. The street railway review . ed wireswere supplied by the Pittsburg Reduction Co., andarc of aluminum on Knowles glass insulators. Whitecedar poles are used throughout. The trolley wireis mainly of the Xo. 00 figure 8 type, hung frombrackets. .■\ feature of interest in connection with the systemof the East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. is itstelephone system which covers the whole of the cityand suburban lines. .Arrangements are made for at-taching portable telephones to the poles at about every ft. Eachsuburban car carries its own portable telephone as well as a polelist, so that in
. The street railway review . ed wireswere supplied by the Pittsburg Reduction Co., andarc of aluminum on Knowles glass insulators. Whitecedar poles are used throughout. The trolley wireis mainly of the Xo. 00 figure 8 type, hung frombrackets. .■\ feature of interest in connection with the systemof the East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. is itstelephone system which covers the whole of the cityand suburban lines. .Arrangements are made for at-taching portable telephones to the poles at about every ft. Eachsuburban car carries its own portable telephone as well as a polelist, so that in case of accident communication can be quicklybad with shops or the superintendent. The telephone list con-tains the names and numbers for both the private line, the Belltelephones and the Kinlock telephones of the various offices andstations on the road and of the companys physicians which areto be called in case of accident. The poles on all the suburbandivisions are consecutively numbered and nn the back of the tele-. CAR. EAST ST. & SUBURBAN HAIIAVAY CO. phone list is given the number of each pole to which telephonesmay be attached. By means of this system a car on any partof the lines can immediately communicate with all of the shops,stations and offices of the company. The cars in the city service seat 36 passengers. They are ofthe closed type, with 26-ft. bodies, each having two G. E. No. 67 May 20, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 307 —//^-u SS-9 S2-S ^^1—«^\\^ f;?^\\v^ ^^ lo^|r^Vgt|—^-R^^^:^!-;^^^^^^
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