. The street railway review . inter-esting article to our readers, and we will therefore re-frain from touching upon these points at this time, andconfine ourselves alone to the enormous undertaking ofinstalling the largest cable railway plant which up to thistime has been attempted, we believe, in the world. The foundations for this plant are also entirely madeof brick, and have been very carefully laid out, in orderto provide ample weight and surface for the machinery,at the same time keeping clear of the numerous columnswhich are contained within the basement for supportingthe large buildin
. The street railway review . inter-esting article to our readers, and we will therefore re-frain from touching upon these points at this time, andconfine ourselves alone to the enormous undertaking ofinstalling the largest cable railway plant which up to thistime has been attempted, we believe, in the world. The foundations for this plant are also entirely madeof brick, and have been very carefully laid out, in orderto provide ample weight and surface for the machinery,at the same time keeping clear of the numerous columnswhich are contained within the basement for supportingthe large building. At no point whatever do the founda-tions for the machinery and thi^ building come in contactwith each other; thus primarily overcoming anj possible. SPLICING THE TRANSMISSION ROPES. chance for vibration being telegraphed through the build-ing, which would necessarily annoy tenants. From this station will be operated two live ropes, andthere will also be led the two duplex or reserve ropes. The machinery for transmitting the power of theseropes in service of the very naturally increased traffic in ^m^^Mef^^ml^ 75 the lower part of the city must necessarily be very muchheavier than at other stations. To compensate for thisthere will be introduced four engines of the Dickson-Cor-liss high pressure pattern, with cylinders 38 inches dia-meter by 60 inches stroke. They are arranged in pairsof rights and lefts and transmit their power to a main jackshaft through a rope wheel, which is 26 feet in diameter,built up in the sections and mounted on a shaft which is20 inches in diameter on the journals by 26 inches in the mounted. These are four in number, 10 feet diametereach, and contain thirty-four grooves for 2-inch diametercotton rope, an
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