. Electric railway journal . ke system, built with a double com-mutator compressor for operation on both the 1500-volt and the 525-volt trolleys. This compressor willdeliver 35 cu. ft. of free air per minute against 90 The trucks specified are of the McGuire-Cummings No. 70 A, special interurban type,arranged for inside motor and brake hanging. The car equipment is designed with a capacity forhauling three trailers, as the cars will be operated infour-car trains. The car bodies will have vestibuledplatforms so that passengers can go from one car tothe other. Delivery on the
. Electric railway journal . ke system, built with a double com-mutator compressor for operation on both the 1500-volt and the 525-volt trolleys. This compressor willdeliver 35 cu. ft. of free air per minute against 90 The trucks specified are of the McGuire-Cummings No. 70 A, special interurban type,arranged for inside motor and brake hanging. The car equipment is designed with a capacity forhauling three trailers, as the cars will be operated infour-car trains. The car bodies will have vestibuledplatforms so that passengers can go from one car tothe other. Delivery on the six motor cars is promisedfor May 1, 1918. Ten trail cars of similar design willbe purchased next season. It is also intended to pur-chase two electric locomotives next year, but the use of Feeder Span Construction for Future FeedersPorcelain Feeder Ids. S. Stranded Copper Same Construction for Feeder and Reg:. Spans % Steel Strand _ ... , . Porcelain InsulatorAA Porcelain Strain^Ins. u ltiuK ^ tf1for 66=Ft. Ri=ht oi Way liTAH ELECTRIFICATION—VIEW ACROSS RIGHT-OF-WAY, SHOWING OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION which are automatic. One of these is located 5 milesfrom Salt Lake City and the other 15 miles from thecity, which places each substation in the center of a10-mile section of line. Each substation will contain amotor-generator set made up of a 900-hp., three-phase,60-cycle induction motor direct-connected to a 600-kw.,1500-volt, compound wound, direct-current units will be controlled entirely with the Gen-eral Electric automatic substation equipment. Thebuildings will be constructed with concrete foundationscarried up to the water table and will have brick wallsand steel roof trusses and reinforced-concrete floor androof. Special Features of Motor Cars A contract has been let to the McGuire-CummingsManufacturing Company for six all-steel, double-endpassenger cars, which will be 56 ft. long and 9 ft. wideand will seat sixty passengers. These w
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