National Republican., 1883-04-12
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
A New Jersey Village Successfully Hum
mated by Elcctricity-What We Need
to Fight Our Petroleum Gas Company.

mated by Elcctricity-What We Need
to Fight Our Petroleum Gas Company.
An electric lighting company has installed
central station plant at Roselle, N. j., being
the first "village plant installed. The con-
ductors, the largest being No. 90 wire and the
smallest No. 1S wire, arc suspended on poles
80 feet in height and 100 feet apart, the posi-
tive wires, where there are more than two,
being on the upper arms and the negative
wires on the lower. Where there are only
two mains, the positive is carried on the right
going from the station and the negative on
the left. The total length of the wire is
76-1O0 miles. The mains were all completed
on Jan. 10, and on the first test were found to
be electrically perfect. The central station is
located at the corner of First avenue and Lo-
Gust street, Roselle and occupies nearly
central position in the district lighted,
which radiates about one-half mile
each way from the station. The build
ing itself is a frame structure of tasteful
design, and measures 80 feet inches by "a
feet 10 inches, in tho clear. Internally it is
divided into two 70 oms, namely, the boiler
and machinery rooms The boiler room
measures 154 by 39l feet, and the engine room
10 by 800 feet, The steam is furnished by
150 horse power duplex safety boiler, which is
entirely enclosed with brickwork The ma
chinery room has capacity for four K dyna-
mos, each with an independent engine. Tho
company has now installed and in use three
| X dynamos, two of which are run every
night. There are up to this date 80 houses,
wired for over 500 lights, connected with tho
system; it has also installed 100 street lamps.
Some Of these houses and lamps are half a
mile from the station. The platform of the
railway depot is lighted by nine lamps in
clusters of three each, each of the waiting
rooms is lighted by three light electrolier,
and the telegraph and ticket office is lighted
| by portable fixture and a wall bracket The
| current was first turned on Jan. 10, 1883, since
which date the station has been run every
night without hitch of any kind, the lights
being perfectly steady and reliable.
GAS DoCToRED WITH PETROLEUM.
To he Editor,
In the numerous thoughtful articles which
have appeared lately in your paper on the
quality of the gas furnished us, none have said
a word upon the subject of petroleum, of which
such large quantities have been used by this
gas corporation.
Any person who will walk down New Hamp-
shire avenue may see small gasometor in one
of the yards occupied by the gas works, and
to which large quantities of crude petroleum
are being constantly hauled. Hence the enor-
nous amount of smoke which this gas throws
of, and have frequently thought that could
smell petroleum in tho very poor stun now
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gasometer the company used to haul II into
the yard occupied by their large gasometer,
but there happening fire sometime since
from this petroleum, which came near being
very disastrous, this place was abandoned, and
more elaborate and permanent works for the
use of petroleum have been built on New
Hampshire avenue, rs above stated.
Those living near these works foot of g
street, can testify rs TO the large number oil
four horse wagon loads of petroleum which
were hauled to this place, but where it now Is
perhaps il cannot be so readily seen, on ac
count of better facilities for getting it quickly
out of sight within the high fence which sur
ro ounds this yard and it being somewhat Out
of the way of general observation.
May not the explosions of gas which have
occurred lately been caused by the use of pc
troleum by companies to enrich their gas2 d
course paperhangers will not object to its use
for there is not housekeeper but may have
to call him in to repair the damages caused
by the smoky stuff furnished by an unscrupu
lous corporation but believe there is danger
of explosion from the use of such volatile stuff
and damage may occur at any time.
Does not their charter call for gas mad'
from coal2 And, If so, is not this violation
of their charter2 W. ). M'