. The street railway review . nd driven with a100-h. p. 3SO-volt three-phase form K imhiction nunorrunning at 500 r. p. ni. The main engine foundations arc built of solidconcrete and each is 22 x 30 ft. and 2S ft. high, 10 below the basement floor level. There are twoexciter foundations, one for the steam-driven ex-citers and the other for the motor-driven sets. Thesearc 17x9 ft. for the engine-driven exciters and 29 x9 ft. for the motor-driven exciters. On the excitergallery is the switchboard which controls the lights ofthe The station is arranged to be liglited from any o
. The street railway review . nd driven with a100-h. p. 3SO-volt three-phase form K imhiction nunorrunning at 500 r. p. ni. The main engine foundations arc built of solidconcrete and each is 22 x 30 ft. and 2S ft. high, 10 below the basement floor level. There are twoexciter foundations, one for the steam-driven ex-citers and the other for the motor-driven sets. Thesearc 17x9 ft. for the engine-driven exciters and 29 x9 ft. for the motor-driven exciters. On the excitergallery is the switchboard which controls the lights ofthe The station is arranged to be liglited from any one<!f the exciter sets. The engine room is lighted liytwelve lio-volt d. c. arc lamps, and the iKiilor roninby ten no-volt d. c. arcs. There are also in different parts of the biiildiiiiabout one hundred l6-c. p. incandescent lamps. Tlieoutside of the building is lighted with five railwayseries arc lamps, which are suspended on the west end of the build-ing from poles, ami on the east end by altachiuenls to lln- iii;ii(!i;it ilooh mkfdhk concrktI; ik laid. Ii «as found neces*;iry to install these arc lamps on the outside ofthe building in order to keep llie bugs, which are (iiiit( lunnerous 488 STREET Ki:\ IKW. [Vol. XIII. No. 8. ill this part of the country, from cntcrinK the building during the^lllllllu■r months, as they were exceedinglv aiiiuiyiiig, ami the lightsIII! llic untsidc nltaillrd tile desired results. OIL AND engine is piped to a\\ hearings with a gravity oiling sys-tem, the oil lank heiiig at the roof of the engine room. The drips also installed and so piped up that oil delivered in barrels to thenil rfK)m. which is located about too ft. away, can be drawn from
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