. The Street railway journal . regulate the speed. It consists of a The steam generating plant consists of eight hori-zontal tubular boilers of 125 h. p. each, built by CyrusCur-rier & Sons, of Newark, N. J. The boiler room is directlyin the rear of the engine room, and the dimensions are50 X no ft. A duplicate system of steam piping is pro-vided so that any section may be cut out and the otherused. The H. W. Johns pipe covering is employed through-out. The stack is 166 ft. in height with a tapering flueseven feet in diameter at the base and five feet in diame-ter at the top. The plant is equi
. The Street railway journal . regulate the speed. It consists of a The steam generating plant consists of eight hori-zontal tubular boilers of 125 h. p. each, built by CyrusCur-rier & Sons, of Newark, N. J. The boiler room is directlyin the rear of the engine room, and the dimensions are50 X no ft. A duplicate system of steam piping is pro-vided so that any section may be cut out and the otherused. The H. W. Johns pipe covering is employed through-out. The stack is 166 ft. in height with a tapering flueseven feet in diameter at the base and five feet in diame-ter at the top. The plant is equipped with the Taylor improveddraught and ventilating device. It is claimed that withthis system a cheaper grade of fuel can be used, and the 604 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 10 insuring of absolute combustion of all particles of carbonin the fuel. The ventilating system consists of a number of funnelslocated near the roof of the engine room, and connectedto the stack by pipes which carry off the heated air from. FIG. 2.—BOILER ROOM—NEWARK &RAILWAY CO. SOUTH ORANGE the upper part of the room and, it is claimed, reduce thetemperature from 10 to n degs. National feedwaterheaters and Deane feed pumps are provided. The switchboard is conveniently located in the centerof the engine room and is of marbleized slate mounted
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