. The street railway review . etails of the interlocking arrangements, as theywould be carried out by the various companies that dothis kind of work. Figure i shows a diagram of theelectric circuits as they would be run for such an inter-locking plant. It requires three extra drawbridge con-tacts at the ends of the draw; one for connection withthe main feed line and two for section feeds from the constructed deserves most careful consideration. Itspositive effectiveness is fully demonstrated in our illustra-tion which shows the east half of the 4-track bridge ofthe Metropolitan Elevated Electr
. The street railway review . etails of the interlocking arrangements, as theywould be carried out by the various companies that dothis kind of work. Figure i shows a diagram of theelectric circuits as they would be run for such an inter-locking plant. It requires three extra drawbridge con-tacts at the ends of the draw; one for connection withthe main feed line and two for section feeds from the constructed deserves most careful consideration. Itspositive effectiveness is fully demonstrated in our illustra-tion which shows the east half of the 4-track bridge ofthe Metropolitan Elevated Electric Railway, over theChicago river. We are indebted to the RailwayReview for the illustration. This article deals with twoways of solving the draw protection problem and we willleave other methods until later. k; (^tifed/S^oiWoy-S^ylcv^ DESIGN FOR WAITING PLATFORMS. A San Francisco lady has desij,nifd the waiting plat-form which is here illustrated. The object is to providea safe iilace between car tracks where women and chil-. h—i ^i CABLE TRACK IRON PO&T o Solid (~) Granite O o CABLE TRACK dren may await their cars without risk of being run downby reckless teamsters in wide streets where traltic isheavy. The platform is of cement and granite. 15 feetby 31^ feet by 9 inches high, with 4 stout posts ofgranite or iron each about 4 feet in height. A lamp postoccupies the center. SCHOOL CHILDRENS FARES. In many places pressure has been brought to inducestreet railway companies to introduce school childrenstickets at -2^ or 3 cents. The Youngstown StreetRailway Company. Youngstown. A. A. Andersongeneral manager, has been trying the plan of sellingbooks of 50 tickets for $ The company is notrequired to make a reduction, but has done so at therequest of citizens. So far comparatively few tickets
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