. The street railway review . nion Traction Com-pany are the ones known as the Western Ave. and the Hobbie St.,or Hawthorne .-Kve. These stations supply the same lines as be-fore the lease of the two roads to the Union Traction Co., theUnion Traction and the Consolidated Traction renting power fromeach other. The electrical power station of the West Chicago lines is atWestern Ave. and Washington Boulevard, three miles west of The engine room of this station is 57 x 250 ft., and lias an ironfloor and basement similar to the California Ave. plant, exceptthat there are no condensers in tlie basem
. The street railway review . nion Traction Com-pany are the ones known as the Western Ave. and the Hobbie St.,or Hawthorne .-Kve. These stations supply the same lines as be-fore the lease of the two roads to the Union Traction Co., theUnion Traction and the Consolidated Traction renting power fromeach other. The electrical power station of the West Chicago lines is atWestern Ave. and Washington Boulevard, three miles west of The engine room of this station is 57 x 250 ft., and lias an ironfloor and basement similar to the California Ave. plant, exceptthat there are no condensers in tlie basement. As in the otherstation all piping and wiring is run under the floor so as to givefull swing to operation of the tw-o Walker 35-ton electric craneswhich span the engine room. There are four steam loop andseparator systems in this plant, which were furnished by Westing-house, Church, Kerr & Co. The switchboard is made up of General Electric panels. Thefeeder board in tlie gallery has 76 panels. The generator panels are.
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