. Electric railway gazette . t it couldbe enlarged on exactly the same proportions up toany size for any road. Its capacity here is farbeyond the need, but it serves to Illustrate themanner in which the generating part of theJohnson-Lundell system Is provided for. Bymeans of the Interior Conduit telescopic Iron tube,current is carried to the track at the properpoints of feeding, and is distributed, the in-ventors claim, without any loss due to leakage orconduction, owing to the high Insulation of theducts. The track Itself, so far as the rails areconcerned. Is of ordinary construction. Between
. Electric railway gazette . t it couldbe enlarged on exactly the same proportions up toany size for any road. Its capacity here is farbeyond the need, but it serves to Illustrate themanner in which the generating part of theJohnson-Lundell system Is provided for. Bymeans of the Interior Conduit telescopic Iron tube,current is carried to the track at the properpoints of feeding, and is distributed, the in-ventors claim, without any loss due to leakage orconduction, owing to the high Insulation of theducts. The track Itself, so far as the rails areconcerned. Is of ordinary construction. Betweenthe rails it is asphalted or paved and parallelingthe rails lies a conducting bar or strip of metalembedded In the asphalt. This bar is level withthe surface, and is divided up into sections withInsulating blocks of stone or other material be-tween them. Just outside the single track, ormidway between the double tracks, are plainboxes with Iron covers flush with the street sur-face. In these boxes are substantial eleotromag-. POWBK HOtJSE EQUIPMENT OP THE JOHNSON-IUNDBLL ELECTRIC RAILWAY. that will threaten dividends; even with a prospectof Increased dividends in the near future, achange that requires present expenditures, is re-sisted. The Traction Company of Philadelphia,killed the elevated road there. The West EndCompany In Boston did the same; Tammanyand Manhattan have closed New York againstrapid transit efforts. Is it necessary to explainfurther why compressed air has not been univer-sally adopted? Everywhere somebodys interests netlc devices which deliver current to each sec-tion as the oar comes along, and then lie quietuntil the succeeding car approaches. Theseswitch boxes are water tight. Each box governsIts particular sections of track. The car carriesa pick-up rubbing brush which leads the currentInto the motor and which takes the place, orfulflUs the function of the trolley pole wheel. The car has but one motor. This Is centralunder the car and drives on each axle
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