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Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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mp;Western Railroad right of way, and which will supply heatand light for the shops also. The heating plant will be builtafter the Warren & Webster vacuum system. The station building will be lighted for the most part by16-candlepower incandescent lights, chiefly in two-light fix-tures, so wired that the switches will control alternatelights, giving even distribution of lights when half the lampsare in service. The ceiling lamps will be arranged to give asnearly as possible the same distribution of light as comesthrough the skylights in the day time. The platforms are to belighted by arc lamps suspended from ornamental posts. Theselights are spaced about 50 feet apart on the exposed portionsof the platform, there being five lights along the center lineof the double platform and five suspended from the wall onthe single platform. Under the arches lighting will be byincandescent lamps. On the double platform these will bearranged in three rows of three-light fixtures with the lights
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January 5, 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 11 spaced about IS feet apart longitudinally. On the single plat-form there will be two rows similarly spaced. Arc lamps alsowill be used in the mens room on the second floor directlybehind the main waiting room area. Here six lamps will besuspended from the roof trusses. The newel post lights willbe attractive six-light fixtures or candelabra. The offices inthe building will be equipped with a generous supply of wallsockets for desk lights, electric fans, etc. The power station will be 100 feet square and will be RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CLEVELAND STREETRAILWAY CONTROVERSY. Following the decision of Judge Phillips, as reportedin the last number of the Review, overruling the demurrerof the Municipal Traction Company in the so-called blanketinjunction or personal interest case, and sustaining thelight of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company to attackthe formers franchises on the ground that Mayor John-

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