The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-13
A GREAT SUCCESS.
THE CORPORATION. BUSINESS
HOUSES AND RESIDENCES
USE THE NEW LIGHT.
GOOD STREET LIGHTS NOW

The Oakland Electric Light and
Power Company was organized in
August last by number of promi.
nent business men and citizens OF
Oakland with a capital stock OF
5000. The object of the enterprise
was to offord better facilities for the
lighting of the streets, stores, offices
and dwellings of the town. This it
has accomplished in remarkable
degree.
THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
The officers are DIR. J. Lee Nc.
Coinas. president; A. g. Sturgiss.
vice president; e. II. Sincell. secre-
tary, and S. It. Jones. financial sec.
rotary and treasurer. The board Of
directors are DR.. j. Lee McComas.
A. G. Slurgiss, d. e. Offutt, Gilmor
S. Hamill, G. s. Davis. E. II. Sincell.
s. r.. Jones and III. j. Mayors.
THE BUILDING.
The building, which has iron sides
and Roof, is 80 feet wide and 70 feet
long and contains three rooms-the
dynamo and engine room, the boiler
room and the STOCK room. The inside
of the building is sealed with tongue
and grooved poplar lumb Der, is finish
ed in hard oil and presents fine APP
pearance. The floor is of oak. A
small annex, 12x2S feet, is used as a
coal house. The annex is also built
of iron, sealed inside with tWo-inch
oak and has a capacity of three car
loads of coal. The ceiling in the
main building is 16 feet high. The
dynamo and engine room is 30x55
feet. At the north end of this room
is the switch board and appliances
for asce. tanning how many lights are
burning and the volume of the same.
On the east side of the building is the
engine and pulleys. and just opposite
on the west side are the three dyna.
mos. The boiler-room is in the
south end of the building and is IL
feet wide by % feet long. The stock
room forms an angle around the
boiler room. In this apartment the
extra globes. carbon, repairs, ETC.,
are kept. The building is on Lib
erty street between Proctor and Viii
son streets. 1t will be heated by
steam from the boiler. Thestructurt
was buiIt;by Mr.. A. G. Brooke anc
Capt. VIM. r. Jarboe.
THE BOILER AND ENGINE.
The boiler aud engine was built bS
) C.. NJ. & J. B. Hart, of Ciarksburg
, W. Va, who are justly celebrated
for their first, class work. The boiie
is fifty horsepower. tubular, fittet
with injectors, is twelve feet long ant
fifty. -four inches in diameter. and il
made of quarterlnch iron. Th'
water to supply the boiler is OBJ
tanned from a drilled well at presen
I 81 feet deep. but the supply is made
: quate aud arrangements are now un
4 der contemplation to sink the wei
j considerably deeper. The engine
also fifty horsepower. is a perfec
piece of machinery. The stroke
I the piston rod is fourteen inches
1t is n high.speed engine, being ru
at the rate of 275 revolutions pe
l. minute, centre.Crank, and has tW
u 56.inch f1y-Wheels. 1t has an extel
i sion shaft on which are three fricti0
t clutch pullevs, also Sc inches j
II diameter. The pulleys are of WOO
IS and were manufactured in Erie, p
o The engine runs at full speed witt
a out a jar and on the day it was teste
only five pounds of steam was RI
n quired to start and run it. Tn
e steam from the boiler is conducted
1t the steam chest of the engine throug
Is Il 8 inch pipe. The noise of the e.
st haust from the engine is hardly pc
'e ceptible to a person standing on tt
street. as the top of the exhaust PHI
is fitted with cap made of irOl
which muffies the sound. The Ell
gine is mounted on a stone found
Is ton which comes above the tio'
about 80 inches. and is fastened to
by six large bolts which are imbedde
:, in the foundation. The test of Il
:, engine. which proved perfectly sati
~ factory. was made ON Friday by M
G. M. Hart.
THE DYNAMOs,
49, The three dynamos, two of Whit
- are for incandescent or house li2ll
:, ing. and one for arc or street lightin
were built by the Edison Gener
Electric Company at Schenectady
ne Y. The capacity of the lncandesce
~ dynamos are $50 sixteen-candle po,
M. ns er lamps, each, and that of the a
st. dynamo is 20 twelVe.hundred cand
L. power lamps. The incandescsnt 10