. The street railway review . the St. Joseph, Mo ,Light, Heat & Power Company, and many others. TheDanville Electric Light & Power Companj- informs usthat it now has 2,000 feet of street mains from 6 to 12inches diameter, covering the principal business streetand serving 15 business blocks including the governmentbuilding, court house and a hotel. The s3-stem was in. SECTIONAL VIEW OF STEAM HEATING MAINS. the da} load being the operation of street car lines andthe night load that necessary for lighting purposes—thesales of exhaust steam will pa} station expenses in theshape of fuel charges, wa
. The street railway review . the St. Joseph, Mo ,Light, Heat & Power Company, and many others. TheDanville Electric Light & Power Companj- informs usthat it now has 2,000 feet of street mains from 6 to 12inches diameter, covering the principal business streetand serving 15 business blocks including the governmentbuilding, court house and a hotel. The s3-stem was in. SECTIONAL VIEW OF STEAM HEATING MAINS. the da} load being the operation of street car lines andthe night load that necessary for lighting purposes—thesales of exhaust steam will pa} station expenses in theshape of fuel charges, water rents, expenses of boilerroom, etc. The exhaust from a battery of boilers pro-ducing loo-horse-power will heat about one millioncubic feet of space, and the actual cost of this amount use last winter for the tirst time and gave good are in use during the day two 125-horse-powerhigh-speed Ideal engines. At night there is more steamproduced than can be used because of the engines whichrun the lighting plant. The engines running during theday furnish power for the street railwa\ and for privateconsumers. The space heated by the steam which would 452 <^|{ectlf\ailw^j\eyl^ otherwise go to waste amounts to about a million and ahalf or two million feet. This company, as well as otherswho have used the system, is so well satisfied that the
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