. Electric railway journal . bines and two of the vertical reciprocat-ing Nichols type. In anticipation of the shortage of coal two of the boilers were arranged for oil firing and a complete equip-ment of the Wallsend-Howden system was provided,with the necessary storage tanks, filters and the shortage of both coal and oil, due to war con-ditions, became more acute, other boilers were adaptedfor wood firing. The present situation will be under-stood by the statement that during a recent week theplant consumed 72i tons of coal, 154 tons of oil and690 tons of wood. The calorific value o
. Electric railway journal . bines and two of the vertical reciprocat-ing Nichols type. In anticipation of the shortage of coal two of the boilers were arranged for oil firing and a complete equip-ment of the Wallsend-Howden system was provided,with the necessary storage tanks, filters and the shortage of both coal and oil, due to war con-ditions, became more acute, other boilers were adaptedfor wood firing. The present situation will be under-stood by the statement that during a recent week theplant consumed 72i tons of coal, 154 tons of oil and690 tons of wood. The calorific value of the wood isfrom a quarter to a third that of coal containing 15, per pound. Water is pumped from the River Lujan to a reser-voir, where it is treated with alumino-ferric to precipi-tate the sediment. Alternative Arrangement for Coal and AshesHandling x The storage and handling of coal is provided for bymeans of an elevated railway track running alongsidethe boiler house at firing floor level, a gantry running VTT7. VERTICAL, SECTION THROUGH BOILER AND TURBINE ROOMS. SUBSTATION AND For exact location see map on page 605. October 12, 1918 Ban Barbarism by Buying Bonds 647 parallel to the buildings and carrying a jib crane witha 2-ton bucket, and two sidings at ground level. The coal can be lifted from the railway cars andfilled either direct into two 15-ton receiving hoppers,or into bottom-discharge wagons which can be hauledalong the elevated siding by a winch until they comeover the receiving hoppers. In the latter case the coalpasses through crushers to gravity bucket conveyorsby means of which it is elevated to a distributing con-veyor, which in turn discharges it into the coal bunkerslocated above and between the two rows of coal bunkers are of 1000-tons capacity, and theyare built of mild steel plates lined with reinforced con-crete and with bottoms V-shaped in sections. The stock coal is lifted from the trucks and storedbelow and around the gantry in
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