. The Street railway journal . e accom-panying engraving. These trucks have an eight footwheel base instead of a nine foot; the wheel of thosefirst adopted by the company and the spring support isfifteen feet nine inches instead of ten feet, that of theold trucks. The object of this change is to better sup-port the bodies of the cars. The Peckham Company is also putting on some truckswith even more of a spring support than that mentioned,the support being seventeen feet six inches, the wheelbase remaining eight feet. The truck, without the car body,was illustrated in our November issue, and is
. The Street railway journal . e accom-panying engraving. These trucks have an eight footwheel base instead of a nine foot; the wheel of thosefirst adopted by the company and the spring support isfifteen feet nine inches instead of ten feet, that of theold trucks. The object of this change is to better sup-port the bodies of the cars. The Peckham Company is also putting on some truckswith even more of a spring support than that mentioned,the support being seventeen feet six inches, the wheelbase remaining eight feet. The truck, without the car body,was illustrated in our November issue, and is similarto the standard Peckham C A truck, the changes men- tioned above only having been made to better adapt itfor use on Broadway. There are at present fifteen ofthis style of truck in use on the Broadway road, andthey are giving great satisfaction. The officers of theroad speak very highly of their easy riding qualities andthe easy and efficient action of the brakes. A very interesting result noticed in the traffic is that. 2.—NETWORK OF PIPES NEAR UNION SQUARE-CABLE RAILWAY, NEW YORK. -BROADWAY it does not vary 1 per cent, in amount from 8 a. m., to 6p. m. This is true not only in the total traffic, but also inthe traffic of the different sections. There are two stations for operating the line. Theuptown station is in a building owned by the company,bounded by Seventh Avenue, 50th Street, Sixth Avenueand 51st Street. The power plant occupies theeastern end of the building, the western portion beingdevoted to car storage, repair rooms, offices, etc. Thecable is run from the eastern end through ablind conduitto the main line on Seventh Avenue. A full descriptionof the power equipment of this station was given in our
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