. The street railway review . , with heavy sheet iron covers, the bottom and sides ofwhich are lined with steam pipes, and in the center of Ties are spaced to three-foot centers, and are all whiteoak, 5 inches by 7 inches by 7 feet, except joint ties,which are 6 inches by 10 inches bj 7 feet. Poles areextra heavy 3, 4 and 5-inch iron pipe. The overhead construction used is about half Chris-tie material, manufactured by The Cleveland Con-struction Company, and the remaining half is nearlj* allthe latest type of line material manufactured by theAnsonia Electric Company, with also about two miles
. The street railway review . , with heavy sheet iron covers, the bottom and sides ofwhich are lined with steam pipes, and in the center of Ties are spaced to three-foot centers, and are all whiteoak, 5 inches by 7 inches by 7 feet, except joint ties,which are 6 inches by 10 inches bj 7 feet. Poles areextra heavy 3, 4 and 5-inch iron pipe. The overhead construction used is about half Chris-tie material, manufactured by The Cleveland Con-struction Company, and the remaining half is nearlj* allthe latest type of line material manufactured by theAnsonia Electric Company, with also about two miles ofRailway Equipment Company overhead material. THE CAR EQUIPMENT. numbers in all forty cars, thirty-two of which areclosed 16-foot bodies, and eight of which are 7-seatopen cars. The closed cars were made as follows: the Gilbert Car Manufacturing Company, Troy, N. Y.;three by The American Car Company, St. Louis, Mo.;thirteen by the New Castle Car Manufacturing Company,New Castle, Pa. The eight open cars are also manu-. KXE IN RFIAIR SHOP. BOILERS AND MECHANICAL STOKERS. which run two tracks for the support of the ends ofarmatures shafts, which has proven a most efficient drybox for drying out armatures, commutators, etc. Lead-ing to this is an overhead track made of angle iron, onwhich runs a chain hoist, so that armatures can be handledreadily to and from the armature room to the drying the rear part of the third floor of the building is asmall carpenter shop and paint shop, where is done all ofthe repairs on building, car bodies, etc. The entirebuilding is heated with the Williames vacuum system ofsteam heating, in which a small pump, 4}^ by 6 by 8,sucks the exhaust steam from the engines through 21,000feel of pipe, for heating purposes, which heats the build-ing in the coldest weather, and relieves the annoyance ofsteam hammering in the pipes. TRACK AND LINE CONSTRUCTION. There is in all fifteen miles of track, comprising gradesranging from 2^ to iO]4 per cent
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