Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23
Improvements Contemplated for
1895 That viii Render
1t Superb.
rrosrssive and Excellent Manage
ment--A Description of
Tho Plant.

Nearly hundred years ago tho nine
tcenth century looms UP from an alhloat
inpenetraDle darkness. Inventions hnd
discoveries have been made that the
people living but few generations
back, either would have claimed TO
have been miracles or condemned the
inventor TO BIO burned at the stake
for wltehcraft. What would have been
wonders to them, are TO US or inc
present day, every day occurrences.
Truly this century has been the most
enlightened one that has duwned up
on the human race, To-day inuumcra-
blet railroads cross our country from
shore 70 shore. telegraph and telephone
wires stretch their miles onward at
every hand. streets. private residences
arc lighted by electricity, that causes
night to be turned Into day, cars are
run by tbs great propellug force OF
that mighty nulds inventions Of all
Kinds and DESCRIPTIONS spring upon
every side. Electricity is by far the
greatest OF all Of these.
Ever since the time that Benjamin
Franklin Hrst discovered by the lying
OF the Kite that the fluid known as
llghming or electricity, which peuo-
tratns tho heavens during the storm,
could be put 10 practical use, man has
conAtauty beon experimenting with
this great power, Year by year have
we seen new use TO which II could
en,inntcd No ei,,ntri, iiebt MA re
etsrtsir r,, t,o,so,isvs a. Sitv thnt rae
.ei9is,. ~ ,,, 49,, ,,,', i,,,, ~
hehtnt the ti,n,s No, ~ hrstts ,r.
rey and push have taken these matters
up, inveatod their money aud are now
Realizing magnificent interest upon their
- l. ta' - W %. Va ~ * tui,ntv,
IIN la . ntaa
bi,,scs, ,i 49,, a -, " n -, W.,
no ann ro,,id mite ,bS,,. ~. 800 ~
ave nronoiIsd Nv M foreg t,,-,', sa w.,
ana plant ~
Anrlsf History of the plant.
MeHgrs. strnfton ana White grothcrs
came to Fort Worth In 1888 and erect.
cd II ulnut for mo ptrnogo III aunni,,Iro-
our pponlc with umbtiur facultics ord
a motive power for tho street rhiiwnva.
They built the plant ON Jenuings1' nye,
nue, neRr the railroad tracks ana began
on a small gcalc. An engine Of 9ho
horsc-nower and n ZOO horse.novor bo1,
er furuiabed the motive power IN lilo
piant. Two dynnfnos Of eonbincd
capacity OF 1000 incnndesccut lrhts
OF tho nliHon mako. and ono rnilvvnv
genorator OF 100 horse-poNer eonatii,,tsS
the apparatus Power was furniFhed
20 Tho Cliy Railway company. supcrh
management soon set the nlant fnovln,.
sinnnthly aud soon 1900 Of these Iieht,
Ovore in ma 1he h,,sf,ogl .,,., ',e"'n
runh IN extent thnt II vos door,a1
advisable to ncorDornte ana nnnifa
greater improvements February. iSei
the plant was Incorporated under the
n3tne Of the Standard Light aud Power
company, with q capital stool, Of 500.
600. The following weli-knoNn ana on
tprprhluF gentlemen Nlero made ia
ofloers; so
q. 10. White pnosIdort
n. l. White,. Vico-prea. nnd sow
raey Immediately nut IN Two moro
large dynamoa Tor llghts, thus giving
II n capacity OF 1000 incadcscent iiehfs
Two new generators gave die motive
power q tripicd capaci,v Tbns ,yora
they splendidly culipped 10 meat IN,
demands made upon their MINT
IN addition 20 these improvements n
Hhomph0n- Houston arc iighflnr nyater,
capnhlc OF furnishing ATTY ara urht4
was added. THIS IL taxed 10 its utmoEt
add another nachine 81 an email o NY
pacity No doubt the demand FOR az,
sights Will soon tax n to ita utmost ~.
.,acity, The plant hna gown from n
small onaif 10 It's present marnf0rent
proporuons. IL has over 5000 inrandes-
cent and nifty are lights In use. runs
She LARGEST street car service In mo
CITY and furnishes nIne.trnths ~ ,ko
motive power FOR the fans and motors
an Fort Worth
Some time nl,o tho cazettn ,h,,,,.,,
from the Ola system or runninr its
presses and type-setting machine5 IN
steain, and IS now uslnr ~ lsdt.n!,
motor furnished by thla company. NJ
arr on annoyance is experienced ana II
~ much more satisfactory m every
way IN comparison with the former
This company has been furnishing an