. Electric railway journal . tension lines. A second battery with a capacity of199 amp-hr. on the seven-hour dis-charge basis furnishes current at 220volts for block signals, remote-controland emergency lighting. A novel fea-ture of the battery equipments is theuse of a portable charging consists of a 220-volt, set with accompany-ing switching panel. At present allsubstation circuit-breakers are set fora maximum of 2500 amp. The Hauptbahnhof substation isfurnished with a portable air com-pressor and the Heilwigstrasse sta-tion with a stationary air compre


. Electric railway journal . tension lines. A second battery with a capacity of199 amp-hr. on the seven-hour dis-charge basis furnishes current at 220volts for block signals, remote-controland emergency lighting. A novel fea-ture of the battery equipments is theuse of a portable charging consists of a 220-volt, set with accompany-ing switching panel. At present allsubstation circuit-breakers are set fora maximum of 2500 amp. The Hauptbahnhof substation isfurnished with a portable air com-pressor and the Heilwigstrasse sta-tion with a stationary air compressorfor blowing out machines, switches,etc. The Hauptbahnhof substation has room for three and the Heilwigstrasse station for twoadditional motor-generator sets. was reserved under the walkways for the feeder cables,and in some cases the cables are carried in a boxlike struc-ture. On stone viaducts the granite deck has been con-tinued with metal to form a cable trench. The return cir-cuit lines consist of bare copper


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