. The street railway review . VIEW OF THE ELEVATED REPAIR TRACK WITH CAR IN POSITION. Co. generator. In connection with this generating equipment is a240-ampere hour storage battery which was furnished by the Elec-tric Storage Battery Co. The output of this battery is regulated bya booster designed by the Northern Electric Co., of Madison, addition to the gas engine-driven units the following equip-ment located at a second plant owned by the same company is attimes utilized for furnishing railway power; one Russel tan-dem-compound engine, operating condensing, direct-belted to t
. The street railway review . VIEW OF THE ELEVATED REPAIR TRACK WITH CAR IN POSITION. Co. generator. In connection with this generating equipment is a240-ampere hour storage battery which was furnished by the Elec-tric Storage Battery Co. The output of this battery is regulated bya booster designed by the Northern Electric Co., of Madison, addition to the gas engine-driven units the following equip-ment located at a second plant owned by the same company is attimes utilized for furnishing railway power; one Russel tan-dem-compound engine, operating condensing, direct-belted to two. INTERIOR OF FAIR OAKS CAR HOUSE. SHOWING ELEVATED REPAIR TRACK AT THE REAR. 20x30 and one 30x40 ft. in size and a horse barn for the rail-way work teams and the storing of track tools. This barn is 50 x 100ft. in floor area and two stories high. Power for the operation of the road is purchased from the Mad-ison Gas & Electric Co., at a fixed rate per car-day for regularcars. The charges for extra cars and trailers are based upon arate per car-mile. The power house of the Madison Gas & Elec-tric Co. is of especial interest, since the units are operated withgas engines using unpurified coal gas from the companys illumi-nating gas plant. The general appearance of the interior of the new power stationis shown in one of the illustrations. This building is centrally lo-cated, is fireproof, being built of pressed brick with a tile floors and wainscoting are white tile. The equipment used to 100-kw. and one 62-kw. G. E. 550-volt generators. Steam for thisengine is furnished b
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