. Electric railway review . s. When the float sinksin the tank the weight is pulled up and a contact made in alamp circuit which lights a 110-voIt green-colored incandescentlocated in a conspicuous place on the engine room indication is given when there are left about four gallonsin the tank, leaving sufficient time for the engineer on duty toininip in more oil. The jacket water is discharged from each cylinder in aseparate pipe. On each of the three i)ipes is a special home-made brass and steel thermostat, with double contacts. Whenthe temperature of the discharge water reaches a
. Electric railway review . s. When the float sinksin the tank the weight is pulled up and a contact made in alamp circuit which lights a 110-voIt green-colored incandescentlocated in a conspicuous place on the engine room indication is given when there are left about four gallonsin the tank, leaving sufficient time for the engineer on duty toininip in more oil. The jacket water is discharged from each cylinder in aseparate pipe. On each of the three i)ipes is a special home-made brass and steel thermostat, with double contacts. Whenthe temperature of the discharge water reaches about 125degrees P. a 110-volt circuit is closed through a red lamp onthe ceiling, one lamp being planned for each pipe. Below thistemperature the thermostatic indication is given by whitelamps. The supply of cooling water can be increased ordiminished by valves, according to the lamp indications. Storage Battery. At the main ear house of the company in Laconia are arailwav battery installation consisting of 250 cells of the. Laconia Street Railway—Home-Made Freight Car. Electric Storage Battery Companys type Ell in E15 glassjars, one hour discharge rate 100 amperes, and a reservesteam equipment consisting of two 150-horsepower Manningboilers, built for 125 pounds steam pressure, and a Westing-house 150-horsepower vertical compound engine, belted to a100-kilowatt General Electric 550-volt direct-current is planned to install a 200-kilowatt lighting unit as anauxiliary at this point in the near future. When it is neces-sary to operate this i)lant car house emiiloyes are placed inthis service. In the Lakeport station therfe are two switchboards, one for railway and one for power and lighting service. The rail-way board was installed by H. B. Rust & Co. of Providence,R. I., in connection with the Diesel engine work. The railway load in the summer season reaches anaverage maximum of about 200 kilowatts. The total con-nected load on the power plant is about 300 horsepo
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