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Show HEAVY-CURRENT FOR TERM!. 'CHICAOO. Ae. It tBy A'. r A direct current twice as powerful that of any other American electrifi-, cation system la to be Installed hora! by the Illinois Central railroad when It elect ri flee Its terminal on tha lake front according" ta announcement of encineers representing" tha Improvement Improve-ment eriraniMtlon of the eystem. The I New York Central and tha Pen nay I va-i va-i nla st New York use a normal eur 1 rent of t"t). I, wss stated, while the ! Chicago t yet cm will cerry bOQ volt a 1 I Klactiiflcetlon will require a revolu- ! i tlon of the terminal, the engineers say. 1 ; aa substations, power houeos, track trading and a new atgnal e vet cm must Introduced before tha Cnlcago lake 1 front becomes emokeleas. Tha total oat Is eatlmaled at f-' .00. 000. A saving of one-third the fuel Is expected to reeult in suburban eervtra alone, and the freight through the ards greatly Improved, Klectrlrally operated.' tralna era far mora economical than coal buralnc tocomoUteH. according to liie chief en - frlneers. The coal can bo consumed n power houses with big generators in a much more efficient way than when each locomotive must creats Its own power. To establish tha ayatem and to put tt In operation, how, e war. is Infinitely more costly. hm electrically operated trains will t revel at the rate of firt y-eeven mtlea an hour, the engineers prodtot. not Including In-cluding tha time for slope. |