Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-03
INCANDESCENT LIGHTING.
AN ELABORATE SYSTEM TO BEGIN
OPERATIONS APRIL FIRST.
Description of the Plant, the System and
Its Advantages-Scales of Prices
for Various Uses---Interest-
ing Features.

Wichita will have the very best and the
very latest of all modern improvements
Her latest acquisition is a large and thor
oughly equipped incandescent electric
light system for net only commercial in
door and outdoor lighting, but also for
public buildings, residences, etc. There
has been a limited number of incendes-
cents in the city fer some time, but until
now no large system has been inaugurated.
The Citizens Electric Light company is
now erecting on the northeast corner of
Third and Wichita streets brick build
ing 100xlOO feet in which will be located
their nine arc light dynamos OF thirty arc
lights each, total of two hundred and
seventy lights rated power. The Citizens
is the successor to the Schuyler Electric
Light company whose plant is now
located on Fifth avenue, from which
they operate two hundred and fifty
arc lights. Of these only about thirty will
be displaced by the introduction of the
incandescents These arc lights will be OF
the Schuyler make.
There will be put in at first only two in
candescent dynamos of $50 lamps each, the
lamps be sixteen candle power. The num-
Der or lamps already contracted for and
now l hg placed in position through
out u business portion of the city,
is egA.een hundred. This number
can be Derated from the two dynamos,
because all the lamps will not be burning
at any one time.
The power for these eleven dynamos will
consist of four Russell engines, one 125
horse power, two IS horse power, and one
60 horse power. Also two Westinghouse
60 horse power engines, making total Of
465 horse power. These engines will be
run by steam from five 100 horse power
boilers. The engine and dynamo room
will be 62x100 feet. The boiler room S5x35
feet and the room for supplies, 35xl5 feet
The brick work is all done and timbers for
the roof are in position. Excavating for
the engine and dynamo foundations Will
begin tomorrow morning.
The incandescent circuit will be what is
known as an attempting current" of 1000
volts, while the arc system carries 1910
volts The incandescent can be put into
any building at as remote point as can
the arcs, and w II be if enough patronage
can be secured to justify going TITO the
suburbs. At present the most remote in
candescents will be at Mosely and East
Douglas avenues, about one mile. There
will be when they begin operating from
the new II ant six different currents for
varying hours or periods For the first six
months those circuits will run from 3 p.
m. to a. m. = but after that they will run
every hour during the entire day and
night, and your light can be turned on at
any hour.
The wiring for the new system, some
seven miles, is about completed, as is also
the placing in position the wires for the
]. 500 lamps to be used. For their arc sys-
tenn they have also put up some seven and
a half miles of new lines, in addition to
the twenty-nine miles they already have.
In putting in the incandescent system in
a building, the Citizens company defrays
all expenses. including wiring the build
ing by using plain cleats. Should any con-
cealed or fancy wiring be desired, the
consumer will have to pay the additional
cost for the latter of the former. The
company will furnish the lamps, which
burn 600 hours and sometimes ZOO, actual
use, and keep record of the time each
lamp is placed in position. When that
lamp burns out the consumer will notify
the company, when they will put in new
one, and so on, as long as the contract be
tween them lasts All incandescents are
charged for by the month, use all the time
or not at all. its all the same Any style
of wiring. colored or ornamental, shades,
etc., can be procured extra.
The charges will create quite reyolu-
ton in both commercial and domestic
lighting. The following rates apply TO
COMMERCIAL LIGHTING Only