. Electric railway journal . T JS Rods, 6 lMtA Electric Ry. Journal. October 2, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 54i from Electron, Wash., where it is hydraulically generatedin the water-power plant of the Puget Sound Power Com-pany, also controlled by Stone & Webster. From the powerhouse two parallel transmission lines extend for a distance of22 miles to Bluffs, a station on the interurban line 9 milesfrom Tacoma and 25 miles from Seattle, where the transmis-sion lines divide and follow the interurban right-of-way tothe terminal cities. A duplicate transmission line parallelsthe railway t
. Electric railway journal . T JS Rods, 6 lMtA Electric Ry. Journal. October 2, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 54i from Electron, Wash., where it is hydraulically generatedin the water-power plant of the Puget Sound Power Com-pany, also controlled by Stone & Webster. From the powerhouse two parallel transmission lines extend for a distance of22 miles to Bluffs, a station on the interurban line 9 milesfrom Tacoma and 25 miles from Seattle, where the transmis-sion lines divide and follow the interurban right-of-way tothe terminal cities. A duplicate transmission line parallelsthe railway throughout its length. Current at 60,000 voltsis transformed and converted for railway use in three substa-tions, located respectively at Milton, Kent and additional substation is now nearly completed at Puyal-lup on the Orting suburban line, which extends southeastfrom Tacoma for a distance of about 20 miles. Motor-gener-. Puget Sound Electric Railway—Map of Lines ator sets are used in the substations for converting current,and at each substation a storage battery of 288 type-Gchloride accumulator cells has been installed. SELECTION OF TRAINMEN It is not the general practice to use street railway train-men in the service of the Puget Sound Electric Railway,either from this companys or other city lines. An amplenumber of applicants to fill all vacancies is available, so thata high-grade personnel is maintained, notwithstanding therigid requirement that applicants for interurban train servicemust have had previous experience on either steam or elec-tric roads operating under the standard code of rules of theAmerican Railway Association. After a new man has been examined by the superin-tendent as to his references, antecedents, previous service, he is put into the railway companys shops for five days if he has not had previous experience in operating an electriccar. In the shops he becomes generally
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