. The street railway review . c coal cars can-yingeight 1%-tou automatic, self-dumping boxes, which upon arrivalare either dumped into the coal shed or taken into the boileri-oom and there dumped in front of the furnaces; in either casethis is done by transferring the boxes with a swinging crane This station is used only in the winter season to help out dur-ing the period of excessive loads, which always taxes the ca-pacity of the stations in this region. This is due to the use oflieavier cars in winter with a larger motor equipment than thatused in summer to can-y the same number of passenger
. The street railway review . c coal cars can-yingeight 1%-tou automatic, self-dumping boxes, which upon arrivalare either dumped into the coal shed or taken into the boileri-oom and there dumped in front of the furnaces; in either casethis is done by transferring the boxes with a swinging crane This station is used only in the winter season to help out dur-ing the period of excessive loads, which always taxes the ca-pacity of the stations in this region. This is due to the use oflieavier cars in winter with a larger motor equipment than thatused in summer to can-y the same number of passengers, alsoto the use of electric heaters and snow plows. The Central power station was designed and built in 1889-90-91under the direction of F. S. Pearson, chief engineer, and WilliamO. Preston, architect. The chimney, foundations for machineryand all the interior equipment up to 1895 were planned andbuilt under the direction of F. S. Iearsou, L. J. Ilirt, assistantengineer, and H. P. Quick, chief draughtsman. As originally de-. to an overhead trolley track running through the shod and boilerroom. Coal is hauled from the Central power station wharfseveral times daily. This station is shut down completely duringa large portion of the year and its load taken by the Central andHarvard stations. In 1889 a small station was installed at the Hinkley Locomo-tive Works on Harrison avenue to furnish power while the largerand main Central station was building. Five Mcintosh & Sey-mour 200-h. p. tandem compound engines were installed withtwo 62-k. w. generators each, and boiler capacity to the boilers were removed when the main station boilerswere erected, larger fly-wheels were put on the engines and twomore generators belted to the same wheels. Still later five moreMcintosh & engines which had .also been used astemporary equipment in the main Ijoiler house were reinstalledhere with four generators each. In this shape the station nowstands, having a total capacity
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