. The street railway review . TROLLEY CROSSING UNDER a cap of Aetna insulating compound. They arescrewed onto a pin consisting of the same insulating com-pound surrounding an iron bolt. The return feeders areput on galvanized iron insulators of the same FEEDER TAP POLE, NORTH SIDE. These return feeders have an insulating wooden poles are used the cross arms are alldouble. Double insulation has been the policy on all feeders turn a corner they are dead ended andtwo strain insulators put in. At the power plant at Cali-fornia avenue and Roscoe street, which suppl
. The street railway review . TROLLEY CROSSING UNDER a cap of Aetna insulating compound. They arescrewed onto a pin consisting of the same insulating com-pound surrounding an iron bolt. The return feeders areput on galvanized iron insulators of the same FEEDER TAP POLE, NORTH SIDE. These return feeders have an insulating wooden poles are used the cross arms are alldouble. Double insulation has been the policy on all feeders turn a corner they are dead ended andtwo strain insulators put in. At the power plant at Cali-fornia avenue and Roscoe street, which supplies thenorthwest part of the city, about half the feeders crossthe river which is to be a navigable stream at this tower has been erected on the east bank of the feed lines enter this tower and are led through asubway passing under the river and into the basement ofthe power house on the west side of the river. Thetrack feeders as they leave this power house are run inwooden troughs for a distance of about a quarter of amile. The feed lines then diverge so that there is roomfor the track feeders on the poles. The track feederswhen run under ground are 1,000,000 circular milstranded and tinned bare copper cables. 78 ^iyiectS^oiWa^j^yleW
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