Electrical news and engineering . ute and has a capacity of twenty tons per conveyor mixes the coal in the three to one mixtureabove noted, and discharges it onto a bucket conveyor whichelevates it to the large bunker on the second floor. Thisbunker has a capacity of two hundred and sixty-five tons,and discharges the coal to the boiler room floor throughthe tubes which may be noticed in the photo of the boilerroom. The ashes are elevated from the lioilers by an ash con-veyor to a bunker on a second floor. Thi> bunker ha^ a capacity of fifteen tons, and is provided with a chute tot
Electrical news and engineering . ute and has a capacity of twenty tons per conveyor mixes the coal in the three to one mixtureabove noted, and discharges it onto a bucket conveyor whichelevates it to the large bunker on the second floor. Thisbunker has a capacity of two hundred and sixty-five tons,and discharges the coal to the boiler room floor throughthe tubes which may be noticed in the photo of the boilerroom. The ashes are elevated from the lioilers by an ash con-veyor to a bunker on a second floor. Thi> bunker ha^ a capacity of fifteen tons, and is provided with a chute tothe outside of the building through which the ashes aredischarged into the wagons. The coal conveyor is drivenby a 7J/2 horse power, 320 volt direct current motor run-ning 590 revolutions per minute, while the coal conveyingmachinery is driven by a 13 horse power, 220 volt, direct current motor. Engine Room This is a particularly well lighted and attractive en-gine room, with tiled floors, a high tiled wainscoating, and. Boiler Hooiii T. ICaton(ii. Iluiil. Winnipeg artistic and effective fixtures for lighting ,it night. Theequipment comprises eight direct connected Kobb enginessix of which are vertical, and the others horizontal are six WestinglnMise and two Western ElectricCompany direct current llo volt compound wound gener-ators with a ! imruial capacity of about 1,G00 kw. Thesemachines are ii|ier,iled on an bMiscm three-wire system with THE R I. E C T R I C A I, NEWS 55
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