. The Street railway journal . ided entirely. Hudson-Bowring lifeguards are fitted on allthe cars. The overhead equipment consistsof 30-ft. poles of light type used onstraight rims, with medium type onall curves and heavy type for anchorpoles, the poles being all tested toconform with the requirements of theBritish standard specification for tubular tramway poles, issued by the Engineering StandardCommittee in August, 1904. The trolley wire is of hard-drawncopper No. 0000 S. W. C, the span and pull-off wires beingNo. 7-14 S. W. G. The insulation throughout is telephone and pilot wir
. The Street railway journal . ided entirely. Hudson-Bowring lifeguards are fitted on allthe cars. The overhead equipment consistsof 30-ft. poles of light type used onstraight rims, with medium type onall curves and heavy type for anchorpoles, the poles being all tested toconform with the requirements of theBritish standard specification for tubular tramway poles, issued by the Engineering StandardCommittee in August, 1904. The trolley wire is of hard-drawncopper No. 0000 S. W. C, the span and pull-off wires beingNo. 7-14 S. W. G. The insulation throughout is telephone and pilot wires are for the greater part of theroute carried overhead on insulators. The section boxes are fitted with porcelain switch fuses, The ancient city of Rome is enjoying a considerable growthin its rapid transit facilities, the present lines aggregatingabout 30 miles. The city is circular in shape and has an ex-treme diameter of 3 miles. Two suburban lines are now near-ing completion, one of which will run through the city to the. FRONT AND REAR VIEWS OF PANEL IN JUNCTION BOX Alban Hills and the other to Civita Castellana, each about 20miles long. The power for operating both the city and sub-urban railways is obtained from a hydro-electric plant locatedat the Tivoli waterfall, near Rome. The overhead trolley sys-tem is standard throughout. The number of passengers car-ried on any one year on the city lines exceeds 25,000,000; thenumber of cars is about 150, and over 1000 men are employed. July 15, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 101 PROCEEDINGS OF THE LAKE GEORGE CONVENTION In the last issue were published the proceedings for the firstday of the twenty-third annual convention of the Street Rail-way Association of the State of New York, held at FortWilliam Henry Hotel, Lake George, N. Y., June 27 and proceedings for the second day are published herewith: WEDNESDAYS SESSIONPresident Allen called the meeting to order at 10:10 oclocka. m. The President—I will appoint as the c
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