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Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches)
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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ble to dothe work, but it was found just insufficient. The accelera-tion curves of both types of motors are given herewith,from which the differences can easily be determined. The power station will be near the electrical center ofthe system, and will have a total capacity of about 12,000kw. Three-phase current will be distributed at three sub-stations, each of 3500 kw, and both main and sub-stationswill be balanced with storage batteries. Complete information in regard to the financial interestsbehind this line has not yet been made public, although astatement on this point has been submitted to the Com-missioners in executive session to prove to them that theroad is sufficiently backed; so far the only gentlemenknown to be associated in the project are the president,W. C. Gotshall and John B. McDonald, the contractor forthe New York rapid transit subway. The contract forthe construction of the road, if it is authorized, will prob-ably be taken in the name of Mr. McDonald, and it has
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December 7, 1901.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. been announced that through trains will be run on theroad, if it is built, to City Hall by way of the rapid transitsubway. All of the electrical engineering of the line hasbeen entirely in charge of C. O. Mailloux and W. C. Got-shall, the well-known electrical engineers, and to them isdue the credit for solving the intricate electrical problemsconnected with this work. Mr. Gotshall, the president andchief engineer of the company, is prominent in elec-tric railway circles, having been in 1895 1896 chiefengineer and general manager of the Union Depot Railroadiri St. Louis, and previous to that time chief engineer of theSt. Charles Street Railway of New Orleans. While in St.Louis he installed a three-wire system on the Union Depotsystem. In 1897 he came to New York at the request ofF. S. Pearson, of the Metropolitan Street Railway Com-pany, and had complete charge of the equipment of theSecond Avenue line when it was changed to electric con-duit

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  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Transportation
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