. The Street railway journal . he first to use the Westinghouse No. 12 railway motors, someof which are in service at the present time. POWER STATIONSThe power stations are in charge of H. E. Smith, chief engi-neer of the system. There are three separate power houses—a new steam turbine plant known as the Mulberry Street sta-tion, the original station of the Terre Haute Traction Com-pany at Ninth and Cherry Streets, and a station at Brazil. THE MULBERRY STREET STATIONThe new station, which ultimately will be enlarged to furnishpower for the entire system, is located in the western portionof th
. The Street railway journal . he first to use the Westinghouse No. 12 railway motors, someof which are in service at the present time. POWER STATIONSThe power stations are in charge of H. E. Smith, chief engi-neer of the system. There are three separate power houses—a new steam turbine plant known as the Mulberry Street sta-tion, the original station of the Terre Haute Traction Com-pany at Ninth and Cherry Streets, and a station at Brazil. THE MULBERRY STREET STATIONThe new station, which ultimately will be enlarged to furnishpower for the entire system, is located in the western portionof the city, on the banks of the Wabash River, two blocks northof Wabash Avenue. A general view of the station is shown inFig. 1. It has been the intention of the management for sometime previous to erect a new station at a future date, but theoverloaded condition of the Cherry Street plant, brought aboutlast winter by the increased commercial load, hastened its con-struction. The location was chosen because of the facilities for. FIG. 1.—MULBERRY STREET STATION FROM THE SOUTH obtaining condenser water, which is drawn from the WabashRiver, and because of its convenience to the railways. Al-though it is now on the side of the city opposite to that of theinterurban development, when the proposed new extension westto Paris, 111., is completed, it will be reasonably near the centerof the system. While the station is a modern one in every particular, itschief point of interest lies in the fact that it is a steam turbineplant. At the present time but one turbine is installed, thisbeing of 500-kw capacity. The building, however, has beenconstructed with the view of installing another of 1500-kwcapacity whenever the service demands it. The structure,which measures 80 ft. 6 ins. x 50 ft. 5 ins., consists of a steel February 4, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 187 framework supporting the steel truss roof. Figs. 2 and 3 showthe plan and section of the station. The south wall is built upperm
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