. Electric railway journal . ONE TYPE OF TOWER LINE CAR USED BYCONNECTICUT COMPANY THE- work of maintaining the trolley and low-voltage lines of an electric railway property, beingnot more radically unique than that of otherdepartments, depends to a certain extent upon theinherent conditions of the particular locality and prop-erty. Routine maintenance practice, however, need notdiffer in any important respect on various propertieswhere even approximately similar conditions exist. Inthis article the results of a study of overhead main-tenance practice of the Connecticut Company is givento illu
. Electric railway journal . ONE TYPE OF TOWER LINE CAR USED BYCONNECTICUT COMPANY THE- work of maintaining the trolley and low-voltage lines of an electric railway property, beingnot more radically unique than that of otherdepartments, depends to a certain extent upon theinherent conditions of the particular locality and prop-erty. Routine maintenance practice, however, need notdiffer in any important respect on various propertieswhere even approximately similar conditions exist. Inthis article the results of a study of overhead main-tenance practice of the Connecticut Company is givento illustrate the ways in which progressive companiesare endeavoring to keep their lines in good form. Thiscompany operates approximately 700 miles of track inConnecticut, serving mostof the cities and towns, bothlarge and small, in thatstate. The railway systemincludes eleven d i v i sions,and each of the overheaddivision forces takes careof its own construction,inspection and maintenanceunder general supervisionof P. W. Ripple, c
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