. The street railway review . re are two M. feed pumps, one of which is a deep-well pump, for usein case the pond supply should fail; the well is 150 ft. deep. Thereare also a Knowlcs feed pump and a Davidson high pressure pump,with a capacity of gallons a minute. This is \ised for fireprotection. The water is lifted into a 10,000-gallon tank, mountedon a steel tower 80 ft. high. One-half of this supply is availablefor daily station purposes, for wetting down the coal, washingfloors, etc., while the other 5,000 gallons is in reserve for fire pur-poses and for operating the Gri
. The street railway review . re are two M. feed pumps, one of which is a deep-well pump, for usein case the pond supply should fail; the well is 150 ft. deep. Thereare also a Knowlcs feed pump and a Davidson high pressure pump,with a capacity of gallons a minute. This is \ised for fireprotection. The water is lifted into a 10,000-gallon tank, mountedon a steel tower 80 ft. high. One-half of this supply is availablefor daily station purposes, for wetting down the coal, washingfloors, etc., while the other 5,000 gallons is in reserve for fire pur-poses and for operating the Grinncll dry air fire sprinkler system,with which the neighboring car hnu<e and repair shop are equipped. thus drawn ofl; every two weeks the boilers are cleaned andexamined. Coal is delivered by rail at Hampton depot, three miles away,and is hauled by wagon to the car station. Hard coal screenings,mixed with Georges Creek soft coal, is used as fuel. In ordinarytraffic the mixture is half and half by weight. On i,i. il.\.>iliO.\ \l H- iii^ iihAi) 1111. i)l-].^.M 1. extra heavy traffic, only one-third of screenings is used to two-thirds of soft coal. An oil house is constructed in the base ofthe water tower, apd is provided with a concrete floor. Here theoil barrels are placed on an elevated stand and by means of a pipethe oil tank in the engine room is filled by gravity. CAR HOUSES. Two houses are provided for storing cars. The principal oneis adjacent to the power house in Hampton. This is of wood, with
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