. The Street railway journal . one-third of a mile apart and aregrounded to a j4-in. iron pipe driven into the ground. Thepoles of the high-tension lines are 35 ft. high and are placed115 ft. apart. ADDITIONS TO POWER HOUSE In the original construction of the power station buildingat Rushville, two 500-kw units consisting of Corliss cross-compound engines and Westinghouse generators were in-stalled and space was left for a third unit. In the mean-time, however, the turbine has been developed and in thespace left for the 500-kw unit two 1000-kw Curtis turbineswill be installed. One has already
. The Street railway journal . one-third of a mile apart and aregrounded to a j4-in. iron pipe driven into the ground. Thepoles of the high-tension lines are 35 ft. high and are placed115 ft. apart. ADDITIONS TO POWER HOUSE In the original construction of the power station buildingat Rushville, two 500-kw units consisting of Corliss cross-compound engines and Westinghouse generators were in-stalled and space was left for a third unit. In the mean-time, however, the turbine has been developed and in thespace left for the 500-kw unit two 1000-kw Curtis turbineswill be installed. One has already been put into operationand the erection of the other will soon be completed. Tothe original installation of the three boilers in the boilerroom five more have been added. The new boilers as wellas the old ones are of the B. & W. type and are each 350-hpcapacity. The first boilers were provided with natural gasburners in the front. Within the last few years, however,natural gas has failed rapidly and cannot now be depended. HIGH TENSION AND TROLLEY POLE LINES ON THE ♦CHANGED-OVER SHELBYVILLE LINE upon with certainty. The gas burners have been changedto the side of the boilers, and the new boilers as well as theold ones have been provided with B. & W. chain gratestokers. A complete coal-handling plant, including overhead stor-age bunkers of 450 tons capacity, has been erected by JohnA. Mead. A coal track runs parallel to the boiler-roomwall on the north side. At a point midway of the lengthof the building a steel hopper is placed under the track. Be- October 12, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 673 low this is a motor-driven crusher. A transverse belt con-veyor carries the coal from the crusher to a longitudinalbucket conveyor which makes a complete loop, passing alongthe basement floor under the ash doors, along the end wallsof the boiler room and over the coal bunkers. An ashhopper installed between the bunkers has a chute extending denser, are located above the engine-room flo
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