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 In the arrangement of this plant there was somewhat of a departure from previous general practice in this line^ the

company trying to secure the benefit of past experience in the larger stations of this class, both in the arrangement and kind of apparatus used, trying to secure at as economical a cost as possible the best plant for the purpose.

The boilers and engines are located on the first floor, the engines being on the front half, and the boilers at the rear, thereby bringing everything in this part directly under the eye of the chief engineer, making it much better than where the boilers are located two or three stories up; this was obtained by spreading out a little more on the ground. The boilers are Babcock & Wilcox's largest type of sectional water-tube boilers. The engines are 300 h.p., compound, horizontal, automatic engines, manufactured by the Ball Engine Company. Each engine is directly belted to two generators.

Ascending to the second floor, we reach