. The Street railway journal . tric elevated railway in an exposition build-ing in that city. The line was 400 ft. long, and the rails wereused as one side of the circuit, while a copper wire suspendedin the center of the track was utilized as the other side of thecircuit. The wire was supported on a number of boards whichwere cut with V-slots at their upper end. On the bottom of thecar were placed two wheels over which the w ire ran, so that asthe car traveled the wire was lifted out of the V-shaped slotsand dropped into them again after passing. This arrangementhad been substituted for an ov
. The Street railway journal . tric elevated railway in an exposition build-ing in that city. The line was 400 ft. long, and the rails wereused as one side of the circuit, while a copper wire suspendedin the center of the track was utilized as the other side of thecircuit. The wire was supported on a number of boards whichwere cut with V-slots at their upper end. On the bottom of thecar were placed two wheels over which the w ire ran, so that asthe car traveled the wire was lifted out of the V-shaped slotsand dropped into them again after passing. This arrangementhad been substituted for an overhead conductor, which wasfirst proposed. The car was equipped with a 3-hp motor andcould accommodate about five people. This plant ran for sev-eral weeks with perfect success. The same year, during themonth of August, Mr. Van Depoele equipped an elevated rail- 560 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 15. way car at the Chicago Institute Fair. The cars were sus-pended from the elevated structure instead of running upon
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