. The Street railway journal . ; Street Mailway J-n TELEPHONE TRANSPO-SITION, SHOWINGSPECIAL INSULA-TORS UNDERCROSS-ARM. HIGH-TENSION WIRES ENTERING HERROLL SUBSTATION One of the illustrations shows the type of telephone boothused along the line, and in which a permanent telephone ishoused. Permanently installed telephones are preferred toportable sets carried on cars, for the reason that they are August 25, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 287 more reliable and that the expense of maintenance is muchsmaller. While there is nothing elaborate about the con-struction of the booths, they have been
. The Street railway journal . ; Street Mailway J-n TELEPHONE TRANSPO-SITION, SHOWINGSPECIAL INSULA-TORS UNDERCROSS-ARM. HIGH-TENSION WIRES ENTERING HERROLL SUBSTATION One of the illustrations shows the type of telephone boothused along the line, and in which a permanent telephone ishoused. Permanently installed telephones are preferred toportable sets carried on cars, for the reason that they are August 25, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 287 more reliable and that the expense of maintenance is muchsmaller. While there is nothing elaborate about the con-struction of the booths, they have been so designed as toharmonize with the stations at towns and other of the com-panys buildings along the line. Quite a number of farmers telephone lines and otherwires cross the right of way of the railway company. Toavoid the possibility of trouble from crosses with the trolleyor high-tension wires, these have been carried under thetrack in lead conduit. Steam-road practice has been imitated closely in the matterof warning signs. Thirty-two different kinds of signs areemployed. These embrace looo-ft. markers, loo-ft.
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