. The Street railway journal . ements. A successful trolley that cannot leave the wirein service is as necessary to the success of the alternating-current railway in many cases, where it is desirable to employit, as the alternating-current motor itself. 432 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 13. THE NEW WILLIAMSBURG POWER PLANT OF THEBROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY In his last annual report just rendered, and published inthis paper last week, President Winter, of the Brooklyn RapidTransit Company, refers at length to the plans for increasedpower of the company. This requirement is a logica
. The Street railway journal . ements. A successful trolley that cannot leave the wirein service is as necessary to the success of the alternating-current railway in many cases, where it is desirable to employit, as the alternating-current motor itself. 432 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 13. THE NEW WILLIAMSBURG POWER PLANT OF THEBROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY In his last annual report just rendered, and published inthis paper last week, President Winter, of the Brooklyn RapidTransit Company, refers at length to the plans for increasedpower of the company. This requirement is a logical resultof the greatly increased service during the last two or threeyears, on the surface lines in Brooklyn and the transition fromsteam to electricity as a motive power upon the elevated linesof the company. Although the companys power output hasincreased rapidly, the demands for power have grown in evena greater ratio, so that even the addition to the system of thenew Central Power Station of the company, with a capacity of. elevated lines of the company are supplied with direct-cur-rent, and several additional sub-stations are contemplated. LOCATION In spite of the fact that the load center of the companyslines has gradually been moving backward from the riverfront, it was decided that the new station should be located nearthe river or bay, both for a condensing water supply and forcoal shipment direct by boat. Land fronting on the WallaboutCanal of the East River, and adjacent to the present EasternDistrict Station at Kent Avenue and Division Avenue, wasfound available, and was considered desirable in that it wouldafford, in addition to the above advantages of a river-frontsite, greater proximity to the rapidly growing eastern sectionsof the city than would be possible in the vicinity of the Cen-tral Station on Third Avenue. This location also offeredfurther advantages to the distribution system in that it liesmidway between the old Brooklyn Bridge and the new Will-iamsbur
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