. Electric railway journal . for the operation of suchcars on each side of the basement below the ash the basement the ash cars are raised to the surfaceof the ground by two hydraulic Otis plunger-type elevatorsof 2500-lb. capacity each, having a lift of 53/2 ft., and op-erated by water under a pressure of 200 lb. per sq. in., theashes being used around the premises for filling. Citywater is used for boiler feeding on account of the unsuit-ability of the river water. The boiler room is providedwith a monitor with wired glass windows, and special lava-tory provision is made for the
. Electric railway journal . for the operation of suchcars on each side of the basement below the ash the basement the ash cars are raised to the surfaceof the ground by two hydraulic Otis plunger-type elevatorsof 2500-lb. capacity each, having a lift of 53/2 ft., and op-erated by water under a pressure of 200 lb. per sq. in., theashes being used around the premises for filling. Citywater is used for boiler feeding on account of the unsuit-ability of the river water. The boiler room is providedwith a monitor with wired glass windows, and special lava-tory provision is made for the comfort of firemen, therebeing a separate lavatory for the engine room present stack is designed to handle the existing boilerinstallation, but in event of the expansion of the station, anadditional stack will be required. Ample room exists onthe property for the symmetrical enlargement of the sta-tion along the present lines of development. A tank is installed on the north side of the. Jordan Power Station—Side View of Turbo-Alternator with Roney stokers driven by Westinghouse vertical en-gines, one per battery being provided. The delivery spoutsare 12 in. in diameter at their upper ends and 6 in. at thefeed ends, fuel dampers being provided in each with chaincontrol from the boiler room floor. The stoker engines aremounted on concrete piers, and in common with all steam-driven auxiliaries in the plant, exhaust into the feed-waterheater, which is of the Stilwell open type, located on aplatform carried by steel I-beams 11 ft. above the boiler is equipped with a superheater and deliverssteam at a pressure of 200 lb., the superheat being 125 Each superheater and boiler are equipped with safetyvalve connections, the valves being set for 210 lb. Draftgages are installed on all boilers, and the stack connectionis provided with an independent draft gage. The productsof combustion from each boiler are collected in sheet-ir
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