. The street railway review . roiin\VAY REVIEW. ISkbiai. Nil— XIV., No. 9o. WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. One of Ihe mosl interesting exhibits of modern electrlial apparatus at the Kalr is to !«• found In space 17. located near thesouthwest corner of the Eleclrlclty Bulldlns, occupied by theWestern Electric of Chicago and New York. For the visi-tors convenience the spaie has been divided by aisles into fiveparts, in each one of which apparatus pertaining to some panicniar branch of Uie lighting or power bimlness will be found.\\all<ing from the main aisle to the central enclosure Ihe visit
. The street railway review . roiin\VAY REVIEW. ISkbiai. Nil— XIV., No. 9o. WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. One of Ihe mosl interesting exhibits of modern electrlial apparatus at the Kalr is to !«• found In space 17. located near thesouthwest corner of the Eleclrlclty Bulldlns, occupied by theWestern Electric of Chicago and New York. For the visi-tors convenience the spaie has been divided by aisles into fiveparts, in each one of which apparatus pertaining to some panicniar branch of Uie lighting or power bimlness will be found.\\all<ing from the main aisle to the central enclosure Ihe visitorcomes to a large motor generator. The motor part of this setlakes current from the SOOvolt power clrcalt of the Exposition. \vi;.-;ti;kn motor and the generator delivers current of 220 volts at the dis-tributing switchboard located nearby. This motor generator oper-ates in conjunction with a compensator so that current of 110 and220 volts is available for distribution with the result that fromthis unit power motors, fan motors, arc and incandescent lampsof 110 and 220 volts are operated in different parts of the West-ern Electric Gos, space. Some of the advantages derived from an installation of thisiharacter are shown in a striking manner In thecorner of the Western Electri<- Coils exhibit,given up to motor driven machine tools. Here,aside from furnishing the light, current of llland 220 volts from the motor generator is usedto operate a series of variable speed motors,direct connected lo machine tools of differentkinds. The Western Electric system of variabl-,speed motors shown is a somewhat recent andvery important development, and one of thechief points of attra
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