The new French Power Station at the corner of Avenue Dubai! and the Bicawei Creek is now approaching Tts towering red-brick a landmark for les round, power house has been finished, and two out of the three dynamos are in position.
The boiler house, which is' "back to back to the engine room! contains three Babenck and Wilcox tubular boilers, the furnaces of which are fed by hand through swinging fire-doors, The engine-room i about 150 feot long and 50 feet broad. On a raised platform, the concrete foundations of which extend below the ground level, are the dynamos, three in number, These dynamos are constructed by the Compagnie Generale Electrique of Nancy, and are 250 kilowatt, 600 volt continuous current machines. They are driven direct by twin-cylinder engines equipped with massive flywheels about thirteen feet in diameter.
Two of the engines and dynanios have been erected, and the parts of the third fare now being assembled. A large booster completes the equipment on this platform. The switchboard, which is of marble, is raised gallery and three wire system, with 500 to 600 volts on the outers. The di are controlled by autem with carbon breaks. overbesd travelling cran room. Pits below the dynamos render the cables easily accessible. The car shed, a brick building, roofed ith corrugated iron, lies close at hi now houses twenty-eight cars, si in nearly every respect to those in the Settlement.
Tar 1908 edition of that useful work "the Advertiser's A. B. issued by Mesers. T. B. Bere Id, of 163 Queen Victoria Street, London. The book has now been published for nearly a quarter of a century, and the contents of the present edition have been thoroughly revised throughout. There are several practical and interesting articles, such as ' Advertisin on Business Lines for Business Men and "Modern Advertising Its Essential Features" that should be of distinct value, A section of the book is de-
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