Electric railway gazette (1895) (14572314170)

Identifier: electricrailwayg12newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway gazette
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: New York : (W.J. Johnston Co.)
Contributing Library: MIT Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MIT Libraries



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hall be attached thereto,which licenses shall run for one year and shall costthe sum of $1. That any person who shall be em-ploytd contrary to the provisions of this ordinanceshall suffer a penalty of not exceeding $5 for eachoffense. WASHINGTON CAR HOUSE BURNED. The carhouse of the Brightwood Railway Com-pany at Brightwood Park, a suburb of Washing-ton, D. C, was destroyed by fire Jan. 25. Four-teen motor cars were burned. The total loss is es-timated at $30,000. Vol. XII. No. 5. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 45 ELECTRIC CAE LIGHTING SYSTEM ON THENEW YOEK AND BROOKLYN BRIDGERAILWAY. About the middle of this month the cable cars onthe New York and Brooklyn Bridge will be equip-ped with electric lamps, and passengers will be through the hood and terminate in flexible connec-tions, which may be joined, and the entire trainlighted from any trolley. The rails are connected by the Vail bond, Fig. 3,and are cross bonded at intervals of 500 feet. Thereturn circuit is in no place connected with the
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the necessary insulated trolley wire support. Thepoles are set into heavy cast-iron bases, which aresecured to the masonry by expansion bolts throughthe coping and brickwork, Fig. 4. The method of attaching the trolley wire to thesuspended structure is repiesented in Figs. 5 and 6.The wire is No. 00 barddrawn copper. Theinsulators were supplied by the General ElectricCompany. Lightning arresters are located alongthe line and are grounded to the bridge structure. The power plant will consist of two automaticcut-off engines of 40-H. p. each, directly connectedto a 25 kilowatt multipolar generator furnished bythe General Electric Company. The switchboard, which is of marble, will bemounted on an iron frame and will be equippedwith Weston and General Electric instruments. The greatest pains have been taken to make thenew system successful. The best material hasbeen used, and throughout the work has been donein the most thorough manner. The contract for the installation of the car lighting