. The Street railway journal . A CUT ON SAN MATEO LINE 5-16-in. galvanized iron strand wire. The earsare all soldered. The construction work onthis line followed the same high standard asthat adopted on other parts of the DISTRIBUTION Power is furnished to this line as follows:From the ferries to Thirtieth Street, theBryant Street power house furnishes directcurrent at 550 volts; from Thirtieth Street toHoly Cross, the Geneva Avenue sub-stationsupplies the power, and from Holy Cross toSan Mateo the Millbrae sub-station is de-pended upon. The latter section, supplied bythe Millbrae

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. The Street railway journal . A CUT ON SAN MATEO LINE 5-16-in. galvanized iron strand wire. The earsare all soldered. The construction work onthis line followed the same high standard asthat adopted on other parts of the DISTRIBUTION Power is furnished to this line as follows:From the ferries to Thirtieth Street, theBryant Street power house furnishes directcurrent at 550 volts; from Thirtieth Street toHoly Cross, the Geneva Avenue sub-stationsupplies the power, and from Holy Cross toSan Mateo the Millbrae sub-station is de-pended upon. The latter section, supplied bythe Millbrae sub-station, includes almost allthe interurban portion of the road, althoughthe Geneva Avenue sub-station has sufficientcapacity to supply both the suburban and in-terurban sections, and enable the Millbraesub-station to be closed down when the rushhours are over, but this necessitates trans-mitting power for about T4 miles. It is beingdone, however, with fair success, through theaid of sufficient feed wire and a good returnc

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