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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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work been reinforced by Ohio Brass Company 34-in. all wirecable bonds installed around the joint plates. Westing-house 15 cycle a. c. motors will be used on the cars. is carried on cross spans. These spans, as shown in theillustrations, are supported from skirted type porcelainstrain insulators which are mounted on steel tubing pinsand are attached to the poles with heavy eyebolts, similarto those used on curve pull-overs. A test of one of thesespans, covering four tracks, showed that a tension stressof 2400 lbs. was developed in the span wire. The poles are guyed by means of 7/16 galvanized steelwire strand, the lower end of which is secured to a J/2 in.x 6 ft. anchor rod. A 12 in. x 12 in. x V2 in. steel anchor VIEW SHOWING BRACKET AND CURVE CONSTRUCTION Local conditions presented a number of complex prob-ems, but James H. Crosett, superintendent of the Visalia Electric Railway, has solved them all very successfully. CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL OF THE LEXINGTON &INTERURBAN COMPANY
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CROSS-SPAN SUSPENSION FOR THREE TRACKS • plate is used in combination with the anchor rod, the rodbeing buried for practically its entire length. At certainpoints where the ground is soft these anchor plates wereimbedded in concrete. Within the city limits of Visalia anordinance prevents the use of guys, and it was, therefore,necessary to erect steel poles of sufficient strength to beself-sustaining. Throughout the line, ample insulation hasbeen provided to insure successful operation at 3300 volts,which is the trolley potential. Originally the road wasbonded with beveled terminal foot bonds which have since At the meeting of the board of directors of the Lexing-ton & Interurban Railway Company, held last week, anumber of changes in the operating and executive staff wasannounced. Louis Des Cognets resignedas vice-president to give his attention toprivate interests, and John Blair Maca-fee, representing Chandler Bros. & Com-pany, of Philadelphia - and New York,was chosen to s

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