. The street railway review . accordance with the varia-tions in the load on each station. By operating the two stations inthis manner the fluctuations in the load on the machines have beenreduced and the average line drop decreased. furnished from the Olean Street Railway Cos. own gas wells. Thespecial feature in regard to this boiler which was of advantage inthe use of natural gas is the method of directing the flames by themeans of tiles on the lower tubes whereby the llame is conductedhorizontally from the point of entrance through the fronts over abridge wall into a cotnbustion chamber an
. The street railway review . accordance with the varia-tions in the load on each station. By operating the two stations inthis manner the fluctuations in the load on the machines have beenreduced and the average line drop decreased. furnished from the Olean Street Railway Cos. own gas wells. Thespecial feature in regard to this boiler which was of advantage inthe use of natural gas is the method of directing the flames by themeans of tiles on the lower tubes whereby the llame is conductedhorizontally from the point of entrance through the fronts over abridge wall into a cotnbustion chamber and from thence up amongthe tubes and forward the full length of the boiler under another setof baffle plates on the upper row of tubes and finally making a second turn and passing under the boiler drum to the uptake at the rearend. This has resulted in the thorough combtistiou of the incominggas and an excellent application of the heat to the thin tube surface,so that the heat of the gases is thoroughly absorbed in the boilers. FIG. 1 -CERES POWER STATION TWO XIX 42-IN. HAMILTON CORLISS The Olean city station contains two l2S-kw. General Electric gen-erators, belted to Lane & Bodlcy engines, taking steam from two200-h. p. National water tube Ixjilcrs. ITic new power house at Ceres was recently built to operate theextension to Bolivcr, and also a branch now building to ShingleHouse, Pa., which will run from the Ceres power house to SliinglcHouse, a distance of alxnil 4% miles. The Ceres station is e(|uippcd as follows: Two simple non-con-densing Ilaniillon-Corliss engines of the girder frame type, one rightaiMl one left hand, with cylinders 20 in. x 42 in. and operatedal 90 r. p. m. Kach engine is belted to a 200-kw. General Electriegenerator. These machines arc arranged so that they can be runseparately or together. The belts are 26 in. wide x 08 ft. long, ma<leby (he liodifield Belling Co. I he boiler rofmi is eijuipped with two pr:niklin water lube toilers,204 h.
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