. Electric railway journal . rac-tion equipment, service was started at the date men-tioned. The new line taps a great deal of territorywhich had not been served by the steam railroads, al-though this section is amply irrigated and suitable for angle-iron brackets support the messenger and trolleyand are so arranged that future double-track require-ments can be made by adding a bracket on the oppositeside of the pole. A No. 0000 trolley and No. 0000 feederare used. Energy is purchased under a fifty-year contract fromthe Utah Power & Light Company at 45,000 volts, sixtycycles and converted at t

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. Electric railway journal . rac-tion equipment, service was started at the date men-tioned. The new line taps a great deal of territorywhich had not been served by the steam railroads, al-though this section is amply irrigated and suitable for angle-iron brackets support the messenger and trolleyand are so arranged that future double-track require-ments can be made by adding a bracket on the oppositeside of the pole. A No. 0000 trolley and No. 0000 feederare used. Energy is purchased under a fifty-year contract fromthe Utah Power & Light Company at 45, 000 volts, sixtycycles and converted at the substations to 1500 d.c. bymeans of three 150-kw transformers and two 250-kwrotary converters. These rotary converters operate at750 volts alone and 1500 volts in series. A third rotaryconverter is installed in each substation as a spare forseries connection with either of the others. Service and Rolling Stock At this time the company is operating seven trains aday in each direction on telephoned train orders, special. SALT LAKE & UTAH RAILROAD—INTERURBAN STEEL CAR WITH ARCH ROOF fruit raising or intensive farming. There is every pros-pect that the population, now about 50, 000, exclusive of110, 000 at Salt Lake City, will increase very rapidlyowing to the liberal service offered by the new railway.Preliminary construction notes on this property wereprinted in the Electric Railway Journal for Jan. 10, 1914, page 87. Way, Line and Power The roadbed is constructed on steam railroad stand-ards with 75-lb. rail, continuous joints and 2840 ties permile. Standard switches with spring rail frogs are usedon all main line turnouts. The rails are bonded withthe twin terminal bond of the American Steel & WireCompany. The maximum grades are 1 per cent, exceptin one or two places where temporary grades have beenused. Thus, for a stretch of about 2 miles on both sidesof Provo Bench near Provo a grade of 1% per cent isemployed. It is expected, however, that when businessrequires double trac