. The Street railway journal . St. Louis Sales Agent,T. C. WHITE, 823 N. Second Street General Western Agent,A. T. WEBB, - Topeka, Kan. HANUFACTURERS OF EVERYTHING IN THE CARBON LINE. WRITER XJS F*OR JPJRICEJS. 120 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [ XII. No. TRADE MARK : (tiiloviHt Accumulator REGISTERED SEPTEMBER 11, 1894. An illustration of the value ofChloride Accumulators opera-ted in connection with TrolleySystems. The Union Traction Company of Philadelphia Has installed on its Chestnut Hill Division, eleven miles from the power house, a batter}of Cliloridc Accumulators of a capacity of
. The Street railway journal . St. Louis Sales Agent,T. C. WHITE, 823 N. Second Street General Western Agent,A. T. WEBB, - Topeka, Kan. HANUFACTURERS OF EVERYTHING IN THE CARBON LINE. WRITER XJS F*OR JPJRICEJS. 120 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [ XII. No. TRADE MARK : (tiiloviHt Accumulator REGISTERED SEPTEMBER 11, 1894. An illustration of the value ofChloride Accumulators opera-ted in connection with TrolleySystems. The Union Traction Company of Philadelphia Has installed on its Chestnut Hill Division, eleven miles from the power house, a batter}of Cliloridc Accumulators of a capacity of 500 amperes at 500 volts. The battery, connected in multiple across the line, automatically discharges tomeet the heavy demands, and charges during periods of light load. It increasesthe capacity of the vStation. It maintains a steady pressure of 500 volts on the line, B} its installation an extension of the line has been made feasible, a result whichcould otherwise have been accomplished only by the erection of a power station in alocality where the cost of operation would have been high, or by stringing an excessiveamount of copper. The effect of the l)attery is strikingly shown by the contrast between the two por-tions of the curve on the chart. Fr
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