. The Street railway journal . DISCONNECTING KNIFE SWITCHES, LIGHTNING ARRESTERSAND TRANSFORMERS IN THE FARMERSBURG SUB-STATION with current from both the Ninth Street station in TerreHaute and the sub-station described. THE ST. MARYS LINEAbout 5 miles northwest of Terre Haute, is located aCatholic school for girls known as St. Marys-of-the-Woods.The school was founded more than fifty years ago, andduring its existence the town of St. Marys has grown upnear it. This village is the terminus of the interurban linewest out of Terre Haute. The Wabash River forms the. TRANSFORMER HOUSE LOCATED IN T
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. The Street railway journal . DISCONNECTING KNIFE SWITCHES, LIGHTNING ARRESTERSAND TRANSFORMERS IN THE FARMERSBURG SUB-STATION with current from both the Ninth Street station in TerreHaute and the sub-station described. THE ST. MARYS LINEAbout 5 miles northwest of Terre Haute, is located aCatholic school for girls known as St. Marys-of-the-Woods.The school was founded more than fifty years ago, andduring its existence the town of St. Marys has grown upnear it. This village is the terminus of the interurban linewest out of Terre Haute. The Wabash River forms the. TRANSFORMER HOUSE LOCATED IN THE OUTSKIRTS OFTERRE HAUTE the line is on a private right of way. Grade crossings ofsteam roads have been avoided altogether. The tracks ofthe Vandalia railroad are carried over the line on a con-crete viaduct, while a steel girder 120 ft. long carries theline over the Big FoTir tracks. In addition to these struct-ures, there is on the line one wooden trestle 180 ft. long.This west line is fed direct from the Ninth Street powerstation in Terre Haute by means of a 500, 000 circ. mil cable, which extends to a point approximately one and one-halfmiles from the end of the line. The track and overheadconstruction is practically the same as that on the south-ern division already described. About one mile of thetrack nearest Terre Haute, however, is laid with 6o-lb. rails. TRAIN OPERATION ON THE NEW LINES(In both the lines hourly service is given, to maintainwhich but one car is required on the St. Marys division.At th present time, two are required on the Sulliva