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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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s to the controllers are covered with doubleasbestos, which in turn is wrapped in another fireproofcovering. All of the motor leads, trolley leads, plow leadsand heater circuits are carried in loricated conduit. Thetrolley wires from the cables are carried in i-in. conduit,while ^-in. conduit is used for the resistance and motorlead wires. The wires, before being pulled through theconduit were smeared with a clay compound which has is also a splash board which goes clear up to the floor toprevent water from getting into the resistances. Among the interesting features of the wiring circuitsnovel in this companys practice are the wiring for coloreddestination lamps, a platform farebox light and bell circuitfor passengers push buttons. The light wiring is asbestoscovered and was installed by the J. G. Brill Company, butthe sockets were put in by the power wiring contractor.The following wire gages were used for the main circuits:No. 00 for the trolley, No. 4 for the motor leads and No. 2
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f \<~ — Sectio i thr:)Uji S DETAILS OF FIREPROOF BOX FOR CABLES TO THE CONTROLLERS been found better than grease or soapstone, and does notinjure the insulation. Standard bell mouths were usedunderneath the cars throughout. Each cable is laid in a transite lined box inside the car,placed as shown in the sectional illustration, and from thisbox the cable is brought underneath the platform to thecontroller. The second cable, which the plan shows cross-ing the car to get to the controller side, is brought abovethe knee timbers in a groove covered by an iron plate with for the resistance wire. The size of resistance wire men-tioned is believed to be the largest which has ever gone intoa surface car controller. Owing to the fact that the Kingsbridge structure poss-esses no shop facilities, devices for doing the work had tobe made of materials on the spot. The pipe for the carwiring was cut with the aid of an air motor which had onceseen service on the old Third Avenue system. The sawa

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