. Canadian transportation & distribution management. he pressure isstepped up to 40,000 volts, for transmissionto the different points on the line, andfor power purposes, the company havingabout 200 miles of transmission lines. Only the lines for railway purposes willbe considered. Between DeCew Falls andHamilton, there are three distinct trans-mission lines, two on the height of land,and the third along the lower land. Theseall come to an open air switching stationin Hamilton. At different points alongthe line, the pressure is stepped down andchanged to in motor generator sets. InHamilto
. Canadian transportation & distribution management. he pressure isstepped up to 40,000 volts, for transmissionto the different points on the line, andfor power purposes, the company havingabout 200 miles of transmission lines. Only the lines for railway purposes willbe considered. Between DeCew Falls andHamilton, there are three distinct trans-mission lines, two on the height of land,and the third along the lower land. Theseall come to an open air switching stationin Hamilton. At different points alongthe line, the pressure is stepped down andchanged to in motor generator sets. InHamilton, there are three substations, two of which contain in each in addition toother equipment, a set. Onthe Oakville line, there is a 450 at Burlington, and a 250 set atOakville. On the Brantford line is a set at Brantford, and two inter-mediate sets of similar capacity en Beamsville line has a 600 setat Grimsby, and a 300 set atStoney Creek. There are other stations at. General Manager, Dominion Power and Trans-mission Co., Ltd. points along the line for the supply ofpower for local municipalities and indus-tries. The officials of the company are as fol-lows:—J. R. Moodie, President; W. , Managing Director; E. P. Cole-man, General Manager; G. E. Waller, of Railways; W. G. Angus, Gen. Light and Power; D. N. Miller, Ry.; F. B. Griffith, Superintendent Interurban Railway Division and ClaimsAgent; C. K. Green, Superintendent of Con-struction; J. B. Griffith, Purchasing Agent;and J. O. Binkley, Shop Superintendent. The switchboard which the Bell Tele-phone Co. recently installed in the towerof the new Windsor St Station,Montreal, has a capacity for 1,200 lines. New Car Shed and Shop for London andLake Erie Ry. and Transportation Co. A plan of this companys new car shedand shop at St. Thomas, Ont., mention-ed some time ago in these columns, isshown in the a
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