. Electric railway journal . ectric Railway as de-scribed in the Feb. 26, 1916, issue. The plan isto divide the overhead into alternately positive andnegative sections, reducing to a minimum the return ofcurrent through the rails and earth. The use of 13,200-volt synchronous motors to drive the generator pairs isto be another desirable feature of the new service, veryattractive at present costs of copper for interior as wellas for exterior wiring. These features make for con-servation of material, fuel and water; the contract savesthe railway from a large capital investment added to itspresent
. Electric railway journal . ectric Railway as de-scribed in the Feb. 26, 1916, issue. The plan isto divide the overhead into alternately positive andnegative sections, reducing to a minimum the return ofcurrent through the rails and earth. The use of 13,200-volt synchronous motors to drive the generator pairs isto be another desirable feature of the new service, veryattractive at present costs of copper for interior as wellas for exterior wiring. These features make for con-servation of material, fuel and water; the contract savesthe railway from a large capital investment added to itspresent outstanding securities, and provides a load witha very desirable power factor for tfje vendor of energy,many of whose customers installations offer a far lessdesirable business. Watch for our September 22 issue. It will be ourPRE-CONFERENCE NUMBER and will be devoted largely to the operating advantages of the one-man, light-weight safety car. It will appear two weeks from to-day 384 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. 50, No. 10. MILWAUKEE COAL HANDLING 1500-TON COAL BUNKER ON KINNICKINNIC RIVER Rearranging Facilities for Receiving Coalby Rail Instead of by Water Market Conditions Necessitating Use of Central States Coal in Milwaukee In-stead of Eastern Coal Brought About Need for New Storage Yard and SpecialFacilities for Transferring from the Storage to Barge—Plan Adopted RetainsFormer Equipment in Service, Keeping New Investment as Low as Possible WITH the marked changes which have taken placeduring the last year in the coal market gen-erally, The Milwaukee Electric Railway & LightCompany has found it advantageous to use coal fromthe Central States instead of from the Eastern make this change in market, however, meant that itwould be necessary to provide facilities for receivingthis coal by rail instead of by water, as it had beenhandled from the East. To provide arrangements suitedto this purpose at the same time avoiding scrapping ofgood equipment, and also to make
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