. The Street railway journal . ensing engines for the new plant. The type of car hasnot yet been fully decided, but it is probable the line willbe operated by an open motor car with trailer. The con-tract for the street construction has not yet been let. The Eckingtou & Soldiers Home Railway Company and the BeltRailway Company. The lines of these companies are virtually under thecontrol of the same persons, the president being D. M. New-bold, and W. K. Schoepf, vice-president and general man-ager. H. K. Gray, formerly with the Belt line, is secretaryand treasurer of both companies. The line kn
. The Street railway journal . ensing engines for the new plant. The type of car hasnot yet been fully decided, but it is probable the line willbe operated by an open motor car with trailer. The con-tract for the street construction has not yet been let. The Eckingtou & Soldiers Home Railway Company and the BeltRailway Company. The lines of these companies are virtually under thecontrol of the same persons, the president being D. M. New-bold, and W. K. Schoepf, vice-president and general man-ager. H. K. Gray, formerly with the Belt line, is secretaryand treasurer of both companies. The line known as theEckington & Soldiers Home is chiefly operated by electric 762 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 12. power, the overhead system being employed, and termin-ates at 7th Street. An experiment is being made on NorthCapitol Street with a closed conduit system which hasbeen in operation about four months, the Electro-Mag-netic Company being the promoter. The car is of the ordinary type used on electric lines,. FIG. 9.—SURFACE CONTACT BOX. except that, in lieu of a trolley stand upon the roof, it hassuspended from the under side of its truck, as shown inFig. ii, two iron bars. These are the same length as thecar, are hung upon light springs and adjustable by meansof screws, and are known as the energizing and collect-ing bars respectively. Beneath one of the seats of the caris a small storage battery, consisting of six cells whichare arranged to discharge a low potential current at apressure of about eight volts, and are connected by meansof suitable wiring to the energizing bar. In the center of the track are placed, at intervals ofabout fifteen feet, hermetically sealed cast iron boxes,upon the lids of which, properly insulated, are two raisedsurfaces, known as the energizing and collecting platesrespectively. Securely attached to the under side of the lid of eachcast iron box is a simple electro-magnet, as shown inFig. io, wound with a fine copper wire, one end of
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