. Electric railway journal . talled over the loop at the D. & C. boat dock in Cleve-land by James Scott, superintendent of overhead, Cleve-land Railway. Owing to the possibility that poles sup-porting the customary span loop construction mightfrequently have to be moved for city construction andother building work, it was decided to use center poles,and thus keep the entire railway construction withinthe limits of the track way. In the loop are seventeenNational Tube Company 8-in., 7-in., 6-in. extra heavysteel poles, which are set in concrete 8 ft. in the 2-in. bracket pipes are se
. Electric railway journal . talled over the loop at the D. & C. boat dock in Cleve-land by James Scott, superintendent of overhead, Cleve-land Railway. Owing to the possibility that poles sup-porting the customary span loop construction mightfrequently have to be moved for city construction andother building work, it was decided to use center poles,and thus keep the entire railway construction withinthe limits of the track way. In the loop are seventeenNational Tube Company 8-in., 7-in., 6-in. extra heavysteel poles, which are set in concrete 8 ft. in the 2-in. bracket pipes are set in sockets fastened to thepole by set-screws. The bracket extends entirely throughthe socket and rests against the pole, but can be ad-justed and held with the set-screw if desired. The armsare 12 ft. long on either side of the pole. The methodof supporting the trolley wire is clearly shown in thephotograph reproduced below, the pull-over cablesbeing fastened to the trolley about every 6 ft., thusmaking a smooth METHOD OF SUPPORTING TWO WIRES WITH CENTER POLES One of the advantages of this construction was thepracticability of putting up the entire overhead and ofmaking all adjustments from the top of the companyline car. It was thus possible to construct the entireloop in two days with a gang of four men. This con-struction holds the trolley wire in better shape than ispossible with the outside-pole construction, and producesa rigid trolley wire instead of the long, sloppy spanwhich would have resulted with poles set across thestreet from the line as would have been necessary inthis case. The more rigid construction probably savessomething on trolley-wheel wear as well. As Mr. Scott said, the construction looks very ex-pensive, but the saving in the construction cost andin reduced maintenance offset the extra material cost. Car with Oil-Engine Drive forSan Diego The San Diego & Southeastern Railway has recentlyplaced in service a light-weight motor car designed andbu
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