. The street railway review . was devised by Mr. Potis. The tableitself was built bj- the Johnson Company, Johnstown, second table is provided, as shown in the plan, by. LOCATIONfoF TURN TABLF S IN CAR HOUSE TURN TABLK. At the end of the line there are no facilities for makinga loop and as the cars are built with the drivers room atone end, cannot be switched back. To provide forthis a turn table has been built in the car house at theterminal of the line, and the main cable is conducted intothe building and around a 14 foot sheave placed under TURN TABLE SHOWING MAIN CABLE. means of which
. The street railway review . was devised by Mr. Potis. The tableitself was built bj- the Johnson Company, Johnstown, second table is provided, as shown in the plan, by. LOCATIONfoF TURN TABLF S IN CAR HOUSE TURN TABLK. At the end of the line there are no facilities for makinga loop and as the cars are built with the drivers room atone end, cannot be switched back. To provide forthis a turn table has been built in the car house at theterminal of the line, and the main cable is conducted intothe building and around a 14 foot sheave placed under TURN TABLE SHOWING MAIN CABLE. means of which the trail cars are turned at the sametime, and this double arrangement permits of handling avery large number of cars without confusion and witli thegreatest dispatch. 191 i>o\\i;i< ii()i:si;. To (Irivi- tliis new (.able, whiili is 27,760 feel in length,witli a diameter of i ,\ inches, additional power wasletiuired at the Elm and Clark street power house, whichis one of tlie finest and largest in the country. Thenew en()wer, as well as the new driving machinery, wasbuilt by Fraser & Chalmers, Ch
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