Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-09
Progress of Werkon Capital Traction
Power House.
MASSIVE MACHINERY 10 Be EMPLOYED
University Boys Building a New
Grand Stand.
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GENERAL AND PERSONAL


Capital Traction Company located in the
| rear of the present buildings on NJ street,
between sd and Potomac streets, is being
pushed forward as rapidly as possible. and
| 1t is expected that q portion of the plant
will be in running order by April 1. the
| time designated in the contract BY the
end of this month two engines will be in
running order, and it is calculated that
these will be sufhcfent for the work. The
third engine will be completed, it is ex-
pected, by the latter part of next month.
Until the Ith street road is equipped, 1t is
calculated to operate but three engines and
dynamos.
The machinery that is now being put in
place in the engine room is massive. The
room itself is about GO by $50 feet, and is
just south of the canal. fronting on Cherry
street. The lily wheels of the engine are in
Two sections' each section weighing twelve
tons The armatures, which come in one
section, are even heavier, weighing about
nineteen tons each. The steel shaft which
goes through the armature, weighs about
nine tons, and is driven in place by a
hydraulic engine, exerting a pressure of
t'oo tons; When completed, the engine
room will contain five engines, one for each
generator.
The machinery has capacity of 100
revolutions of the fly wheel per minute,
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each under full load An immense travail
ing crane runs the entire length of the
building, by means of which the heavy
pieces OF machinery can be lifted from any
portion or the building and deposited in
place. This crane is designed for use in
case OF an accident to any of the engines
IN niting out the heavy parts The total
n, OF each engine and generator is
placeo at 20o tons, making a grand total
or 1,3G0 tons of machinery in the one room
IN ADDITION to these, there is another small
engine and generator. which will be placed
IN position, and which will be used for
the purpose of illuminating the nronerty
| Of the COMPANY f'
me engine room is separated from the
boiler room by brick wall extending the
| entire height of the building The later
room is much larger than the former and
contains eight water-tube boilers six of
which are placed side by side while tho
remaining two are placed in the west end
or the building behind the smokestack
he smokestack itself is a big STRUCTURE
| with high brick base and an iron nine
arrangement fully six or more feet in di
a1neter at the base and extending several
| hundred feet in the9 air The Aultman e.
| Iaylor Machinery Company of Mansfield
ONO, mas the contract. The work on the
Doher room commenced January "a and II
| IS expected that everything will be com
pieted in six weeks from this date The
boilers are ready for use practically and
one has been tested TO DO pounds pressure
! while the working pressure is only 150
pounds. Two other boilers are nearly com
pleted. When a Star reporter visited the
place this morning a large force of steam
ntlers was at work, and also a number of
nficklayefs, the latter engaged in laying
the prlck walls surrounding and separating
the different boiler batteries
The boilers are lwhat are known as wa
ter-tube boilers. which consist of an ar
ranSement of charcoal iron pipes directly
over the fire, the whole surmounted by a
steam drum % feet in length which is also
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upon an iron framework. 1t is claimed
that the water-tube boilers have a much
larger heating surface, nearly double that
OF the tubular boilers. while the consump-
ton or coal is reduced to minimum
The work is in charge of J. H. GIashan
and he explained the workings of the sys-
tenn. The mud drums are tested to 500
| pounds pressure to the square inch, as are
the different sections. The steam drums
are tested to 400 pounds pressure to the
inch.
Above the boilers the coal stokers will
be located Coal will be delivered directly
from the boats in the canal to the stokers.
FROM the latter place chutes will lead to
the front of the fires of the boilers, thus
automatically feeding them and doing
away with considerable handling of the
fuel. A small engine will work all Of the
CRATES or the different fires, which are To-
| Gated on an angle of nearly forty-ive de-
grees. The CRATES will work with a regu-
lar backward and forward motion, forcing
the coal down to what is termed the dead
box. When the fuel reaches this place it
is supposed to be entirely consumed, and
a tunnel beneath the dead box and an ar
rangement in front of the boiler permits
the carrying away of all ashes by means
of a tramWay.
New Grand Stand.
The construction of the new grand stand
at Georgetown University has been COM
menced, and it is hoped by the students to
have the same completed before the first
base ball game of the season, which is
scheduled to take place March %. The
stand will be located on the site of the
present backstop of the baseball diamond
and will be handsome structure. Several
large trees now on the spot will have to be
removed.
The stand will cost in the neighborhood
of $500, and will consist of three sections
a center and two wings. The wings, while
Immediately adjoining the central portion
will be placed at an angle to give a better
view of the field. The seating capacity will
be between 900 and 200. The money for
the erection of the same has been raised
through the efforts of the students, partly
| by donations and partly by means of en-
tertainmentS and athletic events. and also