. The Street railway journal . nt where the line to Fairmount Park and Independence varies from 200 amps, to 600 amps., running up to 800 amps, on heavy days. The motor is com-pound-wound, half of the original seriescoils being used for this purpose, the twocoils on two opposite poles being cut in, thetwo other coils being cut out. The motoris started with a water rheostat. Completeduplicate motors, cable drivers and cablesare provided on this line. The cost of the cable system is consider-able for renewals. The Ninth Street rope is21,000 ft. long, and has to be renewed aboutevery forty days,
. The Street railway journal . nt where the line to Fairmount Park and Independence varies from 200 amps, to 600 amps., running up to 800 amps, on heavy days. The motor is com-pound-wound, half of the original seriescoils being used for this purpose, the twocoils on two opposite poles being cut in, thetwo other coils being cut out. The motoris started with a water rheostat. Completeduplicate motors, cable drivers and cablesare provided on this line. The cost of the cable system is consider-able for renewals. The Ninth Street rope is21,000 ft. long, and has to be renewed aboutevery forty days, the ropes taken out fromthis line being used on more level and less STANDARD DOUBLE-TRUCK OPEN CAR lleavil-V travded r°UteS< 011 tlle CablCS will easily last from six to nine months. crosses, this station running the Eairmount Park ix Inde- Before any of the cable lines were changed over to electric pendence line only. This station contains a 250-kw and a there were about 350,000 ft. of cable in use, which cost from.
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