. Electric railway journal . is now establishing a pumping station at the upperend of the canal, so that the water will be changed twicea day, making it almost as good and cold as that in NewYork Hay. This new work will obviate any troubles causedby the high temperature of the present stagnant unsatisfactory water conditions led to the adoption ofthe Alberger barometric condenser. To obviate the usualtrouble from leakage of the intake lines when the waterin them is under pressure, it was decided to place the in- take pipe which carries water from the canal to the baro-metric condense
. Electric railway journal . is now establishing a pumping station at the upperend of the canal, so that the water will be changed twicea day, making it almost as good and cold as that in NewYork Hay. This new work will obviate any troubles causedby the high temperature of the present stagnant unsatisfactory water conditions led to the adoption ofthe Alberger barometric condenser. To obviate the usualtrouble from leakage of the intake lines when the waterin them is under pressure, it was decided to place the in- take pipe which carries water from the canal to the baro-metric condenser below water level. By so doing any smallleakage in the intake pipe would give no trouble. Consid-eration was given to the plan of placing the centrifugal cir-culating water pump at the canal. In that case the intakepipe would have been located approximately on the surfaceof the ground level with the canal bank. The intake line consists of a cast-iron pipe 48 in. indiameter, delivering the water to the centrifugal circulat-. Coney Island & Brooklyn Power Improvements—Plan ofCoal and Ash Handling Facilities at Power Station ing water pump located in a pit in the engine room base-ment, so that the pump is flooded at all times and the liabil-ity of leakage trouble and necessity of priming the pump isentirely obviated. Close to the canal there is an intake well,from which the intake pipe leads. This well is fitted withtwo fine-mesh, heavy wire removable screens. During thelatter part of the work much trouble was experienced in theinstallation of the intake well and pipe, due to the floodingof the ditch when the work was being carried out belowlow tide. The greater portion of the job was carried on bylaborers working at low tide, but the latter part was ac-complished entirely by divers. While this work was com-paratively expensive, the cost was considered fully justi-fied. The rate of flow in the 48-in, intake pipe is approxi-mately 3 ft. per second for the maximum conditions und
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