. The street railway review . o water can be obtained savethat which is pumped from artesian wells of limited cost of producing current at this station is much higher thanat the Spring St. The Milo station is used largely as reserveand put into service only when demanded by heavy traffic toMinerva Park, Westerville or the Fair Grounds. The two stations are electrically connected by a heavy feedersystem so that under normal conditions during winter months the Oct. 10, igoi.] DAILY STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 671 whole system may be handled from the Spring St. station, using,however, a s
. The street railway review . o water can be obtained savethat which is pumped from artesian wells of limited cost of producing current at this station is much higher thanat the Spring St. The Milo station is used largely as reserveand put into service only when demanded by heavy traffic toMinerva Park, Westerville or the Fair Grounds. The two stations are electrically connected by a heavy feedersystem so that under normal conditions during winter months the Oct. 10, igoi.] DAILY STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 671 whole system may be handled from the Spring St. station, using,however, a series booster located nine miles out on the Wester-ville line at Minerva Park to maintain voltage on the Wester-ville end. There is at all times a steady load of considerable magnitudeon the lines running out to the eastern suburbs, and during thesummer months on the lines running north to Olentangy Park, apleasure resort, which is owned by the company and which fre-quently attracts large crowds. These loads have continued .o. COLUMBUS STREET RAILWAY LINES. increase for several years past without our making additionsto feeder lines. Frequently during e-xtreme traffic it has beenfound necessary to use the three M. P. 75-kw. machines in paral-lel as a booster in orler to handle traffic. This overloading offeeders has occasioned heavy loss in transmission. In order todetermine just exactly what this average loss is, two watt-meters were calibrated together; one was then installed in thefeeder line at the power station, the other where feeder tapsinto the trolley, the difference in watts showing exactly theloss resulting in transmission, both in overhead copper andground return. These meters have been installed for two weeksat a time under average conditions in outlying feeders whichwould be affected by the installation of an alternating results show the loss to be equivalent to the following percent, of total load for an average 18-hour day: Per cent. East Long St. sect
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