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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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o writing tables, books and current litera-ture. The Corporation employs a secretary to look after this apart-ment. There arc 250 expanded metal lockers for the employes, thesehaving solid steel backs and sides with J^-in. mesh doors and are6 ft. higii. 12 in. wide and 18 in. deep. All the heavy tool equipment of the Paterson shops is direct-connected to motors for driving. On account of the extensive area of this car liouse the fire riskis of the gravest importance, and the Corporation has taken specialprecautions. However, the apparatus here installed to a consider-able extent follows the standard adopted, and represents the .systemcarried out by the Corporalinn and as recently installed at n num-ber of other car houses. ■Ml the trolley wire is carried on barn hangers in woodentrciuglis bolted fast to the bottom of the trusses, so that the dangerof short circuits and grounds on the iron work is entirely eliminated. The lighting consists of a complete installation of arc and incan-
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INTERIOR PATERSON C.^R HOISE. PUBLIC SERVK E <(iUlnK.\T)oN, general superintendent in charge of operation of plants; Mr. P. C.Oscanyan is a«sistant to the general manager and superintendent ofconstruction. The Pittsburg, McKeesport & Conncllsville Railway Co.. on Sep-tember 2I8t, purchased the Pittsburg, McKeesport & Greensbingcompanys system, paying therefor in the neighborhood of $2,000,000.This give* the former company the larget rural system in Pennsyl-vania. When completed the line will be nearly 70 miles long. descent low voltage .illernaling-currenl illuminating systems. Thelight for the barn pro;ier is obtained from 12 M:inli.illan enclosedarc lamps, with wire netting around the gloI)es, The current that drives the motors of the direct-connected ma-chine tools is also taken from the citys power circuit, and all wiringis carefully done in iron pipe conduits. The offices, shop and pits are wired in conduits for incanilescentlights and very carefully installed in refe

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