. The Street railway journal . al protection to them as well as good heat dissipationpowers. Very close regulation is, of course, not as esential inelectric railway as in lighting service, but the frequentcombination of lighting and power loads on a large scalemakes good regulation more and more desirable. If thevoltage can be held up with increase of load in railwayservice the schedules can be held more readily, and the op-eration of the whole system will be smoother. There islittle doubt that the transformer will be an adjunct pieceof railway apparatus for many years to come, and every im-pr
. The Street railway journal . al protection to them as well as good heat dissipationpowers. Very close regulation is, of course, not as esential inelectric railway as in lighting service, but the frequentcombination of lighting and power loads on a large scalemakes good regulation more and more desirable. If thevoltage can be held up with increase of load in railwayservice the schedules can be held more readily, and the op-eration of the whole system will be smoother. There islittle doubt that the transformer will be an adjunct pieceof railway apparatus for many years to come, and every im-provement in its design and manufacture will be welcomed!by the electric traction fraternity. 942 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. 19. THE HOCHELAGA POWER STATION OF THE MONTREALSTREET RAILWAY COMPANY The Montreal Street Railway Company is having erectedat Notre Dame and St. Raymond Streets, in the east orHochelaga district of Montreal, a direct-current reciprocat-ing engine power plant. This station will serve not only as. VIEW IN ENGINE ROOM, SHOWING CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS brick, while buff brick is used in the engine room, except foran 8-ft. wainscoting of glazed white tile. All foundationsare of concrete. The floors are built up of I-beams andreinforced concrete arches. The roof slabs are of cinderconcrete covered with slate laid in asphalt and are pitched1 in. to the foot. Two stacks are provided for in the plans,but only one is now erected. It is of radial brick, 13 ft. indiameter at the top, and extends 225 ft. above the boilerroom floor. The foundation for this stack is 33 ft. deep. The location is on an ancient creek bed and the soil is ofa varied nature, consisting in some places of sand, in otherplaces of hard blue clay, and then again of gravel and sand;at one or two places the nature of the soil is similar toquicksand. Considering this condition, it was deemed ad-visable to provide all the large foundations, such as thosefor the main building, columns, engine fou
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