. The Street railway journal . lso given to the direction of themoving train and the particular sideof the tunnel for which the cable wasintended. On arriving at the site, thelower trough was turned down, drumjacked up and the cable end broughtover and placed in position in thetrough. The engine moved slowlyforward, unreeling the cable, with themen following and pushing the cableinto position. Two men closed thetrough and prepared the one above forthe next cable. In this way three tofive drums were installed per hour,depending upon the nature of thetrack, and the maximum number ofdrums dispose
. The Street railway journal . lso given to the direction of themoving train and the particular sideof the tunnel for which the cable wasintended. On arriving at the site, thelower trough was turned down, drumjacked up and the cable end broughtover and placed in position in thetrough. The engine moved slowlyforward, unreeling the cable, with themen following and pushing the cableinto position. Two men closed thetrough and prepared the one above forthe next cable. In this way three tofive drums were installed per hour,depending upon the nature of thetrack, and the maximum number ofdrums disposed of in one night of fourand one-half hours was fifteen, con-taining 8000 ft. The conditions underwhich the jointing was done were ex-ceptionally trying, owing to the lim-ited time and the necessity of protect-ing the unfinished joint from dampduring the hours of traffic. Each manmade two joints in three nights, anaverage of six hours per joint. Themajor portion of the work for which March 4, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 403. \ JjFIG, 31.—GENERAL DIAGRAM OF 11,000-VOLT CIRCUITS IN MAIN RAPID TRANSIT GENERATING STATION, NEW YORK
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