. Electric railway journal . of Alton. The system comprises 196 miles of track in East , Alton, Brooklyn, Venice, Madison, Granite Cityand Belleville, and on the interurban lines extendingfrom East St. Louis to Alton, 25 miles to the north, toLebanon 22 miles to the east, to Belleville 15 miles tothe southeast, and to Edwardsville, via Collinsville, 22miles to the northeast. This territory is approximately280 square miles in area, with a population of more than200,000. At the present time, 7800 customers are sup-plied with electricity for light and power, more than 76per cent of the cu
. Electric railway journal . of Alton. The system comprises 196 miles of track in East , Alton, Brooklyn, Venice, Madison, Granite Cityand Belleville, and on the interurban lines extendingfrom East St. Louis to Alton, 25 miles to the north, toLebanon 22 miles to the east, to Belleville 15 miles tothe southeast, and to Edwardsville, via Collinsville, 22miles to the northeast. This territory is approximately280 square miles in area, with a population of more than200,000. At the present time, 7800 customers are sup-plied with electricity for light and power, more than 76per cent of the current sold being for power supply of current is taken at 66,000 volts, 25 cycles,from the Keokuk Water Power Development of the Mis-sissippi River Power Company over a transmission line144 miles in length, in addition to the current gener-ated at the power stations of the system. Provisions for Reliable Service The region about East St. Louis is peculiarly liableto severe electrical storms, which may cause damage. EAST ST. LOUIS POWER DISPATCH ING- -BOARDS SHOWING TROLLEY FEEDERS AND POWER STATIONS AND POWER AND LIGHTING CIR-CUITS IN EAST ST. LOUIS AND IN ALTON the other substations and all other departments throughthe general office operator. The telephone system is soarranged that the dispatcher may hold a telephone con-versation simultaneously with the operators at the sta-tions or with all persons involved in making any change,such as one or more linemen, together with the stationoperator. This considerably reduces the time consumedin making the changes, and introduces an element ofsafety which might otherwise be lost. Scope op the System Some idea of the ground covered by the load-dispatch-ing system may be obtained from knowledge of the factthat the activities of seven different properties are in-cluded. These are the East St. Louis & Suburban Rail-way, operating several interurban lines; the St. Louis& Belleville Electric Railway, a coal-carrying road; theEast
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