. Electric railway journal . GERMAN SUBSTATION The modern utility structures of German electricrailways are notable for the effort made to design themin harmony with and even superior to the surround-ings. This end is not attained necessarily by usingcostly materials but rather by exercising good taste inthe outlines and in the window divisions. An interest-ing example of recent construction is the substationbuilt at Bottrop-Osterfeld by the Recklinghausen StreetRailways. This station is two stories high. The lower floor haslarge windows of conventional form, but in the uppersection the window
. Electric railway journal . GERMAN SUBSTATION The modern utility structures of German electricrailways are notable for the effort made to design themin harmony with and even superior to the surround-ings. This end is not attained necessarily by usingcostly materials but rather by exercising good taste inthe outlines and in the window divisions. An interest-ing example of recent construction is the substationbuilt at Bottrop-Osterfeld by the Recklinghausen StreetRailways. This station is two stories high. The lower floor haslarge windows of conventional form, but in the uppersection the windows are set back to give the massiveeffeet of long, monolithic straight lines. This form ofarchitecture is now very popular in Germany for thea-ters, libraries and other classes of buildings, whetherfor artistic or utilitarian uses. The dwelling contigu-ous to the station is the residence of the substation at-tendants. It is provided with a separate entrance street. The station equipment was furnished by the Siemens-. Outside View of Substation at Bottrop, Germany Schuckert Company. The main floor contains therotary converters, the switchboard, all equipmentand the remote control gear for the high-tension oilswitches. The transformers for the rotaries are placedbehind the switchboard but they are mounted on wheelsto bring them within range of the station crane whennecessary. The second floor contains all high-tensionswitches, measuring transformers, busbars andlightning protection equipment. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT According to the third annual report of the PublicService Commission of Washington for the period fromDec. 1, 1912, to Nov. 20, 1913, the commission consideredmore than 800 cases during this period. There were440 informal complaints filed. The tariff orders num-bered 259, grade crossing orders 73, other formal orders49, and 12 electric company cases. During the yearabout $20,000,000 worth of properties were valued. Themost important of these
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