. American engineer . cewould be reduced to 250 miles and considerably less again, viaMotilla. Unfortunately, the latter route is through difficultcountry, and there is little hope of any local traffic of value, atleast for a number of years to come, while the through passengertraffic is hardly enough to justify the present service of a dailymail train each way and an express every alternate week day. Shop Improvements at Burnside, III. A Typical Illustration of What May be Doneto Improve Power Conditions at Old Shops Although the Burnside shops of the IlHnois Central wciulilhardly be consider
. American engineer . cewould be reduced to 250 miles and considerably less again, viaMotilla. Unfortunately, the latter route is through difficultcountry, and there is little hope of any local traffic of value, atleast for a number of years to come, while the through passengertraffic is hardly enough to justify the present service of a dailymail train each way and an express every alternate week day. Shop Improvements at Burnside, III. A Typical Illustration of What May be Doneto Improve Power Conditions at Old Shops Although the Burnside shops of the IlHnois Central wciulilhardly be considered as old shops, they have developed so ra])idlyduring the past 10 or IS years that in spite of boiler plant addi-tions made in 1907, enough power was not available for thestationary engines situated in various parts of the plant. Soonafter M. K. Karnum was appointed general superintendent ofmotive power an investigation was made by Willard Doud, shopengineer, and it was found that on account of the lack of facilities. Plan of Reinforc/ngr Baf^. Fig. 1—Concrete Chimney for the Burnside Shops of the IllinoisCentral. for handling coal and ashes, the steam was being generated ata comparatively high labor cost; that the boiler capacity couldbe increased by improving the chimney and ash pit arrangements;and that the cost of operating the engines distributed throughoutthe plant, and of transmitting the steam over the necessarily longdistances, could be greatly reduced by the installation of motorsthroughout the plant, and generally electrifying the shops. Itwas also found that there was sufficient exhaust steam availablein the mill engine room in addition to requirements for heatingseveral buildings to operate low pressure turbines, which wouldprovide the necessary amount of alternating current for the gen-eral electrification. A careful estimate of the cost of these changesshowed that with an investment of about $150,000, a substantialsaving could be made in the operation of the p
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