. The Street railway journal . the lines in Wilkes-barre and in the Wyoming Valley. Wilkesbarre has a popula-tion of over 50,000, and the Wyoming Valley over 200, are 65 miles of track, including divisions over whichthe cars are operated on fast schedules. The new cars aremounted, therefore, on No. 27-E-1 trucks, which are capable of The use of circuit breakers as a means ofprotecting the car equipment from dangerous overloads hasbecome quite general, and has led to the development of sev-eral different types of breakers designed especially for this class of service. The oil car circu
. The Street railway journal . the lines in Wilkes-barre and in the Wyoming Valley. Wilkesbarre has a popula-tion of over 50,000, and the Wyoming Valley over 200, are 65 miles of track, including divisions over whichthe cars are operated on fast schedules. The new cars aremounted, therefore, on No. 27-E-1 trucks, which are capable of The use of circuit breakers as a means ofprotecting the car equipment from dangerous overloads hasbecome quite general, and has led to the development of sev-eral different types of breakers designed especially for this class of service. The oil car circuit breaker herewith shown, manufactured bythe Hartman Circuit Breaker Company, of Mansfield, Ohio, isdesigned to take the place of the fuse block and hood switch onthe car. It automatically opens the circuit in case of overloador short circuit, and it can be operated by hand as readily as theusual hood switch. The switch and current-carrying parts are immersed in oilwithin a tight cast-iron case. The feature of oil insulation. Streel Ry. Journal STRUCTURAL DETAILS OF CAR FOR WILKESBARRE & WYOMING VALLEY TRACTION COMPANY very high speed. Wilkesbarre is 15 miles south of Scrantonand is only second to that city in importance as an anthraciteshipping center. The cars are seated for fifty-two passengers, the seats being37 in. long, and the aisles 24 ins. wide. A hard-wood partitionwith glass in the upper part, separates the smoking compartmentfrom the rest of the car. The smoking compartment is 9 ft. permits of more compact and simple construction than is pos-sible with the usual magnetic blow-out type. The distinctivefeature of the circuit breaker, however, is the use of a seriesbreak, consisting of five double-break plug contacts, connectedin such manner as to give ten breaks in series. The circuit isbroken simultaneously at . ten distinct points, and as the breaktakes place in oil there is no destructive arcing, and the circuit I April 2, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 533 breake
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