. The Street railway journal . onstruction is of the bracket type,on poles spaced 120 ft. No. 00 is the standard size for thetrolley wire. The two feeders are of 331,000 circ. mil alumi-num ; one of these is carried all theway between the power station atPort Colden and Phillipsburg, whilethe second is carried to within a mileof Phillipsburg. Woolley lightningarresters, placed four to the mile^, pro-tect the feeder circuits. UTILITIES BUILDING AND POWERSUPPLY At Port Colden, which is about amile east of Washington, the com-pany has erected a reinforced con-crete fireproof structure which con-t
. The Street railway journal . onstruction is of the bracket type,on poles spaced 120 ft. No. 00 is the standard size for thetrolley wire. The two feeders are of 331,000 circ. mil alumi-num ; one of these is carried all theway between the power station atPort Colden and Phillipsburg, whilethe second is carried to within a mileof Phillipsburg. Woolley lightningarresters, placed four to the mile^, pro-tect the feeder circuits. UTILITIES BUILDING AND POWERSUPPLY At Port Colden, which is about amile east of Washington, the com-pany has erected a reinforced con-crete fireproof structure which con-tains a power station, car storage,repair shop and offices. The generalappearance of this building will benoted from the accompanying illus-trations. Its total length is 193 ^ ins. The longest roof girders,which are reinforced with steel rods,have a clear span of 49 ft. 4 ins., andare spaced about 10 ft. centers. Theroof of the car house section is solid,but a monitor is provided for thesection containing the boiler VIEW OF THE CONCRETE UTILITIES BUILDING FROM THE FRONT WITH CONCRETE TRESTLE ON THE RIGHT furnished by the Edison Portland Cement Company, ofEaston, Pa., whose extensive plant, the third largest inthe United States, is alongside the line of this company. The track used throughout is a 74-lb. T, laid on 8 ft. x6 in. x 6 in. ties, spaced 2 ft. centers. Both crushed nativesandstone and cinders, laid 6 ins. under the ties, are usedfor ballast. The cinder ballast has been found quite satis-factory, as it gives springiness to the track and is self-tamp- The boiler room, which is at the rear, is 41 ft. 3 ins. long,51 ft. 10 ins. wide, and 7 ft. below the engine room. Thelatter measures 40 ft. x 47 ft. Separate entrances are pro-vided for both boiler and engine rooms, and also to the ex-tension, which serves as a pump and heater room. The boiler room contains two B. & W. boilers, totaling 533horse-power, and two 200-hp boilers supplied by the AtlasEngine Works,
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