. Electric railway journal . F. Mullaney, chief engineer ThirdAvenue Railway, broken automobile chains cause a greatdeal of trouble on the lines of that company when theyfind lodgment in the conduit. The first intimation oftrouble from such a cause is a short circuit or groundon the system, when one of these chains comes in con-tact with the conductor rail or with the plow of a automobile chains are not the only metal objectswhich pass from the street into the conduit to causetrouble to the railway operator. Iron hoops from bar-rels, baby carriages, etc., pieces of wire, bolts, horsesh
. Electric railway journal . F. Mullaney, chief engineer ThirdAvenue Railway, broken automobile chains cause a greatdeal of trouble on the lines of that company when theyfind lodgment in the conduit. The first intimation oftrouble from such a cause is a short circuit or groundon the system, when one of these chains comes in con-tact with the conductor rail or with the plow of a automobile chains are not the only metal objectswhich pass from the street into the conduit to causetrouble to the railway operator. Iron hoops from bar-rels, baby carriages, etc., pieces of wire, bolts, horseshoes, mud, snow and debris of every kind seem to beattracted to this place. Recently on the AmsterdamAvenue line of the Third Avenue company a car came toa sudden stop, and it was found that a % in. steel cable28 ft. long had in some way slipped through the openingin the street and had become entangled in the plow ofthe car. Some time ago on the Third Avenue line quitea few steel rods fell from a passing truck into the con-. Ueberetsch Railway—85-Hp, 1200-Volt Motor for Standard Gage (Dimensions in Millimeters) open platforms. They generally contain fifty seats, ofwhich twenty are first-class and thirty are lighting and heating are similar to that of themotor cars, with the chief difference that twice thenumber of heaters is used in accordance with thegreater cubic capacity of the trailers. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION The main car storage and repair shop is at Kalternstation, and is capable of holding five cars. The toolsare driven by one 1200-volt commutating poled. c. shunt motor at 1200 , fed from the trolleyline. A plain storage shed for two cars exists atBozen. The operation of the railway during two andone-half years of 1200-volt service has been most satis-factory. Of particular importance is the very smallwear on the motor brushes and commutators, as wellas on the ring-lubricated bearings. The success of thisfirst 1200-volt railway in A
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