. The Street railway journal . r charging and over discharging of the battery, wouldnecessitate the arrangements for transposition of the halves. 426 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIIL No. 12. SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CANTON-AKRON SYSTEM The Canton-Akron Railway Companys property, whichincludes the interurban lines between Akron, Canton, Mas-sillon, New Philadelphia and Uhriclisville, Ohio, and the citylines of Canton and Massillon, was quite fully described inthe Street Railway Journal of May 28, 1904, and consti-tutes one of the most important and progressive systems inOhio. During the pas
. The Street railway journal . r charging and over discharging of the battery, wouldnecessitate the arrangements for transposition of the halves. 426 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIIL No. 12. SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CANTON-AKRON SYSTEM The Canton-Akron Railway Companys property, whichincludes the interurban lines between Akron, Canton, Mas-sillon, New Philadelphia and Uhriclisville, Ohio, and the citylines of Canton and Massillon, was quite fully described inthe Street Railway Journal of May 28, 1904, and consti-tutes one of the most important and progressive systems inOhio. During the past six months the company has spentabout $350,000 in improvements. They are in the way ofrefinements and additions to the equipment, which were notdeemed essential when the road was new, but which becamedesirable after the property had been pretty well developed. Important improvements were made in the power station,including the installation of machinery, which more thandoubles the capacity of the station, and at the same time. VERTICAL TURBINE INSTALLED FOR THE CANTON-AKRONRAILWAY reduces the labor account. The new generating machinerywas not absolutely necessary to maintain the operation of theroad under normal conditions, but its installation provides asurplus of power which eases the work on all machinery andprecludes the possibility of the system being tied up throughthe breaking down of one or even two units. As outlined in the previous article, the system embracesabout 70 miles of interurban road, equipped with heavy high-speed cars on hourly service, and about 22 miles of city lines,with double-truck city cars on 15-minute headway. Theoriginal generating equipment consisted of two 400-kwand one 8oo-kw General Electric three-phase, 13,200 volt,generators driven by AUis-Chalmers cross-compound space was provided in the station for additional units ofsimilar type, and the installation of a 2000-kw Curtis turbo-generator and the increasing of the capacity of the
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