. The street railway review . the Ohio Brass Company. Thereare four feeders, one 2 miles, one 3 miles ami two ^ mileslong; they are of Xo. 00 wire. The power house which is one of the most modern andfinest looking plants in the country, is located at Home ave-nue and 30th street. It is constructed entirely of stone,brick, iron and slate, excepting the Hoor which is of wood, andis completely fireproof. The front part of the building con-taining the engine and dynamo room is 52 x S7 ft., andthe boiler room which adjoins it at the rear is 45 x 56ft. In the building and foundations there are some
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. The street railway review . the Ohio Brass Company. Thereare four feeders, one 2 miles, one 3 miles ami two ^ mileslong; they are of Xo. 00 wire. The power house which is one of the most modern andfinest looking plants in the country, is located at Home ave-nue and 30th street. It is constructed entirely of stone, brick, iron and slate, excepting the Hoor which is of wood, andis completely fireproof. The front part of the building con-taining the engine and dynamo room is 52 x S7 ft., andthe boiler room which adjoins it at the rear is 45 x 56ft. In the building and foundations there are some 600, 000bricks. The roof is of fireproof tile covered with slate. Inthe boiler room the floor is brick ; in the engine room it is of mill construction, supported on 10 x 12-in. sills; on these islaid 3 i4-in. pine flooring and on top of that Ij^-iii. whitemaple, oiled and polished. There is a large ornamental lireplace in the side wall which is not shown in the illustration.The engine equipment consists of two Buckeye compound. HOWER HOUSE—MARION CITY RAILWAY. engines with cylinders iyi4 ai<J 33 ^ 33!^ • Each isdirect connected to a 350-k. w. Siemens & Ilalske generator, run at iiS r. p. m. and wound for 500 to 550 volts. A12-ton fly-wheel, 12 ft. in diameter with i6-in. face, ismounted on each sliaft. The engines are operated non-condensing. The switchl)oar<l is of wliite marble, 2 in. thick, anddivided into four panels, one of which is used for the light-ing circuits. Weston instruments are mounted on theboard. In the boiler room are two water tube bciilers rated at 750h. p. each. In each are 131 4-iii. tubes iS ft. long, and ontop three drums 38 in. in diameter and lij ft. long. Thepressure carried is 125 lbs. at the present time which willsoon be increased to 150 lbs. Natural gas is used for fuelbeing burned with Claybourne burners. Crude oil is fedinto the boilers to prevent the formation of hard scale andan automatic feeder supplies it at the rale of one i|uart pe