pole will be of mild steel and the conditions will conform with the rules laid down by the British Board of Trade for the erection of overhead trolley wires. The line is to be divided into half mile lengths by means of section insulators. At each of these points a feeder box will be located, and the current taken from feeder cables. The cables from the feeder boxes to the line wire will be carried up inside the poles, emerging at the top, and running along the bracket arms, while the feeder cables will be laid in cast iron troughs, which are to be filled up with bitumen, and buried under the surface of the road.
"The consulting engineers are Messrs. Alfred Dickinson and Co., the well known tramway experts at Birmingham, and the contractors who are carrying out the work are Messrs. Dick, Kerr and Co. of London."
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The work progressed, and on May 8, following, we read:
"The first length of tramway was marked out near the Golf Club (Happy Valley) this morning, and a gang of coolies is now employed excavating the roadway for the laying of the rails. It is intended shortly to commence work in Queen's Road, between the City Hall and Arsenal Street. In eighteen months' time we ought to have a ten minutes, or something about that, service of tramcars through our main thoroughfares. Whether or not cars will be operated over the main line before the whole is completed depends upon circumstances. Consignments to the contractors are arriving periodically."
And on July 31 we find the lines laid over quite a distance:
"The work of laying down the lines for the new street tramway is progressing well, about two and a half miles of rail being already completed, while other important stretches are within sight of that goal. In some parts of the way the work of removing the trees to the side of the road appears to be causing some delay.
"The power-station at Bowrington is also well advanced, and it will not be long before the roof is put on, while the beds for the engines are now being placed in position. The trolley wire poles are being erected in some parts of the city. When complete the service will comprise 26 cars, 10 for Europeans and 16 for Chinese. The former will carry 32 and the latter 44 passengers. The total lengths of the cars will be 29 feet and maximum width 8 feet 6 inches, and they will be lit with electricity.
In due course the service was put into operation, and became a popular mode of conveyance. First and second class on the cars, in place of separate cars for European and Chinese passengers, were later introduced. Within the past decade, the permanent roofs to the "upper decks", and abolition of first class on the "lower deck" have been among the various improvements.
pole will be of mild steel and the conditions will conform with the rules laid down by the British Board of Trade for the erection of overhead trolley wires. The line is to be divided into half mile lengths by means of section insulators. At each of the se points a feeder box will be located, and the current taken from feeder cables. The cables from the feeder boxes to the line wire will be carried up inside the poles, emerging at the top, and running along the bracket arms, while the feeder cables will be laid in cast iron troughs, which are to be filled up with bitumen, and buried under the surface of the road.
"The consulting engineers are Messrs. Alfred Dickinson and Co., the well known tramway experts at Birming hem, and the contractors who are carrying out the work are Messrs.Dick, Kerr and Co. of London."
1042
The work progressed, and on May 8, following, we read:
"The first length of tramway was marked out near the Golf Club (Happy Valley) this morning, and a gang of coolies is now employed excavating the roadway for the laying of the rails. It is intended shortly to commence work in Que en * s Road, between the City Hall and Arsenal Street. In eighteen months' time we ought to have a ten minutes, or something about that, service of tramcars through our main thoroughferes. Whether or not oars will be operated over the main line before the whole in completed depends upon circumstances. Consign- ments to the contractors are arriving periodically."
And on July 31 we find the lines laid over quite a dis- tance:
*The work of laying down the lines for the new street tramwaya is progressing well, about two and a half miles of rail being already completed, while other important stretches ere within sight of that goal, In some parts of the way the work of removing `the trees to the side of the road appears to be causing some delay.
"The power-station at Bowrington is also well advanced, and it will not be long before the roof is put on, while the beds for the engines are now being placed in position. The trolley wire poles ere being erected in some parts of the city. When complete the service will comprise 26 cars, 10 for Europeans and 16 for Chinese. The former will carry 32 and the latter 44 passengers. The total lengths of the cars will be 29 feet and maximum width 8 feet 6 inches, and they will be lit with electricity.
In due course the service was put into operation, and became a popular mode of conveyance. First and second class on the cars, in place of separate cars for European and Chinese passengers, were leter Introduced. Within the past decade, the permanent roofs to the "upper decks", and abolition offirst class on the "lower deck" have been among the various improvements.)
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