. Electric railway journal . 0 to 400-volt transformers,[he substation is operated by two men in 12 hour shifts. Therotary is started by an induction motor, and, as indicated above,the service of this substation is derived from a 150 kw com-pensator in the I lallowcll substation. PROIOSKI) IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER AND ROADWAYThe new line has not as yet been equipped with feedersto any considerable degree. Two No. 00 and a single No. oooo i So ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXV. No. 5. feeder divide the distance southward from the Hallowell sub*station to a point 3 miles south of Gardiner i
. Electric railway journal . 0 to 400-volt transformers,[he substation is operated by two men in 12 hour shifts. Therotary is started by an induction motor, and, as indicated above,the service of this substation is derived from a 150 kw com-pensator in the I lallowcll substation. PROIOSKI) IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER AND ROADWAYThe new line has not as yet been equipped with feedersto any considerable degree. Two No. 00 and a single No. oooo i So ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXV. No. 5. feeder divide the distance southward from the Hallowell sub*station to a point 3 miles south of Gardiner in order to over-come the effects of comparatively heavy grades on the line,which reach a maximum of 4 per cent near Tacoma Hallowell a No. 0000 feeder is carried 4 miles towardWinthrop. A grade of 11 per cent is encountered on the oldAugusta, Winthrop & Gardiner line near the center of Au-gusta, but this is near the Hallowell substation, and no feederis as yet in service for this work. The new line to Mechanics. Maine Electric Railways—Interior of Hydro-Electric Plantat Winslow Falls, out of Auburn, is equipped with two No. 00 trolleys anda No. 0000 feeder (copper equivalent) of stranded aluminum,carried through to the Mechanics Falls end of the route. Atthe bottom of the heavy grade in Augusta is a grade crossingwith the highway and the Maine Central Railroad. Plans areunder way for the elimination of this, the estimated cost being$100,000. The State of Maine is to pay 25 per cent; the cityof Augusta and the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville 15 percent each, not to exceed $15,000, and the Maine Central the
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