Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-08
ELECTRIN TRnIfBIre-


FRIDAY In The Gazette was published
q portion OF the report OF Electrician
Carrot ON the electric light conditions In
the city OF Fort Worth. The report rs
much fuller In is detail than was given
I'm this pnper and some Of the details are
reproduced today.
The report takes MP the condition OF
every electric lighting plant IN the city
and exposes what are Va the opinion of
the expert who made the examination.
The defects. In his report be- names
tweuty-seVcn defects aud then takes
every house in which electricity ~ used
and gives TO each the defects that are
serious enough 20 warrant the naming.
The fatal defects are numbered
from 10 ~ aud these are some Of
them: Wires with inferior Insulation. IN
contact with or too close TO foreign me.
tullic bodies; concealed so M 40 prevent
Inspection; not arranged 80 az 90 prevent
hnudliugOr dead or supertious; gphces,
naked, untaped, uusoldered cor imperfect;
are lights not properly protected lover
cumhustible mntcnaO; 500 volt motor
circuit grounded; wood base switches.
ptc.
Take as nm example an important
Office building 0u Main street the do
iccts named are Basement should be
re-wircd; wires with inferior insulation,
not properly separated nor supported, nor
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cts not bushed wiring should Dee ne
arranged and the concealed work above
should be rearranged.
The report ON the condition Of the cleo
tIsc lighting plants is as follows;
The first on the list Is the
FORT WORTH LIGHT AND POWER
COMPANY.
Ruildug-On story brick aud iron.
Boiler room next engine room, brick,
cement lOOr,
Tho IRE exposures are given IN detail
aud the fire protection ~ also reported,
The plant operated from . y. NJ, 70
u. m Attendant on hand all day,
Systeuns--One Westinghouse nlternat-
ing incandescent mnchine, 1900 lights
capacity; two Westinghouse alternating
incnndescent machines. 100 lights capac'
ity; one extra armature for each u these
machines; two eXciters two Thomson
Houston are dynamos 90 lights each.
instruments Those Of each system
complete.
Some OF the more marked defects
named nre these; Wires not 1gidiy
supported ia the cupului wires from
dynamOs run under ilOor. The switch
board has gas bracket too close, can De
swung against contacts; the arc switch
board * IN n wooden closet standing
alone ON the floor Wires loose, bare
Joints and goods, clothing etc, piled IN
among the wires Tubing defective.
Water pipes run up too close 10
dynamo frame OF the 1860 light and 100
light alternating machines, and also too
close 10 one Of the eNciters.
Tile next named rs the
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELECTRIC
LIGHT PLANT,
and its defects are: Wires not separate
required distance, held hy cleats. Wires
from dynamo run under floor Concealed
wiring IN attic very bad, clcat work
covered by oils waste and sprinklcd by
leaky pipes. should be wired.
Boiler ru0m Splcrs naked, wiring bad,
loose, against piping etc should be re-
Car sheds Inferior Insulation, ate
taohed by oleats. dead wires hanging
about. wires loose. converter not IN
sniated from building. The engine room
h kept very neat and ciean-
Then follows
THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS RAIL
WAY AND POWER HOUSE
which is described and defects indicated
building Brick and wood, ceiled in
engine and boiler room. Wood uean-io)
Dynamos- Two Ellison 10000 Watt
pnnerators one Edison bD.VO Watt
generator. Bases fourteen inches high,
filled with wood.
Wiring I'Ador fo0r from dynauos, no
tubing IN ho0r Switch board Wood
closet form. two feet from wall wired on
rnhiae Though holes. 1ihfu5tuts have
wood ease aud are Ia switch board
station wiring Wood pendant hangers
81 oeiiine, wires run in attic, Lighting
arrntfrs- Oue On railway eirenit one on
spparate mOfer circuit marble bAalaJ
! ssliclles All have slate nr porcflnln
several places near the wood. Care aud