. The street railway review . preferable in the 244 ^tlMS^oAxi^^AcW city, on account of the size and appearance, but woodenpoles are recommended on the suburban lines on account oftheir cost, and by using taller poles the feeders are raisedout of the way of low trees and other wires. The standard poles of the Toledo Traction Company areof iron pipe, built up in three sizes, 6, 5 and 4-in., 7, 6 and 5-in., and 8, 7 and 6-in., and cedar poles with 6-in. tops, , and 30 ft. long. The poles are set 6 to 7 ft. in thtground and 120 ft. apart. The rake given the iron poles setin cemenv alon
. The street railway review . preferable in the 244 ^tlMS^oAxi^^AcW city, on account of the size and appearance, but woodenpoles are recommended on the suburban lines on account oftheir cost, and by using taller poles the feeders are raisedout of the way of low trees and other wires. The standard poles of the Toledo Traction Company areof iron pipe, built up in three sizes, 6, 5 and 4-in., 7, 6 and 5-in., and 8, 7 and 6-in., and cedar poles with 6-in. tops, , and 30 ft. long. The poles are set 6 to 7 ft. in thtground and 120 ft. apart. The rake given the iron poles setin cemenv along paved streets is about 5 in., other placesfrom 5 to 12 in.,, according to conditions, and the woodenpoles are set with from 8 to 18 in. rake. Cement concrete isused for iron poles and with all wooden poles where thestress is enough to warrant it. The iron poles are not pro-tc<-ted at ihe surface of the ground to prevent span wires are fastened to the iron poles by eye-bolts PLANS OF THIRD AVENUE, NEW POLES IN LEEDS. through insulated tops, and by two turns around the woodenpoles. The iron poles are painted with two coats of asphal-tum, and the wooden poles are covered with a heavy coatof pitch at the surface of the ground before they are set. From the foregoing it is noticeable that iron poles arcoften recommended in the city for their appearance. Thisi|uestion has not received the attention in the United Statesihat it has abroad. Decorative poles are required by themunicipalities when granting franchises, and in many casesprovision is made for electric or gas lamps on the samepoles. The accompanying illustrations represent the typesof ornamental poles common in English and continentalcities. The results of the operation of the underground electriclines in New York and its own experiments with the con-duit system on Amsterdam avenue have decided the ThirdAvenue Railroad Company to change the motive poweron its cable and other down town lines. The chang
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