. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—STRIPPING LEAD-COVERED CABLE AT ST. LOUIS FIG. 4.—INSULATING FEED-WIRE used has asphalt as a base, and paraffine and other oils aremixed with it. The cable which was being covered at the timethe photograph for Fig. 4 was taken was from the companyslargest line of conduit leading from the power house, whichconduit was burned out. This cable, after having the leadcovering removed, is given a braided weatherproof insulationand is put up for overhead feeders. The paper insulation ofthe cable remains intact, the braid being placed over it. including all labor
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—STRIPPING LEAD-COVERED CABLE AT ST. LOUIS FIG. 4.—INSULATING FEED-WIRE used has asphalt as a base, and paraffine and other oils aremixed with it. The cable which was being covered at the timethe photograph for Fig. 4 was taken was from the companyslargest line of conduit leading from the power house, whichconduit was burned out. This cable, after having the leadcovering removed, is given a braided weatherproof insulationand is put up for overhead feeders. The paper insulation ofthe cable remains intact, the braid being placed over it. including all labor and material. The cost of covering a barei,ooo,ooo-circ. mil cable with three layers of braid is about 2cents per foot. This work is being done under the direction ofMr. Burgess in charge of the overhead line department. Thecompany naturally has many changes in its overhead line tomake this year, because the Worlds Fair traffic last year neces-sitated a great deal of copper along certain lines where thetravel is now very l
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