. The Street railway journal . raveling crane and the necessarycomplement of tools. The yards outside the buildings RUE DU RHONE, OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION constitute a depot for heavy material, such as poles, rails,road material, etc. It is probably well known that the gage of street railwayfavored in Switzerland is only 1 m. (3 ft. 3 ins.), called theVoie Etroite. In Geneva, when the new company cameinto power, there were about 45 miles of such gage in thecity in operation and about 18 miles of medium gage. Allthe new work is of i-m. gage, which, of course, becomestherefore the standard of the w
. The Street railway journal . raveling crane and the necessarycomplement of tools. The yards outside the buildings RUE DU RHONE, OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION constitute a depot for heavy material, such as poles, rails,road material, etc. It is probably well known that the gage of street railwayfavored in Switzerland is only 1 m. (3 ft. 3 ins.), called theVoie Etroite. In Geneva, when the new company cameinto power, there were about 45 miles of such gage in thecity in operation and about 18 miles of medium gage. Allthe new work is of i-m. gage, which, of course, becomestherefore the standard of the whole system. Mr. Field andhis staff are thoroughly well satisfied with this width, whichhas its advantages in view also of the narrowness of manyof the streets traversed, and Mr. Field has even worked out a novel type of car known as the Hotel de Ville,from the section in which it will run and which is intendedto go through narrow streets rather than wreck or abolishthe existing architecture. It is only m. in width, seats. LAYING CONDUIT ALONG ROUTE DHERMANCE eighteen people, and provides standing room for eightmore. But the standard size of car, which will doubtlessbe generally adhered to, is 2 m. (6 ft. 6\ ins.) in width overall, although it can be made m. (7 ft. 2\ ins.) and keepwithin the official requirements and conditions. The com-pany has thirty-six existing cars and is adding ninety newones, for the electrical equipment of which Westinghousemotors and controllers will be used, of the familiartype. The new cars are being furnished by the SocieteIndustrielle Suisse, of Neuhausen, Schaffhausen, andsome were equipped by the Basle works of the Allge-meine Elektricitats Gesellschaft. The charter of the com-pany, it may be fitly mentioned here, requires broadly thatall materials and supplies used shall be preferably of Swissorigin or bought through Swiss houses. The engineers ofthe road are very much in favor of the Brill type of car, asused in California and also a
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