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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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atis, a twenty-five cent ticket from Walden to Newburghwould be five five-cent coupons. One coupon is thencollected at the end of each section, of which there arefive on that particular branch, and each coupon is regis-tered in the usual way, the register being turned backat the beginning of each section. The track is laid with 90 lb. girder rail in the citypaved streets, and 60 lb. Tee in macadam and interurbansections. The rails are laid with broken joints and onties 7 in. X 6 in. X 7 ft., laid two feet centers. On theinterurban divisions where the track is laid, for the mostpart, over the companys own right of way, the roadbed isston ballasted to a depth of six inches under the ties.The special work is of manganese steel and Johnstonbonds with return feeders are employed. The feed wire is of 500000 c. m., and the poles are ofiron in the city and chestnut with iron brackets in thesuburban section. On Broadway, Newburgh, centerpoles are used, the tracks being twelve feet apart. There
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FIG. 12.—LONG TRESTLE NEAR ORANGE LAKE—NEWBURGH ELECTRIC RAILWAY. are a number of steep grades, the maximum being twelveper cent, but no trouble has been experienced in holdingcars on these grades, sand and salt being used liberally. The running and dispatching of cars is controlledfrom Newburgh by a special telephone wire, with tele-phone box at each turnout. The cars run on regularschedule, and if detained for any reason the conductor February, 1896.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 91 is obliofed to telephone at the first turnout to the dis-patchers office at Newburgh and receive his directions asto proceeding, tlie dispatcher being able to signal anycar at any turnout by a code of signals. The power station is at Newburgh, and is shown inFig. 14. It occupies a building formerly employed by the The company has in addition passenger trail cars andfour gondola cars, capable of carrying each from eight tonine tons of freight. The cars are mounted on Peckhamtrucks and are equipped with Wes

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