. Electric railway journal . St., Passaic. .Singac River Road Singac Grand Street Clay Street Berrys Creek Rutherford Lodi Total cars Num-ber ofCars 12104 334253 115 Table XIII.—Load on Stations in Hudson or West New York Substation, Capacity 2000 kw feeds. Section. Jointly withStation. Number ofCars in1910. 1 Ft. Lee 7 2 10 4 Summit Avenue r 6 5 Union Line R 9 R 4 8 Hudson Heights 10 9 Forty-second Street . r 10 10 R 2 12 Shop R 5 1? New Durham 2 1 1 Fairview 4 3 1 Homestead R 3 Total 72 Note:—R means that the section is jointly fed with OF LINE CON
. Electric railway journal . St., Passaic. .Singac River Road Singac Grand Street Clay Street Berrys Creek Rutherford Lodi Total cars Num-ber ofCars 12104 334253 115 Table XIII.—Load on Stations in Hudson or West New York Substation, Capacity 2000 kw feeds. Section. Jointly withStation. Number ofCars in1910. 1 Ft. Lee 7 2 10 4 Summit Avenue r 6 5 Union Line R 9 R 4 8 Hudson Heights 10 9 Forty-second Street . r 10 10 R 2 12 Shop R 5 1? New Durham 2 1 1 Fairview 4 3 1 Homestead R 3 Total 72 Note:—R means that the section is jointly fed with OF LINE CONSTRUCTION The consolidation late in 1903 of the propertiesnow constituting the Public Service Railway broughtunder one management an almost infinite variety ofoverhead work, much of which was in urgent need ofimprovement. Since this time over 80 per cent of thetrolley wire has been replaced, No. 00 wire beingusually substituted for No. 0, and 500,000 lb. to750,000 lb. of copper have been added to the dis- .1 .{Si-SS 1. poles are 5-6-7-in. sections, with a 30-in. space at theground line. The span wires are 5/16-in. double-galvanized steel and are hung with a minimum sag of12 in., to insure flexibility. The spans are fitted withporcelain interlocking insulators, while caps and conesare used for primary insulation. The trolley wire isNo. 00, suspended by means of 14-in. clinch ears ata height of 18 ft. 6 in. above the top of the trolley wire is hung with a 3-in. sag in 110 ft., togive a tight wire. Corroded steel poles are usually renewed by theapplication of a 30-in. split clamp, which is made of%-in. wrought iron and bent to shape in the com-panys shops. Details of this clamp are shown in adrawing on this page. The pole and clamp are givena heavy coat of graphite paint. In some cases thespace between the clamp jaws is filled with steel poles now bought are reinforced at the buttwith a 30-in. tubular sleeve, swedged near the groundline, as indicated on pa
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