. Electrical news and engineering. Fig. 4-Method of fastening tiooks to aerial cable. of the various types are so largely dependent on local con-ditions, no comparative estimates will be given here. In gen-eral, the cost of an aerial cable is about.midway under.groundand open wire construction. While this paper deals primarily with the use of reinforcedrubl)er cables, there are numerous installations throughout thecountry where other forms of insulation have been used withsatisfactory results. Seatless Car Being Tried in Rome On some oi its routes the Koine (Italy) Tramways is ex-perimenting w
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. Electrical news and engineering. Fig. 4-Method of fastening tiooks to aerial cable. of the various types are so largely dependent on local con-ditions, no comparative estimates will be given here. In gen-eral, the cost of an aerial cable is about.midway under.groundand open wire construction. While this paper deals primarily with the use of reinforcedrubl)er cables, there are numerous installations throughout thecountry where other forms of insulation have been used withsatisfactory results. Seatless Car Being Tried in Rome On some oi its routes the Koine (Italy) Tramways is ex-perimenting with a number of seatless motor and trailer. A seat-less car for rush hours. single-truck cars. These cars, as shown by the accompany-ing loading diagram, repro<luced from the Electric RailwayJournal, are of the inclosed type with bowed ends, and theyaccommodate as many as sixty-live passengers. Passengers enter at the rear and leave at the front, bothon the near side. The rear platform accommodates seven-teen persons, and the front one only thirteen, a space beingchained ofif for the motorman. In the body of the car, sep-arated by a series of hand rails, are three parrallel longitud-inal aisles. The centre one is kept free for fare collectionand passenger circulation. The new cars are clearly marked on the vestibules ateach end: Standing Places Only. The company plans totrj them for six months and watch the economic and socialresults. If there is no serious objection, the public authori-ties will iiermit the continuance of the seatless-car serviceand its extension as traffic demands require. 3S THE ELECTRICAL xNEWS September