. The street railway review . ious and singular accident occurred at the sta-tion of the Edison Illuminating Company at Paterson, N. J.,on August 14, which compelled a complete shutdown for 31hours. This station was recently built and very carefully designed,the endeavor of the management being to make it a modelin all respects. It is the only station in Paterson, a city ofabout 100,000 inhabitants, and therefore particularly import-ant. The output consists of high-tension series arc current,direct current at 230 volts for interior lighting and powercurrent at 500 volts furnished to the street
. The street railway review . ious and singular accident occurred at the sta-tion of the Edison Illuminating Company at Paterson, N. J.,on August 14, which compelled a complete shutdown for 31hours. This station was recently built and very carefully designed,the endeavor of the management being to make it a modelin all respects. It is the only station in Paterson, a city ofabout 100,000 inhabitants, and therefore particularly import-ant. The output consists of high-tension series arc current,direct current at 230 volts for interior lighting and powercurrent at 500 volts furnished to the street railways. The station equipment comprises six Stirling boilers,rated at 435-h. p. each, which supply steam at 150 to nine vertical cross-compound Ball & Woodengines. All but two of the engines are direct connectedto Edison multipolar generators. The aggregate capacityof the engines is 5,750-h. p. A large V-shaped coal pocket was built over the front ofthe boilers. This pocket was of iron, 32 ft. wide, 3o SKETCH SHOWING COAL POCKET AND BOILERS.
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