Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-11-27

The 'yorL To'i,.
visited tho ofiic" of th" construction
company 'his morning aud got . ph''
90 the Pow housl
when yol ,rter iIc bu'liing. yDu are
az once impressed with IT. silc Tho
walls arV pierced with three tI'r, -
windows. ~ three story bui.ding
would be. hut ;b,r' : Int csc G.lr aud
that l. on a level with M" ground Toe
entire interior I. th,r'fore one vast
ap--tm,nt. "A s0rt n imusual chlmt'r.
80 to speak. WHEN" ~, paw,f 20 ialiiug
water. transformed into md manifested
by that mysterious and subtle ,hlng men
term clcgiusity. will b. supreme when
ever Ia puuy human b'ings that ara
making ready for its reign shall have
completed their work
TYday not more than 100 wurkmen
wcru M evidence E,rlierin the history
a the enterprise n many a. 100 ~
4. 600 men w,re sometimes employed ~
once That was when the drilling and
blasting aud hosting a LIDktn t'rk
out a ,Lc grat holes tLat have bs'u
made a. ct ,he water to AMI from
the wheels were going on ln all there
have besn 33 victims 90 the a,mon ~
accideu,-no, many when the nature
Of the work aud ths number sIgage'i No
II are taken INFO constellation some -
ths unfortunate men iell down th' o.,
f1ot deep wheel pit. some were crushed
by falling rock. timb'r 90 irou. while
one. and only one. came o. his cnd ~
r.ctly through the explosion "a powder
Thres rair. of wheel. In Place.
According ~ th" charter q the com
pany. u may utilize enough - the wa
ter ~ Niagara stream - iurni'h 100.
600 horsepower. lut II 1. az hr't pro
posed ~ make u.o Of only small irac'
ton ~ that amount Three wheels ~
rather three pair. % wheel, only. in.
steal % gO. the iull complement nscts
sary o. the edoyolopmentoi i00. 600 hors'.
power. will ~ rut into comml,si1n NJ
tho beginning They are already ir
place. resting sccutoly on their ipundl
,ions AZ the bottom 81 tie big black
wheel pl,. Each - tho-a s'liu'' u ho
inches in diameter and Will yioid about
0, 600 hor,I1w,r. or D.. 600 borsepow'r
ia all
The wheel pit. at the bottom Oi which
the three plir~ ~ wheels are n0w wait.
ing 20 lc pot ~ whirling ami ~ work
ing. IL lIp frrt long and liS iC't dep.
and IL and tho wheel, are all ready iui
businCss. hut tholr revolutions would
b. for nlught II the gEteT were turned
on now, bc1usa tho dynam0~ ar vt
yet IN place at the tap ~ the pIt lu
fact, ti'y have not yet artiy'd from
tho shop 20 the makers, and their i0uu.
datiOus even are also still inrOmpl't".
Little else can le done how tili ii'.,u
dynamo, are placed. and tnat y the
reason why 20 few men are employed ~
present
N l. essential To tho perfect working
OF q dynamo that " shall he solldly
placed These 8. 900 Horsepower g,b,r
Nors will be furnished viii probably
the Lcst Foundations that have eytI i'tu
buill foI such puIp1>e. Ih') Mo ~
b. ~ cut stonc, with tops 'lI'ss'd ull
they are perfectly level and a. L,ai ,b.
s0lute smO1lhness n human NIL can
make them Or i0p 81 each foundation
ala ton iron ins' made ~ on. casting
will h. loltCd, and on top - this base
the dynamo Itself will D. sot The
stonework Ui two "a the foundations
has already teen completed hut that
fJt the third Seems hardly tsgun ~ yet
This morning th, workmen were engag'
ed In the rather difficult aud delicat"
work % lowering one % th. big castings
% the foundation The sketch that nc
companies this letter will give ihc rad
or an idea of how the work l. done aud
also oi the relative siie % man and
base casting.
A. ! have said. eich % the wheels %
pairs % wheels IL expected 90 devolop
0. 600 horsepower. hut this will h. pos.
sible only through the use by each ma.
chine Of l30 cubic feet of water every
second Now. every cubic foot of water
amounts 10 '.Is gallons. therefore each
machine will swallow mp 3,2i6I gal
Ions, or more than 100 barrels, % water
60 times every minute That would b.
5000 barrels a minute. 500 600 an
hour OF $3.50, 900 tarrels every day Of