. Journal of electricity. miles of mains of smaller diameters. Themaximum capacity of the 10-inch service main is 150,-000 cubic feet per hour, and practically the entire lineis welded together by the oxyacetylene process. TwoWestinghouse positive oil meters, located at the south-erly edge of the cantonment, will measure the supplyof gas, which at present (December, 1917) is about20,000,000 feet per month for the 300 services in thecamp. Taking time by the forelock, the San DiegoConsolidated Gas & Electric Company got its con-struction gangs into the field with such promptitudethat by August 5
. Journal of electricity. miles of mains of smaller diameters. Themaximum capacity of the 10-inch service main is 150,-000 cubic feet per hour, and practically the entire lineis welded together by the oxyacetylene process. TwoWestinghouse positive oil meters, located at the south-erly edge of the cantonment, will measure the supplyof gas, which at present (December, 1917) is about20,000,000 feet per month for the 300 services in thecamp. Taking time by the forelock, the San DiegoConsolidated Gas & Electric Company got its con-struction gangs into the field with such promptitudethat by August 5th the gas in the mains reached thecantonment. The climate of San Diego is so mild and equablethat troops located here would have twelve months inthe year for active out-door work uninterrupted by ex-tremes of cold, heat, or stormy weather. This fact, to-gether with the strategic importance of the location,at one corner of the national arena, has disposed thegovernment to make this cantonment a permanentmilitary The picture shows a Western -»PJ> the process ZZS*^^^ £S*3Si * camps 182 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 40—No. 4 POWDERED COAL FOR CENTRAL STATION USE BY W. J. SANTMTER (The shortage of fuel is making necessary the utilization of lower grades of coal, as well as the more effi-cient consumption of the coal now in use. A series of experiments carried on by a Puget Sound powercompany indicates that the use of powdered coal meets both these needs. The author, who is on theengineering staff of the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company, has recently spoken on thissubject before the lumbermen of the Northwest.—The Editor.) The present fuel situation is such as to require the sorption of moisture. The coal was discharged into closest attention in order that there be no interference an enclosed conveyor which elevated and dumped it with industrial or domestic demands. Fuel oil has into the bunker. From the bottom of the bunker the reached a prohibitive price,
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