. The Street railway journal . rail is a 70-lb. T, A. S. C. , laid in 60-ft. lengths on 6-in. chestnut ties placed20 ins. center to center. The overhead material was manu-factured by the Albeit & J. M. Anderson ManufacturingCompany, of Boston. Mr. John I. Coghlin, of the PageElectric Company, Worcester, was the roads electricalengineer, and in addition to the laying out of the powerplant also erected for the company all the overhead iron brackets attached to wooden poles spaced 70 support the trolley wire. Double trolley wires areused, obviating the necessity of ov
. The Street railway journal . rail is a 70-lb. T, A. S. C. , laid in 60-ft. lengths on 6-in. chestnut ties placed20 ins. center to center. The overhead material was manu-factured by the Albeit & J. M. Anderson ManufacturingCompany, of Boston. Mr. John I. Coghlin, of the PageElectric Company, Worcester, was the roads electricalengineer, and in addition to the laying out of the powerplant also erected for the company all the overhead iron brackets attached to wooden poles spaced 70 support the trolley wire. Double trolley wires areused, obviating the necessity of overhead switches atthe turn-outs, as well as giving sufficient carryingcapacity to dispense with other feed-wires from themain and sub-stations. The trolley wire is of thegrooved type, held firmly in screwed clips without solder-ing. No. 0000 B. & S. gage is used. The iT,ooo-voltthree-phase transmission lines are carried at the top of thepoles on heavy porcelain insulators with extra wide petti- STREET RAILWAY 894 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XX. No. 23. coats, supplied by C. S. Knowles, of Boston. A feature ofinterest is the placing of signboards bearing the names ofthe stops along the line. These are suspended frombrackets on the poles, and are painted white with blackEight waiting- stations have been erected at lettering £3
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