Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-07

cars to different points in the shop. The
kler system in case OF fire. and this is
supplied from 80, OO0-gallon water tank
on the outside OF the building. In addition
to this there Is a large pump, which Is
kept in constant operation.
A substation has been erected at the
junction. 1t has been fitted with four
transformers. The road will purchase
current from the Potomac Electric Power
Company Of Washington. This current
will be transformed from 5000 volts at a
adjoining the Potomac plant to $4,000,
and will then be conveyed to the sub
station at the junction, where it will again
be transformed back to the $500 and used
for the purpose of supplying the current
for the line from the junction to Balti-
more. The Washington end Of the line
will be supplied from the substation at
the Potomac plant. The station at the
junction has also been equipped with an
equalizing plant, which keeps the current
equal on both sections of the line at the
junction. At this substation the current
will also be transformed to $50 volts. for
use in the shops and about the yards.
Transforming the Current.
A substation will also be located in Bal
timore for the purpose of Transforming
the current from $500 alternating to 500
direct, as is used in this city. The cars
are so fitted that they will run under the
various currents used In the different sec
tons of the line. In Baltimore they will
use the single trolley, with the 5OO-volt
direct current. while the current will
change to 5000 volts alternating when
they run out on their own trucks.
It is expected by the officials that the
time between Washington and Baltimore
at first will be ninety minutes. but that
tuned up that 1t will be rapidly re-
duced to seventy-five minutes, to be still
further decreased as the motormen learn
their business. AS soon as the schedule
Is permanently arranged 1t Is planned to
run two expresses an hour with no stops
whatever, one express an hour with stops
at Odenton and Academy Junction and
one accommodation. with the habits usual
to such trains. The motor cars are so
powerful, developing 20 horsepower on
Shanahan, accustomed to drifts and ava
lanches of the Adirondack foothills. that
no snow equipment will be necessary,
since when the nose Of a car Is in
snowbank It's rear wheels will be busy
and push the car through any feecy pile
THAT may accumulate in this latitude.
The big passenger cars weigh f1fty-fve
tons each and are sixty-flve feet long.
The combination cars are shorter and
weigh ten tons less. They are fitted
senger coaches. and over each seat is
an incandescent lamp. so that reading
will be easy. Each car IL fitted with a
smoking compartment
Roadbed Almost Level.
To enable the cars to make the best
possible time the roadbed has been made
almost level between the two cities, no
grade being more than 2 per cent, and
most of them being only 1-2. The line,
further, is nearly straight. It Is said
that sixty miles an hour will be the usual
speed. while in some places 1t will be
exceeded.
The party yesterday made stops to ex-
anime the car shops at Academy Junction
and the power station on the eastern
branch. near Benning, where most Of the
guests looked at the turbine engines and
thought Of the Lusitania. The track 10