. The Street railway journal . „t ,.[-The NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE TWIN CITY RAPID TRANSITCOMPANYS NEW ROUTE BETWEEN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL panoramic trip of 35 miles in three hours for fifty cents. Inaddition to the newspaper advertisements the company alsocelebrated the opening of the new interurban line by placinglarge colored cards in all of its car windows. July 14, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 69 THE 60,000-VOLT SUB-STATION AND TRANSMISSIONLINE OF THE SYRACUSE RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY The taking of 60,000-volt current generated at NiagaraFalls into the city of Syracuse
. The Street railway journal . „t ,.[-The NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE TWIN CITY RAPID TRANSITCOMPANYS NEW ROUTE BETWEEN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL panoramic trip of 35 miles in three hours for fifty cents. Inaddition to the newspaper advertisements the company alsocelebrated the opening of the new interurban line by placinglarge colored cards in all of its car windows. July 14, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 69 THE 60,000-VOLT SUB-STATION AND TRANSMISSIONLINE OF THE SYRACUSE RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY The taking of 60,000-volt current generated at NiagaraFalls into the city of Syracuse, exclusively for electric rail-way purposes, marks a noteworthy epoch in electrical devel- Syracuse Rapid Transit Company for operating its tractionsystem in that city. This system now comprises 80 milesof track, upon which the number of cars operated per dayaverages85, and the number operated at peak hours is total power requirement for moving all schedules isapproximately 36,000 kw-hours per day. Until the arrange-. PLAN OF SUB-STATION OF SYRACUSE RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY opment in the East. The transmitting distance is approxi-mately 165 miles, and the Syracuse installation comprisesone of the important plants in the comprehensive scheme nowunder way for supplying the central portions of New YorkState with hydro-electric power developed in the Niagararegion. The power delivered at Syracuse will be utilized by the ments for Niagara Falls power were carried through theproperty was operated from one somewhat antiquated direct-current generating station, whose total output capacitjj hasfor some time been seriously overtaxed by the increasingdemands for power brought about by the increase in thecompanys traffic. It is the intention after Falls power isavailable to hold this station in reserve for emergencies. 70 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIIL No. 2. Briefly outlined, the new installation at Syracuse emljodiesthe following features. Current is .generated at the Niagar
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