. Electric railway review . ne plant con-struction. Service. Like many other similarly situated railway concerns. TheFort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company has adoptedthe policy of development light and power business In connec-tion with its traction system—ser\ing both traction and light-ing systems from a central power station, as previously out- lined. In the city of Fort Wayne, this business has assumedsuch proportions that nearly one-half cf the new power stationis devoted to (iO-cycle lighting equipment—the remainder to25-cycl6 etiuipment for traction purposes. High tension trans-mi
. Electric railway review . ne plant con-struction. Service. Like many other similarly situated railway concerns. TheFort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company has adoptedthe policy of development light and power business In connec-tion with its traction system—ser\ing both traction and light-ing systems from a central power station, as previously out- lined. In the city of Fort Wayne, this business has assumedsuch proportions that nearly one-half cf the new power stationis devoted to (iO-cycle lighting equipment—the remainder to25-cycl6 etiuipment for traction purposes. High tension trans-mission lines parallel the railway from Fort Wayne tn Lafa-yette—a total transmission distance of 112 miles from thesource of supply. En route, the lines touch Wabash. Logans-port. Huntingdon. Peru, and numerous smaller towns, in mostof which considerable lighting business is available. Alongthis route are eleven rotary converter substations ranging incapacity from 200 to 500-kilowatts, totalling .3600-kilowatts, or. Development in Turbine Stations—Figure 8, Steel SupportingStructure and Condensers. somewhat in excess of the present station generating as the maximum demands from these substations do notsuperpose, owing to the distribution of cars, there results atthe station an unusually uniform load for traction work. The site chosen parallels a small stream—St. Josephsriver—from which the water supply is drawn for both feedand condenser purposes. Owing to the contour of the country,the 25 feet difference in level between river bed and stationfloor, was unavoidable. A lower location would not only haveintroduced difficulties in coal trackage, but also would haveendangered the station at periods of excessive flood, to whichthe stream is liable. Referring to the accompanying illustrations. Figure 4 isa general view showing the coal bunker ranging along thebuilding wall with gantry service crane. Underneath thiscoal bunker, is room for machine shop, boiler
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