. The street railway review . arances toa minimum. A cast iron sub-base of sufficient heighl lo bring the wheelsclear of the engine room floor is provided. * « • The Melropolitau West Side .IClevaled which has for severalmonths been operating during rush hours extra shuttle trainson its Garfield Park branch which do not run around the loop butslop at Canal St., west of llie river, is erecting additional tracksat the Canal St. station and will extend the shullle service to thesouthern branches of llu- road. 512 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XL, No. 8. PORTABLE SUB-STATION. The accompanying engra
. The street railway review . arances toa minimum. A cast iron sub-base of sufficient heighl lo bring the wheelsclear of the engine room floor is provided. * « • The Melropolitau West Side .IClevaled which has for severalmonths been operating during rush hours extra shuttle trainson its Garfield Park branch which do not run around the loop butslop at Canal St., west of llie river, is erecting additional tracksat the Canal St. station and will extend the shullle service to thesouthern branches of llu- road. 512 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XL, No. 8. PORTABLE SUB-STATION. The accompanying engraving shows an exterior view of theportable sub-station car recently completed for the Union TractionCo. of Indiana. This station is intended for use in case of anemergency arising from an accident to one of the sub-station rotaryconverters, or for temporarily increasing the capacity of any sta-tion. In connection with the article describing the power gener-ating and distrilntting system of this company in our .\pril issue,. PORTABLE SUBSTATION CAR. the drawings of this car were published, page The generaldimensions are: Length, 21 ft. 6 in.; width, 8 ft. 8 in.; height ofpeak of roof above the rail, 10 ft. 6 in. The equipment includesone 250-kw. rotary converter, three Syyi-kw. static transformersand high and low tension switchboards. The estimated weight ofthr rotary and static transformers is 26,100 lb. The sub-stationsare all provided with tracks so that the car can be run into thebuilding, and connected to the batteries, line and car was built by the St. Louis Car Co. FRANCHISE TAX IN TOLEDO. In these days when so-called reformers and alleged patriots con-sider it their duty to attack street railways in every way possible, itis a relief to find a city official so fair and clear-minded as Mr. , city solicitor, of Toledo, O. Mayor Sam. Jones of thatcity desiring to emulate the example of Mayor Johnson, of Cleve-land, who had forced the Board of Equa
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