. The street railway review . KKONT —KLECTKIC IOWKU (lOUSIC UNION ) ), CIIICACJO , SKCTION. 56 (^tetif^aiWoy-l^eVle^ At the south silk- of the building is the coal storage binwith a capacity of 2,000 tons. Coal couvevors of the mostapproved type will be installed on the south side of the stackfor handling- coal. The stack is of brick, octagonal in sec-tion, and 240 feet high above grade, with a flue 13 feel, 6inches inside diameter. The lower portion of the stack will. be utilized as a store room for engineers supplies. Theroof of the building is of ar
. The street railway review . KKONT —KLECTKIC IOWKU (lOUSIC UNION ) ), CIIICACJO , SKCTION. 56 (^tetif^aiWoy-l^eVle^ At the south silk- of the building is the coal storage binwith a capacity of 2,000 tons. Coal couvevors of the mostapproved type will be installed on the south side of the stackfor handling- coal. The stack is of brick, octagonal in sec-tion, and 240 feet high above grade, with a flue 13 feel, 6inches inside diameter. The lower portion of the stack will. be utilized as a store room for engineers supplies. Theroof of the building is of arched cement. The station was designed bv S. Potis, Jr., chief engineerof the company, who has designed and built so many of thelarge stations in this city. St. Anthony Falls Power Plant.(From our Minneapolis Correspondent.) The contract for furnishing and installing the electricalapparatus for the new plant of the St. Anthony Falls WaterPower Company has been awarded to the General ElectricCompany. This plant which will be completed in Jul\-, \yillbe second only to the Niagara plant in magnitude. Thereis sufficient water to furnish 10,000 horse-power, but 7,000only is to be provided for in the first installation. This willbe used by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company foroperating its street railway lines in Minneapolis and , 4,000 horse-power in the former and 3,000 in thelatter. The 3,000 horse-power yet to be provided for \yill1)6 leased to milling companies. There will be seven General Elect
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