. Electric railway journal . receding year and for gen-eral remarks. Comparisons of the other items shown can bemade, of course, by referring to the records of other months,which would be bound in the same book for any desirableperiod. The Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company, Akron, Ohio,will equip Meyers Lake Park, near Canton, with tank, waterplugs and hose for fire protection this spring. New walks willbe laid, the grounds beautified and numerous other improve-ments will be made. January 28,1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 173 AN INTERESTING STEEL TOWER AND CABLE INSTALLA-TION IN DENVER,
. Electric railway journal . receding year and for gen-eral remarks. Comparisons of the other items shown can bemade, of course, by referring to the records of other months,which would be bound in the same book for any desirableperiod. The Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company, Akron, Ohio,will equip Meyers Lake Park, near Canton, with tank, waterplugs and hose for fire protection this spring. New walks willbe laid, the grounds beautified and numerous other improve-ments will be made. January 28,1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 173 AN INTERESTING STEEL TOWER AND CABLE INSTALLA-TION IN DENVER, COL. Through the courtesy of W. G. Matthews, superintendentoverhead lines Denver City Tramway, the following particularsare available concerning an interesting installation of steel tow-ers and cables covering the feeder layout for this railwayspower house : Early last year it was decided to enlarge the power station. Main Lead I k J ~t ■ Terminal Tower No I Emergency Jumpers Sw Board I4» St Mam Lead Steel Tower No 3. Cable Tunnel Connecting both Terminal Towers ViaductSteel Toner No 4 Power House Sw Board Addition i ■ - Stet ITowerNo 1 5 fee/Tower No 2 Old and New Plans of the Power House and the TowerCircuits The building, therefore, was extended up to the street line forapproximately 140 ft. The plans called for increased trackagefacilities and for a scheme of waterways, wells, etc., for con-densing purposes. It was soon observed that the original d. arrangement both in the tunnels and on the poles on thegrounds would seriously interfere with the proper carrying outof the plan as a whole. It was then decided to rearrange theentire d. c. feeder distribution between the switchboard and themain feeder line pole leads. An underground duct schemewas first mapped out, as the local conditions precluded the pos-sibility of properly guying heavy pole line corners in the usualway, but on investigation it was found that this was not prac-ticable, on account of the water
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