. The street railway review . so that the battery capacity may be increased S Pr cent by install-ing additional plates. The booster is of the Gould Counter !•■. type. The storage battery installation was designed to ab-sorb load fluctuations, thus regulating the load upon the engineswithin the limits of 2^ per cent above and below normal is stated that this regulation has been maintained even underthe most severe operating conditions. A double-decked switchboard controls the circuits inside the. !!.\ 1 1 KRV HOUSE. NORTH HALF OF EN(;iNE ROOM, SHOWING RAILWAV LN
. The street railway review . so that the battery capacity may be increased S Pr cent by install-ing additional plates. The booster is of the Gould Counter !•■. type. The storage battery installation was designed to ab-sorb load fluctuations, thus regulating the load upon the engineswithin the limits of 2^ per cent above and below normal is stated that this regulation has been maintained even underthe most severe operating conditions. A double-decked switchboard controls the circuits inside the. !!.\ 1 1 KRV HOUSE. NORTH HALF OF EN(;iNE ROOM, SHOWING RAILWAV LNITS. connected. One of these will he a 500-kw., 600-volt direct-currentmachine, and the other a 400-kw., 240-volt direct-current engine and shaft are so designed that if desired each cylindercan work as a simple engine driving its generator, or the two canrun as a cross-compound engine. These 600-volt direct-currentgenerators all furnish current for commercial circuits and for theoperation of the street railway. Alternating current is used forlighting and power service in the outlying districts. The generatorsare all of the General Electric Cos. make. Exhaust steam from the engines is distributed throughout the
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