Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-03-11
1 BRIILlAN'f SUCCESS
Fairhaven's Electric Light in
Operation for the First
Time.
The Capacity will be Doubled
within Sixty Days. Plans
decided Upon.

After ijree months lighting against
the elemints the electric light com
pany started their wheels Satur
day nlgat last test Of the plant
alone VI made, and not until sun
dAg nlghAwas the current turned ON the |
outside ca.euit. That the test VS. per |
feet sudc,Ss, goes without sayin as the
hriliiantlS lighted streets and ore and /
eflice rooaps were prima laeie dence of
lat facI Not single disag cable oc-
tnl aee,p r accident happened and even
the most Sanguine friends and hos, most
interestei the plant were sat ed beyond
their hoasss and expectations
~ The Bhirhaven Electric Ligh aud
Motor Company was organi a lasl Jan
nary with a capital stock o. lO0,Op. The
ntemen interested, thoroughly awake
to the nd ds of live energ tic and grow
ing city, concluded upon forming an or
ganlzatiyn for the lighting Of Fairhaven
after ths most approved plan. The COM
panY very shortly after organizing, had
the work of building the plant al once
under way and pushed IL 10 completion
Il is t,ated ON Cowgirl street, between
18th and l4th streets, on the Fairhayeu
aud southern Railroad. The building is
a frame Structure with a boiler house
sached. The main room contains the
office OF the business manager, the engine
and the two dvnamos The boiler has
capacity Of one hundred horse power,
aiile the engine is of Seventy-hve horse
poger. THE dynamos are of the most I'M
proved pattern and make, the incandes-
IN H..
an American. The former has capacity
OF five ltnndred incandescent lamps Of sin
teen candle power each, while the aie
machine will furnish current enough To
light fifty-fve Of the are lamps About
sight miles Of wire has been strung, ap 10
the present time, and the work is not
nearly Completed, a. only two-Wire sys-
Tex, is 10 use. which viii be replaced by a
three-wtre system in very short time.
The latter method Of conveying the cur
rent gives much better service aud can be-
used to better advantage by the company.
a. IL is Lsss liable TO accident and is also
more ecpnomical
The olheers of the company are: Presi
nent Pssree Evans; viee-president, Geo.
A. Black: secretary j. +. Wardner: bust
ness manager, T. W. Gillette. Eugene
Maxwell is the electrician and has charge
Of the Operative department. sunday
night the lights were kept burning until
II O'Clock r NJ. and last night the ma
n ,sincly was kept in operation during tho
whrse nsght and will be in the future.
AT meeting Of the directors held last
evening business Of importance was dis
cussed I'D passed On, and the result will
be Of va4 importance to the city. 1t was
decided eo enlarge the plant at once and
= Nd the lines to meet the requirements
Of the people. Since the plant was com
menssa sders for lights have been stead
ny coming in, until to-day not more than
half pf the business required can h'
done Many merchants are DESTROYS @
using tlleilights but the capacity Of M
maehineslhave been .crovded 20 the limit
and thosd who have lately arrived ar
sanpelles. for the present, 70 use lamps
Then. too. ihe imi sof thee,sy have be,q
Y enlarged. land the numerous residence
that three months ago were not though
III, but nok are occupied. must BE- sup
piled With proper street lamps. To d'
this the lplant viii have H. be On
larged three fold. and this was votes
= on and Carried yesterday. When TIA
alterations viii have been completed Ia
plant VIE have capacity Of i5s ar
lights aud s50O incandescent lamps. Tn
orde for Die necessary machinery an
wire will u. sent east at once aud it /
fought Tint all will be finished With
the next SIXTY days. A new 80 hors
power boiler and engine will take tn
place of tlt one nov in use. An ar
machine wah capacity Of lo lamp
will be addict aud two more incandescen
machines. With a capacity OF lOo0 lamp
s.n.t all boput inopeIation. At preser
Fsirs.avcn has the third largest electri
plant in Washington and with the pro
posed facilities and enlargement, il wi
DE- second u none either in capacity q
the pcrfecti4n Of its light. Besides ligh
ing the city the company will furnis
power for manufacturing aud other Tnil
poses. Motol's Of all sizes will be- ful
nished fronf that Of one-tenth D r.
power to ons large enough TO run p7
lordinary mishu cturing business. I
smaller motifs Can be used In iva
residences f0f running a sewing ma lil
tsnd pse.ny of them will be IN use
@ho.A tine Tho HERALD will use ON,
alsasrger ones to run the presses az
w. aa,.hineS These motors are east
pxrhtAd anHiarc msch safer than steal
iheil,I and fireman are nece
sary as with Steam, a. the operative "a
only 10 p1es-A button and Ithe wheels
Found This I'd Ike Institutions a
great factors y city's advancement "a
prosperity.
Pierre Evaps. pre- 'dento the Vi NH
bf commerce bei Sunday evening for
Anonths trip N a aucisca. H. "
combine both bust II aud pleasure
Miss Flora Oil H. 'n the eli isu
Friends and " ma q for some TIME
Alfred Prienel retu ned from Seat
Saturday lass " ere lac had gone
Drove MP on bis iar "a. The trip "
highly satisfaetor
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