. The Street railway journal . t of much interest added. The original stationwas described in the Street Railway Journal for Oct. 4,1902, but as the later improvements have not been taken upto any extent in this paper they will be briefly summed up. Originally the station contained two Rice & Sargent hori-zontal cross-compound engines of the condensing type,direct connected respectively to 500-kw and looo-kw, 13,200-volt, 25-cycle, three-phase General Electric alternators ofthe revolving field type. These machines remain in serviceat the present time, but the capacity of the station has beenmo
. The Street railway journal . t of much interest added. The original stationwas described in the Street Railway Journal for Oct. 4,1902, but as the later improvements have not been taken upto any extent in this paper they will be briefly summed up. Originally the station contained two Rice & Sargent hori-zontal cross-compound engines of the condensing type,direct connected respectively to 500-kw and looo-kw, 13,200-volt, 25-cycle, three-phase General Electric alternators ofthe revolving field type. These machines remain in serviceat the present time, but the capacity of the station has beenmore than doubled by the addition of a 2000-kw, 13,200-voltCurtis turbo-alternator. The standard method of high-ten-sion transmission to rotary converter 600-volt direct-currentsub-stations is in use, and current distribution to the cars iseffected by a single overhead trolley above each track. A summary of the principal equipment in the power sta-tion follows: Building, 182 ft. 8 ins. x 105 ft. 4 ins.; three batteries Ault-. ROUTE OF MAIN LINE, BRANCHES AND CONNECTIONS OF THE BOSTON & WORCESTER STREET RAILWAY between Framingham Junction and Whites Corner, themain line is now all double track. The road actually beginsat the end of the Boston Elevated Railway Companys sur-face lines, at Chestnut Hill, and it extends to the Shrews-bury turnpike near the east bank of Lake Quinsigamond,Worcester, where it connects with the Worcester Consoli-dated Street Railway Companys system. Through cars areoperated by these three connecting companies between ParkSquare, Boston, and Worcester City Hall, the distance being40 miles and the running time 2 hours and 20 minutes. InBoston passengers are carried on a single fare from prac-tically any part of the Boston Elevated system to BrooklineVillage or Chestnut Hill, where they may transfer to theBoston & Worcester cars without extra expense until theBoston & Worcesters own fare collections begin. Passen-gers arriving in Worcester by the air-line ro
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