. The street railway review . t air brake equipment, The Uiilloclj lOleciric Manufacturing Cos. space in block 15,Electricity Building, covers an area of 100x54 ft. Bullock ap-paratus will also be found in blocks 3t! and 46, Machinery Build-ing, in connection with Allis-Chalmers and other engine installa-tions, and also in the AllisChalniers-Bullock xhibit in the Minesand Metallurgy Building. In the center of the companys space in the Palace of Electri<ityis an ornamental pavilion in which are ilisplayed framed photographs of interesting Bnllock apparatus. Chief of interest the exhib
. The street railway review . t air brake equipment, The Uiilloclj lOleciric Manufacturing Cos. space in block 15,Electricity Building, covers an area of 100x54 ft. Bullock ap-paratus will also be found in blocks 3t! and 46, Machinery Build-ing, in connection with Allis-Chalmers and other engine installa-tions, and also in the AllisChalniers-Bullock xhibit in the Minesand Metallurgy Building. In the center of the companys space in the Palace of Electri<ityis an ornamental pavilion in which are ilisplayed framed photographs of interesting Bnllock apparatus. Chief of interest the exhibits is a complete railwaysub-station in operation, comprising a 50l)-kw. rotary transformerand switchboard. The sub-station is designed to transform (, 25 cycle, three-phase current to 5r)0-t;tl0 volt direct is also shown a 2(iO-kw. motor-generator set for changing(iO <ycle. 2,2iMi-volt current to direct current suitable for railways. Another feature which will prove of interest to electric railway. KXliniri iiK Co. uwd for thp Instrurtlon of motormen by electric railway compaoies to show in detail the operation of this brake. Three hundred cars at the Buffalo Exposition were equippedwith Christensen air brakes, and all cars operating within thegroundH of the St. Fair are controlled by this brake. ItIs InterestlnR to note that are used in America and morethan (K> In Europe. Asia, South America, Africa and Auhtralla. Stationary and portable compresHorfl are also shown. Atblock 4, Machinery Building, may be seen the National 1,500-kw.^;,«fX^volt. three-phane, 25cycle alternator, running at 85 r. p. generator I* direct connected to a 2,;i-h. comjiound ver-tical engine and the entire machine reiircHcnta one of the mostmmlern generating unlta of the present day. This maower to oi>erale the pumps supplying water for the Cas-• ades, the largexi artlAclal waterfalla In the world. The Nati
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