Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1907 — Page 3

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The first railroad In Adams county ■was what is now known as the Grand Rapids and. Indiana, which was completed in 1871, and added materially to the convenience and financial prosperity of Adams county and its county seat. In 1878 a narrow gauge railroad was built between Toledo and St. Louis, which was in a few years changed to standard gauge and is now known as the “Clover Leaf” or Toledo, St. Louis and Western. This road had a precarious existence for a number of years, but has always done a large business. In 1881 and 1882 the Chicago and Atlantic railroad was projected and built, making the second east and west ——— i . ‘

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road for Decatur. This road is now known as the Chicago and Erie or C. and E. Ft. Wayne and Springfield Interurban j Road. The Ist day of February, 1907, was a great day for Decatur, as that date witnessed the opening for regular traffic between it and Ft. Wayne, of the above named railway. The following graphic description of the road and its equipment is taken from the “Electric Railway Review:” “The first division of the Ft. Wayne and Springfield railway company’s line has been completed and cars are now operating between Ft. Wayne and Decatur. The line is operated electrical,r i ' .i * ■ " |_

ly l?y single-phase alternating current with a line pressure of 6,600 volts. The overhead work is of the latest type, of catenary construction, and the line throughout is well designed. The franchises which the company holds run for fifty years: The line is located favorably for controlling a healthy freight and passenger traffic. The city of Ft. Wayne, with its suburbs has a population of 61,000, and Decatur has a population of 5,000. The estimated population adjacent to the right of way between Ft Wayne and Decatur is 13,000 making a total estimated of nearly 80,000 to be served by the line. In addition to this the company is drawing a large patronage from the four other interurban lines radiating from Ft Wayne. The completed section of this road 21.6 miles long, parallels the old Piqua pike and is almost wholly located on private right of way from 30 to 100 feet in width. The maximum grade on the line between Ft. Wayne and Decatur is 1.8 per cent and the greatest curve is five degrees. Much care was given to the construction of the subgrade: The upper dressing is composed of a substantial gravel,which was obtained from the company’s own pit located about midway between the terminals. Concrete was used exclusively in the bridge abutment and waterway construction. There are eight bridges of the deckgirder type and one 155 foot span truss bridge on the line. The latter spans the St. Marys river at a point a short distance from the power plant. Each (bridge is of 100 tons capacity. The i tracks are laid with 70-pound A. S. C. E. section steel rails on standard ties. The rails are joined mechanically by standard six-bolt splice-bars and electrically by the “Ohio Brass company’s” No. 0000 soldered bonds. Power House. The power house and car barns are situated on a 14% acre tract of ground owned by the company, located just north of the city of Decatur. The east, north and south walls of the power house are constructed of concrete blocks molded in sections 8 by 12 by 24 inches In area and are provided with, interior air chambers. There were 7,200 blocks used in the power house construction. These were made by day labor at an average i cost of 15 cents each. They were mixed in the proportion of one part

cement to two parts sand and were cast in an "Ideal” concrete block machine. They were laid in cement mortar. The west wall of the structure is sealed up with sheet steel, and is designed to allow for future extensions of the building. All the material except the cement was obtained entirely from the property owned by the company. The power house occupies a floor area 78 feet by 103 feet in dimensions. The boiler room is 42 feet by 68 feet in area and the balance of the building is divided into an engine and a transformer room. Boiler Room. The boiler rom equipment consists of three Stirling boilers of 227 horse power rated capacity each. They are arranged in two banks and work under a steam pressure of 150 pounds. Each boiler is provided with an iron smokestack, 42 Inches in diameter and 85 feet high above the grate surface. Two Platt Iron Works boiler-feed pumps, 7 and 4% by 10 inches are located between the two banks of boilers. They receive supply-water either from a 3,000-gallon storage tank or direct from the heater. . At the rear of the boilers is located a 1,000-horse-power Cokson heater, a storage-tank 8 by 10 feet and a condenser pit 6 by 10 by 24 feet. Water is obtained from the St. Marys river about 100 yards from the power house. A main service pipe, 15 Inches in diameter, leads from the river to a grell, 25 feet deep and 10 feet in diameter, which is located in ffont of the boiler room. An 8-lnch suction pipe leads from the well to the condenser. Between the boiler and engine rooms a partition wall, built of concrete blocks, extends from the floor to the roof, dividing the building into two fireproof parts. The engine room floor is elevated six feet above that of the boiler room. The foundations supporting the engines and generators, are of concrete. The generating equipment consists of an 18 by 36 inch Buckeye engine of 675 horse power capacity, which is operated at 125 revolutions per minute. Alternating current is generated at a line pressure of 6,600 volts and is fed direct into the wire, at the south side of the power house a transformer room 14 by 30 feet in area has been provided. In this room Is located one Westinghouse 200 kilowatt step-down transformer, which is used in reducing the line pressure

from 6,600 to 550 volts alternating current for use on the trolley wire within the corporate limits of Decatur. Overhead lines —The overhead construction is of the catenary type and is composed of a No. 0000 grooved trolley wire suspended from a 7-16 inch galvanized iron wire cable which in turn is supported by T-shaped iron brackets. Ordinary spanSrire -construction is used. The poles used in the pole line construction are 30, 35 and 40 sot lengths, except in towns, where they are 55 and 65 feet long. In addition to the trolley wire these poles carry telephone and signal wires. The cars are dispatched by telephone, the dispatcher’s office being at Decatur. At Ft. Wayne, where the company’s cars enter Upon the city tracks of the Ft. Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company, the direct current of the city is used. Substantial line circuit breakers and a dead-line span 200 feet in length are provided where the connection is made. Westinghouse type A oil switches are used for cutting the current in or out on the deadpiece of trolley. This precludes the danger of high voltage overlapping onto the low voltage direct curren construction. A similar arrangement! is made at Decatur .where the low voltage is substituted for the high voltage. In running in either direction cars are brought to a stop with the trolley bow or wheel on some part of the d,ead section. After the circuit breakers have been passed and the switches are again opened, thei car is allowed to continue its journey. I Car Barns. The car barns, rectangular in shape, occupy a floor space 31 by 151 feet. The walls are 24 feet high. This building is also constructed of concrete blocks and is so designed that an addition can be built on to the west or south sides without interfering with the general layout. Two tracks enter the building from the east side. Concrete pits are provided under both tracks at the front of th ebuilding. The shops are equipped with tools necessary forgoing car repair work. Equipment. The car equipment at present consists of three three-compartment passenger cars 53 feet .in length and one express car 48 feet in length over all. The cars are each equipped with four Westinghouse No. 106 alternating

current quadruple motors each of which has a rated capacity of 75 horse power. They are designed to operate successfully with either alternating or direct current. Personnel. The general offices are located at Decatur. The organizers of the company and the officers are: President and general manager, W. H. Fledderjohann; vice-president and general counsel, Jno. H. Keonig, St. Marys, O.; Secretary, B. A. Fledderjohann, New Bremen, O.; treasurer, M. H. Wilson, Cleveland, O.; general superintendent, T. W Shelton; superintendent of construction, Edwin Fledderjohann. The Decatur interurban station is in the Morrison block, corner Second and Courts, which was remodeled for the purpose. Besides the interurban station, each of the three railroads has a depot, the G. R. & I. having recently built a. pretty little brick structure on Seventh and Monroe streets. The Clover Leaf and C. & E. each occupy the old buildings when the roads were built, and are sadly in need of modern structures in keeping with the growth of the city. - — -o ~ W. MOSES IS SUCCESSFUL. ■ ■ . •> Former Decatur Boy Progressing in the Northwesf. [ A recent issue of the Great Falls, Montana, Daily Tribune, received, contlainsi an interesting account of. the future bright outlook of that progressive city, and an item of particular * interest to Decatur people is in regard to Warren W. Moses, a former Decatur boy, who is apparently climbing to the front in newspaper work. He was recently honored by being elected as secretary of the Northern Montana Fair association, an organization of considerable importance in that growing state. — o— — "TO KEEP WELL The whole year through,” writes L. A. Bartlett, of Rural Route 1, Guilford, Me., I and my family use Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They have proven most satisfactory to all of us.” They tone the system and cure biliousness, malaria and constipation. Guaranteed at Blackburn drug store. 25c.