. Electrical world. J - rnw KK CLANT, MAIN ;. (luits were laid throughout the entire business section and the com-pany owns at present 750,000 duct-feet of conduit and 260 \ll-copper overhead construction has been adopted throughout theresidence districts and local distributing poles are located in thealleys throughout the city. So as to distribute efficiently the loadon the system it was decided to biiild one main and three branchexchanges, each serving the section within which it is main exchange building, shown in Fig. I, is a handsome three-story and b
. Electrical world. J - rnw KK CLANT, MAIN ;. (luits were laid throughout the entire business section and the com-pany owns at present 750,000 duct-feet of conduit and 260 \ll-copper overhead construction has been adopted throughout theresidence districts and local distributing poles are located in thealleys throughout the city. So as to distribute efficiently the loadon the system it was decided to biiild one main and three branchexchanges, each serving the section within which it is main exchange building, shown in Fig. I, is a handsome three-story and basement brick building, with terra cotta trimmings, andis located on Baltimore Avenue, in the very heart of the business dis-trict of Kansas City. It is 120 ft. in length and has a frontage of60 ft., while its width in the rear is but 44 ft., about 8 ft. havingbeen cut off on each side so as to insure ample air and light FIG. I.—MAIN EXCHANGE BUILniNi., I - ? i in Kansas City, Mo., and a twenty-year franchise in Kansas , the two cities having a combined population of about 300, movement which led to the organization of this company wasstarted about two years ago. The franchise which was originallygranted to John Enoch was purchased by the Central TelephoneConstruction Company, of Toledo, Ohio, which constructed the entire FIG. 3.—MAIN, INTERMEDIATE AND REL-W RACKS, M.\IN EXCHANGE. should buildings be erected on either .ide of the exchange. The 37lead-covered cables, each consisting of 200 pairs of No. 19 gaugeRoebling dry-core paper-covered wires, enter the building in the base-ment, where they have been spliced to twice the number of lOO-paircables, which run to the main distributing frame on the floor the basement also are located the repair and carpenter shops. S02 ELECTRICAL WORLD and ENGINEER. Vol. XLIII, No. i8. benches, lockers and toilets for the outside men, hot
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