. The street railway review . ying the feed wires from the third-rail, a distance of aboutone-half mile. In connecting these installations with the third-rail,it has been found necessary lo run a second wire back to the trackrail because of the difficulty in obtaining a ground of sufficient con-ductivity to at all times of the year handle the return current, someof the installations being I/i miles distant from Ihc railway track. The motor house shown is about 6 ft. sfj. and 8 ft. high, placedabout 30 ft. from the barn. A corrugated iron belt box connectsthe motor house with the barn, and insi
. The street railway review . ying the feed wires from the third-rail, a distance of aboutone-half mile. In connecting these installations with the third-rail,it has been found necessary lo run a second wire back to the trackrail because of the difficulty in obtaining a ground of sufficient con-ductivity to at all times of the year handle the return current, someof the installations being I/i miles distant from Ihc railway track. The motor house shown is about 6 ft. sfj. and 8 ft. high, placedabout 30 ft. from the barn. A corrugated iron belt box connectsthe motor house with the barn, and inside the barn mounted onbrackets is a line shaft with a number of different pidlcys for driv-ing the several kinds of farm machinery, such as feed cullers, fan-ning mills, corn shellers, circular saws or force pumps. A belt con-nects the ptdley on the line shaft with the pulley on the and 20-h. p. motors are used for Ibis class of service. the siantlaril <, E. 500-volt, 4-poIc, direct current machines. INTEKKjR f.\kM TDK HorSK, mounted on a substantial wooden base, secured to the flooring bylag bolts. An interior view of the motor house shows one of thesemotors and the arrangement of wiring for connecting it with theline. A standard fool proof starting box is used and the currentconsumed is measured by the usual type of service meter. The mainswitch has a rope attached to its handles and reaching throughthe wall of the motor house to the barn, so that in case of troublethe current can quickly be cut off from the motor. Each installa-tion is supplied with an extra set of motor brushes and a neatlyframed card of instructions for operating the motor. A standardrailway lighting railway arrester mounted on the pole nearest themotor house protects the apparatus. This method of operating farm machinery is not an expensiveone where such work must be done as on the large diary farmsin this district, the expense of course varying with the amount ofwork done. It i
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