. Electric railway review . Saturday,Sept. 24. Railway ..Lighting . 1,058692 t 56 35-339 23-0 (Curves) Station .. ^ 1,850 | 49-9 85 1 55 31 0 Sunday,Sept. 25. Railway ..Lighting . 92. 47 1,034 753 6138 Station ... 53 88 S3 232 Wednesday,Sept. 28. Railway ..Lighting . 1,230 6t-5 1 7531-7 79 7040 Station ... 1,685 45-4 72 58 28 (1) Average load when running — capacity of unit. (2) Maximum demand from load cuive — capacity running. (3) Average 24-hour load -^ maximum from load curve. (4) Average 24-hour load — station capacity, including one
. Electric railway review . Saturday,Sept. 24. Railway ..Lighting . 1,058692 t 56 35-339 23-0 (Curves) Station .. ^ 1,850 | 49-9 85 1 55 31 0 Sunday,Sept. 25. Railway ..Lighting . 92. 47 1,034 753 6138 Station ... 53 88 S3 232 Wednesday,Sept. 28. Railway ..Lighting . 1,230 6t-5 1 7531-7 79 7040 Station ... 1,685 45-4 72 58 28 (1) Average load when running — capacity of unit. (2) Maximum demand from load cuive — capacity running. (3) Average 24-hour load -^ maximum from load curve. (4) Average 24-hour load — station capacity, including one spare unit each 25and 60-cycle. led but slightly over boiler horsepower per kilowatt,whereas, the usual allotment is boiler horsepower andover. The Fort Wayne Station. These notes serve to introduce the principal subject ofthe paper—a consideration of the characteristic features ofthe new electric service stations of the Ft. Wayne & WabashValley Traction Company at Fort Wayne, Ind. Executed along —^. Development in Turbine Stations—Figure 7, Sectional Viewof Station. decidedly novel lines, it presents an unusually Interestingstudy of the engineering possibilities of turbine plant con-struction. Service. Like many other similarly situated railway concerns. TheFort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company has adoptedthe policy of development light and power business In connec-tion with its traction system—ser\ing both traction and light-ing systems from a central power station, as previously out- lined. In the city of Fort Wayne, this business has assumedsuch proportions that nearly one-half cf the new power stationis devoted to (iO-cycle lighting equipment—the remainder to25-cycl6 etiuipment for traction purposes. High tension trans-mission lines parallel the railway from Fort Wayne tn Lafa-yette—a total transmission distance of 112 miles from thesource of supply. En route, the lines touch Wabash. Logans-port. Huntingdon. Peru, and numerous smaller towns
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