. The street railway review . de running approsimalely nne-hiilf llie leiiglli cif eaili Milinii. Tlu-se arelapped lo two No, (X)00 trolleys every 12 poles. Ilir ilcmble trolleyex(en<is over praclirally the entire length of the line, the onlyexception being where single track is being used lempnrarily. Thiswill soon, however, he made uniform with the rest of the ,the side lines operated in ihc cities of Utica and Rome and the 782 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIII, No. lo. branches in Whitesboro, New York Mills and the north side of theEric Canal in Frankfort being the only oth
. The street railway review . de running approsimalely nne-hiilf llie leiiglli cif eaili Milinii. Tlu-se arelapped lo two No, (X)00 trolleys every 12 poles. Ilir ilcmble trolleyex(en<is over praclirally the entire length of the line, the onlyexception being where single track is being used lempnrarily. Thiswill soon, however, he made uniform with the rest of the ,the side lines operated in ihc cities of Utica and Rome and the 782 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIII, No. lo. branches in Whitesboro, New York Mills and the north side of theEric Canal in Frankfort being the only other sections operating withsingle trolley and turnouts. Taps from feeder to trolley are made with No. o B. & S. insulatedcopper wire. Columbia anchor cars arc placed every 12 poles alongthe entire line, coming midway between feed taps. The first fourfeed taps at the sub-station are omitted. The line is divided into sections, a section insulator being placedat each sub-station and also midway between the stations, thus mak-. THEATER AT PARK. ing approximately a five-mile section in each case except in the cityof Utica, where the arrangement is altered by local conditions. Span construction is used on all the new work, poles being of cedar35 ft. long set 7 ft. in the ground, and placed 80 ft. apart on tan-gents. The standard form of cap and cone hangers is used with 15-in. soldered ears for No. 0000 round trolley. Lightning arresters have been placed along the line one-half mileapart where conditions warranted a closer spacing. Thesearresters are placed invariably at the feed tap. Feeders are of barecopper cable on the private right-of-way and of covered cable in thecilies and villages. The feeder system is designed for a minimumvoltage of 400, under the most severe conditions of load. This willalso permit of temporary handling of the direct current line of onesub-station from its adjacent station in case of high tension trouble. As a safety precaution wherever the electri
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