. The street railway review . l of the ground. The concrete work is a 1-3-S mixture. Four- pile bents, spaced 14 ft. apart and cross-sway braced in two direc-tions, are used. The braces are fastened at the ends with ^ Tlie piles arc white oak and Norway pine. Twelve byfourteen-inch caps and 8 x i6-in. double stringers arc shale and earth are used in the approach fills. Tin- :ippriiachcshave a grade of three per cent. Power House. The power plant of the Detroit, Flint & Saginaw Railway Co.,located at Bridgeport, was completed in October and was turnedover to the railway coinpa
. The street railway review . l of the ground. The concrete work is a 1-3-S mixture. Four- pile bents, spaced 14 ft. apart and cross-sway braced in two direc-tions, are used. The braces are fastened at the ends with ^ Tlie piles arc white oak and Norway pine. Twelve byfourteen-inch caps and 8 x i6-in. double stringers arc shale and earth are used in the approach fills. Tin- :ippriiachcshave a grade of three per cent. Power House. The power plant of the Detroit, Flint & Saginaw Railway Co.,located at Bridgeport, was completed in October and was turnedover to the railway coinpany by the contractor, the Prather Engi-neering Go., Nov. ID, 1905. Since the plant was started no timehas been lost because of lack of power and the plans, as laid downby the company several months ago, have been executed smoothly. By the completion of the new power liousc the company can betterhandle its cars and expects soon to give a much faster scheduletlian has heretofore been possible. Previous to Octolicr 4th the. M.\P, SHOWING ROUTES OF DETROIT, FLINT St S.^GINAW RY. power for operating the line was supplied by the Saginaw ValleyTraction Co. from its city line feeders. The now power house is of sufficient capacity to supply the roadwith the power needed for the entire system when completed. Thebuilding is 64 x 100 x 25 ft. in size. It is constructed entirely ofsand-lime brick. The boiler and engine rooms are large enough forthe installation of another boiler and engine. Two engines of 375 h. p. capacity each, one right and one lefthand, are directly connected to two National Electric Go. S50-volt,railway type generators of 250 kw. capacity. The engines havecylinders 15 and 30 x 20 in. and are of the Fleming side crank, tan-dem compound type, manufactured by the Harrisburg Foundry &Machine Co., Harrisburg, Pa. They have a speed of 175 r. p. operate on 150 lb. steam pressure at the throttle. The mainshafts are II in. in diameter and the fly wheels have a diameter of
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