. Electric railway gazette . FIG. 4.—CONSTRUCTION TRAIN. sections of the city which are as yet scarcely de-veloped. August 10, 1895. ELECTRIC RAILWAY GAZETTE. 85 Electric Conduit System of the New York Third AvenueCompany. The Third Avenue Railway Company of New Yorkhas decided to install the Love electric conduit systemon 2,300 feet of its road, extending- on Tenth Avenuefrom 186th Street to 194th Street. The installation ismade as an experiment. If it proves as successful asthe company anticipates, the system will probably beadopted on a very considerable scale on the companyslines. Work has
. Electric railway gazette . FIG. 4.—CONSTRUCTION TRAIN. sections of the city which are as yet scarcely de-veloped. August 10, 1895. ELECTRIC RAILWAY GAZETTE. 85 Electric Conduit System of the New York Third AvenueCompany. The Third Avenue Railway Company of New Yorkhas decided to install the Love electric conduit systemon 2,300 feet of its road, extending- on Tenth Avenuefrom 186th Street to 194th Street. The installation ismade as an experiment. If it proves as successful asthe company anticipates, the system will probably beadopted on a very considerable scale on the companyslines. Work has been begun on the equipment of the. TROLLEY. short stretch of track and will be finished in a few line will connect at 186th Street with the companysTenth Avenue and 125th Street division. The latter isoperated by cable. Trailers will be transferred to andfrom the electric line at 186th Street, and passengerswill be enabled to ride from the postoffice to 194thStreet for a single fare and without changing cars. The conduit construction will be similar to that of the125th Street cable line of the Third Avenue is practically the same as that employed in the Loveconduit construction on the Rock Creek electric line inWashington, D. C. A few changes have been made toadapt it the better to the conditions existing on TenthAvenue. A complete metallic circuit will be employedand current will be distributed at 500 volts. Theyokes are of cast iron and will be spaced about 4%feet apart. They are set on concrete foundationswhich are six inches in depth and concrete is alsoused on the sides of the conduit. The con
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