Electrical news and engineering . Forebay showing Ceiiu ut Construction operates between Presque Isle and Washburn, Me. There areseveniteen miles of single track, sidings included. This road hassteam railway construction, including 70 lb. rails. The overheadequipment is part span and part bracket. No. 0000 trolley wireis used. s« CANADIAN ELECTRICAL NEWS A substation is located about half way along the line, con-taining transformers and rotary converters. The 60 cycle, 33,000volt current is here converted into 1,200 volts, direct current, anddistributed both ways along the trolley wire. No fee
Electrical news and engineering . Forebay showing Ceiiu ut Construction operates between Presque Isle and Washburn, Me. There areseveniteen miles of single track, sidings included. This road hassteam railway construction, including 70 lb. rails. The overheadequipment is part span and part bracket. No. 0000 trolley wireis used. s« CANADIAN ELECTRICAL NEWS A substation is located about half way along the line, con-taining transformers and rotary converters. The 60 cycle, 33,000volt current is here converted into 1,200 volts, direct current, anddistributed both ways along the trolley wire. No feeder wiresare used. General Manager A. K. Gould staites that the 1,200 Bridge Construction on Aroostook Valley Kail way sj-stem is, in his opinion, the best invention ever introduced intoeleetric railroad operation. The rolling stock includes one heavy locomotive ear equippedwith four 75 motors, guaranteed to furnish 100 per cent,overlead tand capable of handling fifteen to twenty cars offreight; also a number of passenge^r cars equipped with four motors, which handle seven or eight cars of freight. The general manager of the system and the moving spirit inthe construction of the electric road is Mr. A. E. Gould, ofJresque Isle, Me. Mr. W. M. Jones is president. Newfoundland to the Fore in Electrical Matters Tlie accompanying reproduction is a photograph of the exhibit(if the electiical dejiartment of the Eeid Newfoundland Companyat the first industrial exhibition ever attempted in Newfound-land, and which w^as held in St. John s during the month of No-vember. The arrangement of the exhibit reflects great credit onits designer, Mr. J. W. Mor
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