. The street railway review . In road 1- of sing! instruction Ii is its maximum grade being but seven tenths of one111 and about three hundred twenty five feel long Th<i- with 1 18 in between centers. The joints :■■ I he road bed 1- formed of macadam and the track is ballasted with cindei is no hi. and the rails arc bonded with Protected rail 1power house 1- constructed of hard brick with granite andsandstone trimmings, the inside dimensions being 30 « 50 ft Thecagonal silvet graj encaustic tiling. Thispower house supplies current foi the general lighting systemstations and for the mac
. The street railway review . In road 1- of sing! instruction Ii is its maximum grade being but seven tenths of one111 and about three hundred twenty five feel long Th<i- with 1 18 in between centers. The joints :■■ I he road bed 1- formed of macadam and the track is ballasted with cindei is no hi. and the rails arc bonded with Protected rail 1power house 1- constructed of hard brick with granite andsandstone trimmings, the inside dimensions being 30 « 50 ft Thecagonal silvet graj encaustic tiling. Thispower house supplies current foi the general lighting systemstations and for the machine tool in thihop and the cranes in the Baden pumping station as well asfor the electric railway \ genetshown in the accompanying illustration, The engine room contains three steam engines and one Peltonwater wheel. One of the engines is a 150-h. p. -ingle cylinderStraight Line engine made by the Straight 1 Syra- cuse, N and is direct connected to a 100-kw. direct currentWi linghouse generator; this 1- used ing the. POWER STATION AM i \R OF ST. LOUIS WORKS RY. chines, hut a point of the highest importance is that with the use ofthree-phase currents and rotary converters at sub-stations thereshould be as little variation as possible in the angular velocity of thethroughout each revolution. The phases arc disturbed whenim--. as 11 must i a certain extent with reciprocating en-gines, however carefully balanced and however heavj the flywheels. With the turbine the shaft 1- turned continuously with aneven force of steal ipon its numerous blades, and for this reason variation in angular velocity i- practically non-existent. Thebenefit of this is particularly noticeable when running alternators inlid,li 1- daimed that thi speed regulation of these turbines with a fluctuating load i d ver; iccurately- The admiss 1 -team 1- governed by a fly ball governor in connection with a setof levers, and when running light the steam is admitted in separatipuffs at distinct interv
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