR PASSENGER STATIONS AND TUNNELIn the initial prepara
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