. Electric railway journal . was $5,, or $ per kw onthe basis of 900-kw capacity. The cost of the land andmaterial was $3,, or $ per kw, and of labor$1,, or $ per kw. This cost included themain busbar structure, conduit and all fixtures insideand outside the substation, but did not include appa-ratus or conducting material. The gallery erected forthe high-tension switching apparatus is supported onone of the two rows of steel columns which carry atrack for a 10-ton Maris crane. The apparatus in the Westport substation is a dupli-cate of the Jones installation exce
. Electric railway journal . was $5,, or $ per kw onthe basis of 900-kw capacity. The cost of the land andmaterial was $3,, or $ per kw, and of labor$1,, or $ per kw. This cost included themain busbar structure, conduit and all fixtures insideand outside the substation, but did not include appa-ratus or conducting material. The gallery erected forthe high-tension switching apparatus is supported onone of the two rows of steel columns which carry atrack for a 10-ton Maris crane. The apparatus in the Westport substation is a dupli-cate of the Jones installation except that the oil switchesare electrically operated and that there are no auxiliarytransformers. The reasons for electrical operation ofswitches here are the facts that the power companys-apparatus is of that type and that the switches aremuch further from the operator. An unusually interesting log sheet is prepared dailyby the operators at the Jones substation. In additionto the reports of interruptions, transformer tempera-. ANNAPOLIS SHORT LINE—INTERIOR OF SUBSTATION AT JONES, SHOWINGHIGH-TENSION EQUIPMENT; SWITCHBOARD BEHIND ROTARIES March 20, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 547
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