. The street railway review . ith those of the Utah Light & Power Co., under the nameof the Utah Light & Railway Co. This at once allowed for thecompletion of plans for the consolidation of the various stations andsub-stations in the city; the work was carried forward rapidly. Alarge tract of ground was purchased on the Jordan River in thewestern part of the city. Here plenty of room was to be had for 728 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [ XV, No. lo. the high tension lines and the steam generating station, togetherwith plenty of condensing water. The old central station in thecenter of tlie city wa
. The street railway review . ith those of the Utah Light & Power Co., under the nameof the Utah Light & Railway Co. This at once allowed for thecompletion of plans for the consolidation of the various stations andsub-stations in the city; the work was carried forward rapidly. Alarge tract of ground was purchased on the Jordan River in thewestern part of the city. Here plenty of room was to be had for 728 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [ XV, No. lo. the high tension lines and the steam generating station, togetherwith plenty of condensing water. The old central station in thecenter of tlie city was re-designed to contain all the railway anddirect current Edison 3-wire system machinery as well as distribu-tion panels, induction regulators, etc. for the handling of the com-mercial district lighting and power circuits. This central station is now being fed by large bus circuits fromthe main distribution and steam stations at Jordan. The transmis-sion pressure is volts, everything being designed for changing. \OI,T.\GE, ELS-BAR. to 12,000 volts when the commercial district lighting and power dis-tribution cables are placed under ground. The rotary convertertransformers are supplied at 4,000 volts pressure, the sychronizingbeing done at the 4,000 volt switch. Two 1,200-h. p. motor-genera-tors have been installed, making the total capacity at the present timeabout 3,000 h. p. for the railway service. Besides this there is a900-h. p. steam reserve, generating direct at 550 volts for railwayuse. The new Jordan station now being completed will contain themost modern high tension apparatus that can be purchased, each cir-cuit entering through high tension oil switches. The design is suchthat it will be possible to parallel all circuits cither on the primaryor secondary sides of the step-down transformers. The new Jordan station is built of concrete and brick and is thor-oughly fireproof. The transformer banks, lightning arresters andsimilar apparatus are al
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