. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—EXTERIOR OF POWER STATION the distance over 1 mile. The Board of Capitol Commis-sioners decided to remodel the heating plant and build a light-ing plant in connection with the power plant for the electricrailway. It appointed Charles Foster to prepare suitable plansand specifications for the remodeling of the heating plant, forthe installing of the lighting and power plant for the CapitolBuilding and the railway, and to superintend the construc-tion of the entire installation. The power house, which is shown in Fig. 1, is 53 ft. 4 56 ft. 4 ins., and
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—EXTERIOR OF POWER STATION the distance over 1 mile. The Board of Capitol Commis-sioners decided to remodel the heating plant and build a light-ing plant in connection with the power plant for the electricrailway. It appointed Charles Foster to prepare suitable plansand specifications for the remodeling of the heating plant, forthe installing of the lighting and power plant for the CapitolBuilding and the railway, and to superintend the construc-tion of the entire installation. The power house, which is shown in Fig. 1, is 53 ft. 4 56 ft. 4 ins., and is built of brick, with cut stone trimmingsand Bodine fireproof roofing. The smokestack is of brick,has an internal diameter of 4 ft, and is 60 ft. high abovefoundation. The core is built separate from the outer shelland extends to within 4 ft. of the top. A suitable air spaceis carried up from the foundation to the top of the stack,. FIG. 2.—FIRING FURNACES IN POWER STATION. and at no point do the core and outer shell touch. The build-ing is finished very plainly on the inside. The walls in theengine room and storeroom are painted with asbestine coldwater paint. The two rooms mentioned have a steel floors are of cement tile, except the coal room, which is 3-in. plank. All transom windows have suitable lifts, so that thebuilding is easily ventilated. The boiler room is on the east side of the building, andcontains the boilers, blower, pumps, heater, return tank and allauxiliary apparatus, such as traps and oil separator. Theboiler plant consists of two Heine boilers, rated at 150 hp each,and built for 160 lbs. working pressure. As shown in , these boilers are equipped with Jones stokers, automatic-ally controlled by the Cole automatic controller. Air is suppliedby a Sturtevant 54-in. fan, directly connected to a double 4-in. x 3-in. Sturtevant engine. The controller is belted to thefan shaft, and
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