. The Street railway journal . ei W) 1 Illi : ii \Mf^ y \ y p^ ^— 101),; Field 90 ^i_^ -^-M ^£l^ >G 1 BOO in 1; .<iH^ .^ i^^ 1 t !ti~ ■^ r^ —1 ~ 1 30 i •J 0 ^ \l\ 0 ipei s 3 31 a ~ia 1 FIG. 1.—CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF INTERPOLE RAILWAY MOTOR trunk line conditions. The ideal method is to equip each carwith powerful motors so as to obtain the maximum speedwith high voltages (2000 to 3000) upon the trunk lines and todivert the same cars on to city or branch tracks when theyreach their destination. In the city the same motors and thesame controllers can be used. Under these conditions, thetr

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. The Street railway journal . ei W) 1 Illi : ii \Mf^ y \ y p^ ^— 101),; Field 90 ^i_^ -^-M ^£l^ >G 1 BOO in 1; .<iH^ .^ i^^ 1 t !ti~ ■^ r^ —1 ~ 1 30 i •J 0 ^ \l\ 0 ipei s 3 31 a ~ia 1 FIG. 1.—CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF INTERPOLE RAILWAY MOTOR trunk line conditions. The ideal method is to equip each carwith powerful motors so as to obtain the maximum speedwith high voltages (2000 to 3000) upon the trunk lines and todivert the same cars on to city or branch tracks when theyreach their destination. In the city the same motors and thesame controllers can be used. Under these conditions, thetraveler, instead of leaving the car at the railway station, amile or more from his hotel or the center of the town, willride from the city system in one town to the city system inanother, and thus comfortably and easily be landed at hishotel or doorstep. It was considered a great improvementwhen baggage could be checked from the travelers house toits final destination, but how much greater is the importance *-A^r-rt^. -OWW-W/- ^-OTUir—Av^V-AV-Av ■-tirwr^>vw--^^™) ^l^^-A^-^vv--^^)— rCy-tm-Hi-Vh-NrVf—,

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