[milwaukee-electric] Re: Extra Wires

[jdl896 at wi.rr.com]

Hi everyone~
This may be a reason for the extra wires. Russell Schultz' book THE TRACKLESS TROLLEY YEARS mentioned that north third street was contemplating express service to downtown for the routes 19 and 37, even though the service was never initiated. Instead, the trolleys were scheduled to run every 2 to 3 minutes.
 Even though the extra wires on south 16th street were extremely close to the curb, perhaps that was the way the route 20 trackless trolley could run express service, either by using the existing street wires for express service, while the wires closer to the curb would handle local traffic. Now, if these extra wires were also on the southbound side, that night be even more proof. Of course what's to say that those middle of the street wires couldn't be used in both directions (unless there were polarity issues on trackless trolley wires)

Can anyone confirm, or deny. this theory of mine?
John Luedtke