The record-union., 1895-09-11
TIE ELECTRIC POWER.
Loss in Transmission Much Less Than
Expected.
Unqualified Success of Long Distance
Transmission Demonstrated
Beyond Doubt.

Concerning the electrical power trans
mission from Folsom to this city it is not
to be concealed that there has been great
deal of unworthy doubt entertained and
q good deal of mean suspicion and Jeal-
ousy. During and just before the car
nival a large number of citizens VINO
should have known better, since they
could give not single valid reason Tor
their expressions, openly declared their
want of faith in the capacity of the new
power, and not few said to the members
of the RECORD UNION force, even on the
day of the carnival, that the whole
scheme would prove failure and must
fail.
Yet it has been demonstrated for nearly
two months that great power ana 1ght
have been transmitted over the long dis
t&nce lines. But because all intending
consumers are not at once met with sup
ply it went about that the company had
discovered incapacity in its works and
weakness in the whole system. The
RECORD UNION yesterday instituted in
Ouiry and ascertained authoritatively
that there is not the slightest reason Tor
the stories and the croaking OF the sus-
picious.
The simple truth is, that the machinery
of the company Is not yet all In place;
that its sub-station building is not COM
plete; that really the company consented
10 the Carnival at time when not even
complete roof sheltered its works, and
when one of its most important machines
was lacking, machine that came from
the works of the Southern Paclhc Com
pany only a few hours before the Carni-
val, was caught in The rain, and must
now be baked week to drive out ali
moisture from its winding.
The great distributing switchboard for
the su b. station has not yet arrived from
the East, and without which but very
limited distribution can take place out
side the needs of the company for lis
car lines. 1t appears that not only nave
the works, incomplete as they are, met
the expectation Of The engineers and own
ers, but have exceeded it, and that the
company is surprised at the results in
saving and in operation. For instance.
the 10 per cent. loss in transmission has
fallen Oft to but 81, and the machinery at
Folsom has stood the tests OF loading
very much in excess Of that anticipated.
At the power house everything is COM
plete and in admirable order and superior
to what was looked for. But at the sub
station in this city the works are not
complete, as any one who takes the pains
to call and see can easily perceive. The
wonder is that under such circumstances
the company could have been able to do
what it has done to this date.
Messrs. Gallatin and Livermore were
in the city yesterday and stated to in
Quirers that not only had they no doubts
or fears whatever, but that they had been
confirmed in their faith. The works bad
stood the hardest tests possible TO apply
to them, and as for distribution, that
would be effected so soon as the mann
moth switch board arrives. The reason
for its delay is that the demands upon the
company for service promised to so far
exceed expectation tor The first year that
the plans for the switch board had to be
redrawn so as to produce one twice the
size originally contemplated. and that
necessitated longer time Tor construction
ct Syracuse, \. Y. They believe that
everything will be in place, complete,
within thirty days, perhaps earlier. In
the meantime the company Is pushing It's
force TO its full capacity in forwarding
the work of completion.