. The Street railway journal . CONDENSING COOLING TOWER the ground, but requires great care in its installation to se-cure a presentable appearance, and is also liable to breakdown. A strong wind has been known to open up a sec-tion, and recently on the Aversa line a farmer with a highload of straw caused some 150 yds. of wire to fall, and shut I20 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 5. down that division of the road for an hour. Where theHnes pass through the villages the poles are very high,sometimes reaching 65 ft., in order to prevent any dangerfrom touching the wires. Lightning arrest
. The Street railway journal . CONDENSING COOLING TOWER the ground, but requires great care in its installation to se-cure a presentable appearance, and is also liable to breakdown. A strong wind has been known to open up a sec-tion, and recently on the Aversa line a farmer with a highload of straw caused some 150 yds. of wire to fall, and shut I20 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 5. down that division of the road for an hour. Where theHnes pass through the villages the poles are very high,sometimes reaching 65 ft., in order to prevent any dangerfrom touching the wires. Lightning arresters of the Sie- A New Car House for Brooklyn of Novel Design. INTERIOR OF POWER STATION ments& Halske type are installed. The line material is all ofUnion Electricitats-Gesellschaft make, the trolley wire be-ing No. 000. The track is laid with 56-lb., 60-ft. rails, on oakties. The rails are electrically connected by LInion bonds. At the sub-station located at Melito there are two 135-hp synchronous mo-tors, which receivethe current directlyfrom the transmis-sion line, and theyare direct-connected to 500-volt railwaygenerators. A stor-age battery is keptas a reserve, andworks in parallelwith the e n g ravingshows the outsidestructure. The rolling stockat present consists often Rutelli cars, 35ft. long, and weigh-ing 20 tons each. The seating capacity is fifty-two. The electrical equipmentconsists of four G. motors and two B-19 brakes are of the Westinghouse air-stored type; andhave given excellent satisfaction. The cars used on theroad before its conversion will be utilized, and the servicewill be conducte
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