. The street railway review . cture was built by the LaFayette Engineering Co. Between Van Wert and Ft. Wayne the grade is ready for tracklaying, all bridges and culverts are in place and the riglit of wayis fenced on both sides. Overhead Equipment. The poles are of cedar 7 in. at the top, and from 45 to 50 Extra heavy yellow pine cross arms and galvanized bracesare used. Provision has been made for two three-phase high ten-sion transmission lines with all necessary feeders and telephonelines, as shown in the line drawing. I he transnnsMin Inic consibls oi one ihrcc-phasc high tension
. The street railway review . cture was built by the LaFayette Engineering Co. Between Van Wert and Ft. Wayne the grade is ready for tracklaying, all bridges and culverts are in place and the riglit of wayis fenced on both sides. Overhead Equipment. The poles are of cedar 7 in. at the top, and from 45 to 50 Extra heavy yellow pine cross arms and galvanized bracesare used. Provision has been made for two three-phase high ten-sion transmission lines with all necessary feeders and telephonelines, as shown in the line drawing. I he transnnsMin Inic consibls oi one ihrcc-phasc high tensionline of No. 2 hard drawn copper, carried on I»ckc 40,000-volt por-celain insulators supported on steel pins, while the feeder line isof No. 0000 medium hanl drawn copper; this low potential feederextends the entire length of the line. The trolley wire is No. 000 round hard drawn copper and is car-ried on 9-ft. Richmond flexible brackets, with Ohio Brass hangersand clamps. The trolley is tapped to the feeder every 1,000 ft. A. TYPICAL SECTION OF LINE IN COLNTRV. telephone circuit of No. 12 copper is carried on one of the crossarms on glass insulators. Span wire construction is used in villages where necessary, andin these instances 5-16 in. double galvanized standard span wirewas used. Sub-Stations. There are two sub-stations on the Lima-Van Wert section, oneat Elida and the other at Middlepoint. The Elida sub-station iscompleted. It is equipped with one G. E. 6-pole 300-kw. rotaryconverter, which was put into service about December loth. TheMiddlepoint sub-station will be completed this month. Pending the
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