. The street railway review . & Champaign Railway. Gas & Electric chief engineer of the Champaign power house reports to only on matters pertaining to the high tension system ofthe D., V. & C. Ry. The trouble man and the foreman of overheadwork report to Mr. but are subject to call by Mr. Connorin case of trouble on the lines under his charge. 1 he local auditor Storanc Air Hiakcs on of Iuhlic (lorpoi-jition of New .Icrsey. The management of the iublic Service Corporation has decidedto make extensive use of the storage air brake system on its c
. The street railway review . & Champaign Railway. Gas & Electric chief engineer of the Champaign power house reports to only on matters pertaining to the high tension system ofthe D., V. & C. Ry. The trouble man and the foreman of overheadwork report to Mr. but are subject to call by Mr. Connorin case of trouble on the lines under his charge. 1 he local auditor Storanc Air Hiakcs on of Iuhlic (lorpoi-jition of New .Icrsey. The management of the iublic Service Corporation has decidedto make extensive use of the storage air brake system on its ■\t present 276 of its double trnck cars are being ecjuipped withsli>rage air brakes. For charging these e(|iii|>ments with air, sixstationary molor-driven compressing plants are to be hjcatcd atconvenient points on those lines over which the storage air brakecars are to lie operated. Two of these compressing plants are com-pleteil, one at the Monldair car hou^e and ■■!\- :il (Irange. car house. Other plants will be located at Greenville, Harrison,.Maplewood and the sixth at some point not yet decided \ll of these compressing plants together with all the brake e<|uip-ments on the cars have been furnished and installed by the Co., of New ^ork and Milwaukee. The system involves the application to each car of two storagetanks, each 18 in. x 78 in., which are designed to receive the airfrom the stationary compressing stations at about .100 lb. the car storage tanks the air passes to an auxiliary servicereservoir through a reducing valve for obtaining the working pres-sure of 50 lb. From the service reservoir, the air passes at the lowpressure direct to the brake cylinder. .*\side from the addition ofthe storage taid<s and reducing valve, the brake etpiipment on eachcar is of the stan<lard Christenscn . air type. /Sena nei^ 0»t^.
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