. Electric railway review . irrrTTir. condensers through a 24-inch tile pipe outlet. The exhaustmains are to be fitted with Wheeler horizontal exhaust reliefvalves. An automatic engine-oiling system will be installed, com-prising two Turner oil filters with oil-storage tank, filteredoil-storage tank, engine oil-receiving tank and a pressure sys-tem for distributing the oil to the engine. For general useabout the plant there will be a Westinghouse air compressorwith its auxiliaries. The gauge and clock board will befitted with steam receiver and exhaust pressure gauges andBristol automatic reco
. Electric railway review . irrrTTir. condensers through a 24-inch tile pipe outlet. The exhaustmains are to be fitted with Wheeler horizontal exhaust reliefvalves. An automatic engine-oiling system will be installed, com-prising two Turner oil filters with oil-storage tank, filteredoil-storage tank, engine oil-receiving tank and a pressure sys-tem for distributing the oil to the engine. For general useabout the plant there will be a Westinghouse air compressorwith its auxiliaries. The gauge and clock board will befitted with steam receiver and exhaust pressure gauges andBristol automatic recording steam pressure and vacuumgauges. The railway company has contracted with Charles & Co., San Francisco, to furnish the complete powerplant equipment. There are to be nine 1,000-kilowatt capacity substations,located at uniform intervals along the line, and one 500-kilo-watt converter station at the power house. But half thecapacity of each substation will be utilized at present. Inaddition to these permanent stations
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