. The Street railway journal . e marble panel on which is mounted two400-amp. Q. B. switches, these being connected through V. I. direct on to the trolley wire. At all other points themains are looped into the pole section bases, described below. At every ]/2 mile along the route, small cast-iron boxes arefitted to the poles, each containing four 150-amp. no arcswitch fuses. These boxes serve the purpose of dividing thetrolley wire into half sections and cross connecting for theparallel running. The cable taken from these connecting boxesfrom the poles has the same section of copper a
. The Street railway journal . e marble panel on which is mounted two400-amp. Q. B. switches, these being connected through V. I. direct on to the trolley wire. At all other points themains are looped into the pole section bases, described below. At every ]/2 mile along the route, small cast-iron boxes arefitted to the poles, each containing four 150-amp. no arcswitch fuses. These boxes serve the purpose of dividing thetrolley wire into half sections and cross connecting for theparallel running. The cable taken from these connecting boxesfrom the poles has the same section of copper as the trolleywire, and is insulated with vulcanized rubber. Three car sheds have been constructed, the principal depot changeability of all the most important parts entering into theconstruction of the rolling stock; the length of car bodies overthe platform is 26 ft., and they are about 6 ft. wide. Openingsare arranged in the flooring over the motors to afford con-venient access to the armature brushes and to all bearings re-.
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