. Cassier's magazine. g successfully transmitted nearlythree miles over No. 3 copper, with lessthan 5 per cent, loss, was received withthe utmost incredulity. During the autumn of 1892 a 600-horse generator of the same character-istics was installed, and a 250-horsemotor for the mill on Bear Creek, tenmiles from the generator. Early in1894 a 50-horse, and, during the fall. a 75-horse motor were placed in SavageBasin, fourteen miles from the powerhouse. The former was soon replacedby a 100-horse motor, and in 1895 a100-horse motor was set up at as to size, these motors weresubsta
. Cassier's magazine. g successfully transmitted nearlythree miles over No. 3 copper, with lessthan 5 per cent, loss, was received withthe utmost incredulity. During the autumn of 1892 a 600-horse generator of the same character-istics was installed, and a 250-horsemotor for the mill on Bear Creek, tenmiles from the generator. Early in1894 a 50-horse, and, during the fall. a 75-horse motor were placed in SavageBasin, fourteen miles from the powerhouse. The former was soon replacedby a 100-horse motor, and in 1895 a100-horse motor was set up at as to size, these motors weresubstantially identical. The 250-horsemotor was badly designed, and the polepieces were of cast iron. Its startingmotor was insufficient, and was, there-fore, soon replaced by one having split-phase secondary with external resist-ances. Marble with brass trimmingsreplaced wooden-base instruments, andsuch elegance demanded highly pulished slat switchboards of paraffinedoak. Imposing marble rheostats were 78 CASSIERS MAGAZINE. DIAGRAM OF ORIGINAL SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR SYSTEM AT TELLURIDE mounted at switchboards like keyboardsupon grand organs. Fuse blocks, theonly protective device, became marbleslabs with duplicate aluminium first synchrophone came with the75 H. P. equipment. Owing to its altitude and geographicposition, the Telluride district is pecu-liarly subject to atmospheric disturb-ances. Over a hundred distinct dis-charges have been counted within asingle hour, and lightning caused morediscouragement than any other neighbouring continuous - currentplant, transmitting a little more thana mile, carried several extra armatures;and even then it was so frequentlycompelled to close down during thedaily storms of the rainy season thatthe company was eventually bank-rupted. The alternating plant might havesuffered a similar fate had it not beenfor its T -toothed armatures and re- placeable coils, eight of which were suc-cessively burned out and replaced onone motor w
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