. Electric railway review . The track is laid with 70-pound Carnegie steel in 33-footlengths on standard white oak ties spaced 24 inches betweencenters. The rails are electrically joined by American Steel& Wire and flexible mesh bonds soldered on the ball ofthe rail. Twenty-four-inch angle bars are used. The trackis cross bonded every 1,300 feet and at all switches and turn-outs. The pole line is composed of 40-foot Idaho cedar polesset 6 feet in the ground and 100 feet apart. A No. 000 trol- 930 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW November, 1906. lej wire Is suspended on tubular iron brackets, except atc
. Electric railway review . The track is laid with 70-pound Carnegie steel in 33-footlengths on standard white oak ties spaced 24 inches betweencenters. The rails are electrically joined by American Steel& Wire and flexible mesh bonds soldered on the ball ofthe rail. Twenty-four-inch angle bars are used. The trackis cross bonded every 1,300 feet and at all switches and turn-outs. The pole line is composed of 40-foot Idaho cedar polesset 6 feet in the ground and 100 feet apart. A No. 000 trol- 930 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW November, 1906. lej wire Is suspended on tubular iron brackets, except atcurves, where the span wire construction is used. In addi-tion to the trolley wire the pole line carries a 500,000-circularmil copper feeder which runs the entire length of the line,two telephone v/ires and, between the power house and sub-station, the three-phase high-tension line. Lightning arrest-ers are located on the poles at intervals of 1,300 feet. Power House. The power house location, two miles west of Portland,. Muncie & Portland Traction Company—Floor Plan of WaitingRoom and Substation at Albany. was selected so that it will be as near as possible to thecenter of the line when the track is extended east of thepresent terminus at Portland. The building is of brick andsteel. Coal is delivered by a steam road siding to a storagebin 15 by 64 feet in area located at the rear of the boilerroom. This is an elevated track over the storage bins, so
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