Electric railway gazette (1895) (14572294210)

Identifier: electricrailwayg12newy (find matches)

Title: Electric railway gazette

Year: 1895 (1890s)

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Subjects: Electric railroads

Publisher: New York : (W.J. Johnston Co.)

Contributing Library: MIT Libraries

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essage Mayor Scliieren, ofBrooklyn, has this to say regarding trolley speedand electrolytic troubles: An electrical survey has been in progress sinceOct. 1, having for its object the ascertaining ofthe amount of damage caused by the corrosionfrom the trolley current and the possible means ofpreventing further damage. From experimentsthat have been made onough has been accom-plished to .-justify the hope that a remedy fjr theelectrolytic action will scon be pointed out. Thetrolley companies are ready to begin and continue Work on the lines of the Jersey City, Hoboken& Rutherford Railway is rapidly nearing comple-tion, and it is expected that the line will be inoperation by April 1 next. The company ownsabout 15 miles of double track which forms partof a trunk system, which will extend from theBarclay street and Christopher street ferries inHoboken. through Jersey City, Rutherford, Pater-son and Passaic. That part of the system knownas the Paterson, Passaic & Rutherford Railwav,

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■ %XVs^..^-tfT^; i.-POWER HOUSE OF THE JERSEY CITY, HOBOKEN & RUTHERFORD RAILWAYAT HACKENSACK. the remedial process, as the loss to them caused bythe leakage of the current is quite a serious matter.The question of speed of the trolley cars aDd aproper tender has received considerable attention,and is being carefully investigated. It is hoped topresent to your honorable body recommendationsprescribing proper rules and regulations govern-ing the entire question. It is also hoped that adevice will be secured to automatically shut offthe electric current when the cars exct-ed a cerlainproper speed—for instance, 10 miUs per hour. Thetrolley companies are desirous, apparently, of con-forming to proper regulations, and have rt questedthe police department to assist thtm in detectingunlawful fast running. There can be no questionbut what the enhanced speed is resuliing to thecitys good, in that it is a more rapid transit thanthe old horse cars, and as such is bringing theout

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