. Electrical news and engineering. thirty womenare engaged in this work and there is every prospect thatthe number will be increased. Two sub-stations are being New York Subway Extension (Continued froin page 30)citys growth along the new lines becomes more rapid, whichin time results in congestion and demands additional facili-ties, which, in their turn, cause new growth, and so on aroundthe circle indefinitely. A large amount of new equipment was naturally neededfor the Dual System and for this the Westinghouse Electricand Manufacturing Co. has furnished 600 control equip-ments and 978 Matro
. Electrical news and engineering. thirty womenare engaged in this work and there is every prospect thatthe number will be increased. Two sub-stations are being New York Subway Extension (Continued froin page 30)citys growth along the new lines becomes more rapid, whichin time results in congestion and demands additional facili-ties, which, in their turn, cause new growth, and so on aroundthe circle indefinitely. A large amount of new equipment was naturally neededfor the Dual System and for this the Westinghouse Electricand Manufacturing Co. has furnished 600 control equip-ments and 978 Matroes for the Interborough lines, the totalcost of this apparatus being over $3,000,000. The power are also greatly increased andto supplement its present power equipment, the Interbor-ough Company has installed an horse-power Westing-house turbine generator, which is the largest in the world. Further extensions are already being planned, notably atunnel from Brooklyn to Statcn Island—but that is in THE SWEEPERS OF THE SEAMr. Punch—Risky work, isnt it?Trawler Skipper—Thats why theres a hundredthousand of us doing it! —Published through courtesy of Punch, November 1, IJIS THE ELECTRICAL NEWS U 21
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