. Electric railway gazette . gth of theline, and are notice-able for their light-ness, and are verytasteful looking. The poles are placedbetween the twotracks, and by meansof brackets on eachside, support thetrolley wire abovethe centre of thetrack. These carrythe small silicon-bronze trolley-wire, which is used as a working conductor upon allthe Sprague roads. Since the road has been in operation it hasbeen visited by a large number of street railwaymanagers from all parts of the country, who havecome to Atlantic City to investigate the opera-tion of the road in reference to the subsequent Th
. Electric railway gazette . gth of theline, and are notice-able for their light-ness, and are verytasteful looking. The poles are placedbetween the twotracks, and by meansof brackets on eachside, support thetrolley wire abovethe centre of thetrack. These carrythe small silicon-bronze trolley-wire, which is used as a working conductor upon allthe Sprague roads. Since the road has been in operation it hasbeen visited by a large number of street railwaymanagers from all parts of the country, who havecome to Atlantic City to investigate the opera-tion of the road in reference to the subsequent The view which we jjublish in this issue showsone of the cars in operation on Atlantic Avenue,and gives a very good idea of the kind of poleused upon this line. It will be noticed that thewhole effect of the pole is quite light and artistic,and the brackets are quite ornamental in theircharacter, making the appearance of the wholevery pleasing to the eye. Such a pole as this isespecially adapted to double track work in Electric Railway in Atlantic City, N. J. since it is very strong, durable and light, anddoes not occupy much space. Most of the cars upon this line, which areequipped with electric motors, tow one additionalcar, without motors, doubling the number ofcars operated. On pleasant days these cars arecrowded with large numbers of passengers. A Pioneer Electric Railway Re-organized. One of the first companies in this country toadopt electric power on its lines was the Wash-ington Street AsyUim and Park Railway at Bing-hamton, N. Y., which has recently contractedwith the Sprague company to change Its entireequipment to meet the latest and most approvedideas in electric railway science. The firstequipment was installed about two years ago and the changes that arenow being madeillustrate the ad-vances which havebeen accomplishedin electric railwaypractice, and theyshow the differencebetween the ideaswhich were preva-lent two years agoand the leading ideasas illustra
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