. The street railway review . by thevoltmeter as follows :Mechanical bond, No. 0000 wire, loss 090 volts. Two feet of rail 006 volts. Welded bond and two feet of rail 014 volts. Welded bond 008 volts. Although the Payne bond containedbut 8 oz. of copper to 38 oz. in the me-|i!**»- -^Sl^fc. chanical bond the former had but perI cent of the resistance of the latter. ThePayne bond has also passed satisfactorilythrough the test of service, havingbeen used for two years on the 100 miles of trolley road ofthe Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, on the Brooklyn,Queens County & Suburban Railroad an
. The street railway review . by thevoltmeter as follows :Mechanical bond, No. 0000 wire, loss 090 volts. Two feet of rail 006 volts. Welded bond and two feet of rail 014 volts. Welded bond 008 volts. Although the Payne bond containedbut 8 oz. of copper to 38 oz. in the me-|i!**»- -^Sl^fc. chanical bond the former had but perI cent of the resistance of the latter. ThePayne bond has also passed satisfactorilythrough the test of service, havingbeen used for two years on the 100 miles of trolley road ofthe Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, on the Brooklyn,Queens County & Suburban Railroad and on the BrooklynBridge. The bond in use in Brooklyn consists of 10 piecesof No. 34 copper, in. with a contact area of 1x2 in. Judge Holcomb, of the circuit court of the United Statesfor the eastern district of New York, in a suit brought by thePaynes for infringement, upheld the patents, and a decreewas entered to that effect, so that the companys patents are well established. « « » A PROPOSED MAINE A corporation has been formed to construct an electricroad from Fairfield to Benton Falls, Me. Freight as wellas passenger business will be conducted as there is a largepulp mill at Benton Falls without railroad cars will be hauled direct from the Maine CentralRailroad to the mill. J. T. Richards, of Gardiner, and C. , of Portland, and others are interested. 478 ^tM^^Mll^iCM/ SOME PHASES OF THE RAPID TRANSITPROBLEM. Read before the American Institute o! Electrical Engineers by Albert H. Arm-strong, June 28, i8g8. The rapid trnnsit prolilem, in congested districts, luis to dealwith the transpoTtatnon of passengers at n liigli average speedwith frequent stops, and even in suburban traffic where the stopsare less frequent, the schedule speeds have been so increased bythe ability of tlie electric motor to accelerate rapidly, that trainshardly reach full speed-before it is necessary to apply the running at a constant speed docs n
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