. American engineer . that this is the first instancewhere cast iron has been used for the purpose of cooling com-pressed air. Electric power, in addition to being used for the operationof the motors and lighting in the locomotive and car depart-ments, also operates motor driven air compressors at the humpand departure yards. Current also is used for lighting thefreight yards and adjacent buildings, charging storage batteries,and is transmitted to Centralia for the lighting of the companyproperty. In a general way the power house represents veryadvanced ideas in the economical production of el
. American engineer . that this is the first instancewhere cast iron has been used for the purpose of cooling com-pressed air. Electric power, in addition to being used for the operationof the motors and lighting in the locomotive and car depart-ments, also operates motor driven air compressors at the humpand departure yards. Current also is used for lighting thefreight yards and adjacent buildings, charging storage batteries,and is transmitted to Centralia for the lighting of the companyproperty. In a general way the power house represents veryadvanced ideas in the economical production of electricity, steamand compressed air. and with the class of apparatus installed,and with its well planned arrangement, the hopes of the design-ers to be able to produce power at the lowest possible figureshould be realized. CVR DEP.\RTMENT. The car department is located directly north of the loco-motive group, the arrangement of the facilities being a doubleended yard consisting of six active repair tracks and two stor-. A Corner cf the Wood Mill Showing Hot Water Radiators. age tracks. Situated to cne side of the repair tracks are theservice buildings in which the necessary material used in therepairing of freight cars is stored and prepared ready for use. The scheme of operation followed in designing the car de-partment was to have a double ended yard to eliminate deadtrack space as much as possible, to provide a complete systemof tracks for handling material to all parts of the yard, allowsufficient space for the storage of material, and make the oper-ations of finishing material follow progressive sequence. Thatthese conditions have been met is shown by the smooth oper-ition and large output of repaired cars from the yard since thefirst day of its operation. The following buildings are included in the car departmentgroup: Car repair shop; wood mill; oil recovery plant; dressedlumber shed; road department locker and lavatory, and toolroom building; paint and oil storage buildi
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