. The Street railway journal . FIG ON CANAL STREET, FROM OFFICES OF NEW ORLEANS TRACTION CO. tubular iron poles are employed, but on most of the lineswooden poles of heart pine are used. These poles are12 x 12 ins. at the base, and are left square for the firsttwelve feet, but are dressed octagonal for the remaininglength, and taper to 7 X 7 ins. at the top. The base of thepole, before setting, is treated with a dressing of carbo- 248 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. H. M. LITTELL, GENERAL MANAGER NEW ORLEANSTRACTION CO. lineum to protectthe wood fromthe action ofmoisture.
. The Street railway journal . FIG ON CANAL STREET, FROM OFFICES OF NEW ORLEANS TRACTION CO. tubular iron poles are employed, but on most of the lineswooden poles of heart pine are used. These poles are12 x 12 ins. at the base, and are left square for the firsttwelve feet, but are dressed octagonal for the remaininglength, and taper to 7 X 7 ins. at the top. The base of thepole, before setting, is treated with a dressing of carbo- 248 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. H. M. LITTELL, GENERAL MANAGER NEW ORLEANSTRACTION CO. lineum to protectthe wood fromthe action ofmoisture. Thewooden poles areset with a rake oftwo and a halffeet, but are ex-pected to assumea rake of onlyten inches whenspan wires are inplace, the soil be-ing very iron polesare set in a con-crete foundation,and have a rakeof only twelveinches. On oneside of the streetthe poles are pro-vided with doublewooden crossarms, with twotop grooved insu-lators for carryingthe feed wires. Instead of end-ing the wires onthe ordinary cross arm, a special frame is made of angleiron, and firmly bolted to the top of the pole. Each feedwire is then ended and anchored to this frame by means ofan eyebolt, to which is attached a steam insulator. Forconnecting the several wires together, a solid conductor isrun near the outside edge, and a little above the iron frame,and supported by top groove insulators, to which is at-tached the several short cable connections which are fasten-ed to the s
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