Identifier: electricrailway491917newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
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ways, etc. We are mentioning these points as examples, not withthe idea of depreciating the constructive work of othersalong these lines or of arrogating to ourselves morethan is our due. All have assisted, and this is the pointwhich we want to make, namely, that just as the trans-portation utility in any city can be helped to give goodservice by the co-operation of all, so it is in journalism.The converse of this is equally true in journalism andrailroading. This is that the welfare of the communityconcerned is correspondingly increased when it has aservice broad and extensive enough to reach all whohave occasion to use it. This, in the journalistic field,would include operator, manufacturer, regulator, inves-tor and public. 240 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL (Vol. XLIX, No. 6 Catenary Trolley Construction Used onManhattan Bridge to Insure Safety Security Against Damage to Bridge, Good Operat-ing Features and Attractive Construction Obtainedby Using Simple Catenary with 90-ft. Pole Spacing
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CATENARY TROLLEY CONSTRUCTION ON MANHATTAN BRIDGE—VIEW OF COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION AND FIRST TWO CARS TO CROSS BRIDGE UNDER NEW OVERHEAD WORK THE Manhattan Bridge Three-Cent Line runs be-tween the corner of Flatbush Avenue and FultonStreet, Brooklyn, N. Y., and the corner of theBowery and Canal Street, Manhattan. The route is 2miles long, about half the distance being over the Man-hattan Bridge. This line had been operated on thelower-deck tracks of the bridge, but since these trackswere intended to be used by the rapid transit line con-necting the subways in Manhattan and Brooklyn, itbecame necessary to operate the Three-Cent Line on theupper deck. This made it essential to adopt a methodof supporting the trolley wire which would give themaximum degree of safety as well as good operatingconditions. A construction which would not detractfrom the attractive appearance of the bridge was alsodesirable. The use of the usual span-wire construction was notfeasible in this case since a doubl

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