. Factory and industrial management. INTERIOR OF PORTABLE ROTARY-CONVERTER CAR SHOWING SWITCHBOARD AND Traction Co. of Indiana. right of way. The road runs from Grand Rapids to Aluskegon,Mich., a distance of 35 miles, with a branch 7 miles long to GrandHaven. It parallels steam roads to both cities, the running time of theelectric and steam cars being about the same. The country is well de-veloped industrially, containing tin-plate and paper mills, knittingfactories, and machine shops. Grand Rapids has a population of96,000, Muskegon 26,000 and Grand Haven 5,000. The country
. Factory and industrial management. INTERIOR OF PORTABLE ROTARY-CONVERTER CAR SHOWING SWITCHBOARD AND Traction Co. of Indiana. right of way. The road runs from Grand Rapids to Aluskegon,Mich., a distance of 35 miles, with a branch 7 miles long to GrandHaven. It parallels steam roads to both cities, the running time of theelectric and steam cars being about the same. The country is well de-veloped industrially, containing tin-plate and paper mills, knittingfactories, and machine shops. Grand Rapids has a population of96,000, Muskegon 26,000 and Grand Haven 5,000. The country nearGrand Haven is largely occupied as a summer resort by people from HIGH SPEED ELECTRIC IXTERURBAN RAILWAYS. 863. PAVILION AT FRUITPORT ON SPRING LAKE, AND STEAMER OTTAWA, OPERATED BY GRANDRAPIDS, GRAND HAXEN & MUSKEGON RY. Grand Rapids, Chicago, and Milwaukee. In passing through townsand cities, the road uses the overhead-trolley system, for which thecars are equipped with a trolley arm, while upon the enclosed rightof way through the country the third-rail system is employed. Thethird rail is discontinued at crossings, the current being carried unclerthe highways by conductors imbedded in pitch in underground con-duits. The conductor rail is of 65-pound section and standard com-position, and is supported upon reconstructed-granite insulators. Thepower house, located at Fruitport, contains five 250-kilowatt gener-ators, three of which are double-current machines, generating bothdirect and alternating currents, while two are standard are direct connected to Westinghouse vertical compound enginesand are arranged for operation in multiple. Another interesting road running out fr
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