Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-22

NJ the Mefcur mines, lnoatfu Wltnln
ION miles OF this city. There are four
large smeltsrs and i've sampIlng
works. Theso smellen AMI the
mines require isrge quantities Of
power csn'inuously through the
year, 4 though the application o.
electricity to mining Ia somewhat
SLOW, Il will tutvly bcc1ms general.
The . ntario mile has taken the lsal
ny putting IN small m1nOcyclic llgbt
and power plant, utilizing tue waters
tom the goat Train tunnel
VII.
THIS 10 only a partial list OF the com.
mefcial possibilities which will be-
opened up by the new conditions. But
tnr BIZ Cottonwood transmissiOn II
remarkable not only for the immsnse
development Of winch II will DO the
incentive. Out as HnJr1lng ~ its de.
tflbutiDg station, IN instructive iilu-
stfAtlon of supr ms inRenuily In graft
ing new methods on 10 Old appliances,
aud In combining the best points Of
more or Ices AntiquAted, and OF modern
practice in a hafmonious aud nignIy
effective sy,tsm of oleotncsl disITibu.
ton, tbs fortunate that tins critical
those OF IL. Il. Hay~Afd, tbs able
general manager Of tue Sai Lake
& OGDEN Gas ana Electric Light
company, whose desetyelly uish
reputation NJ mn electrical engineer
sxtrnIs far beyond tho llmits VI tue
state ia which no has 90 successfuily
laDorsd And Into foreign countries
The new - STEM, when m, leio, will
IN a. AT al No. 81 IA
with network of low tension secOnu-
aries, wherever the houses are In close
proximity to each other. The primary
mains wall be hi 1000 volts. rhvy
will run along evory street east anu
west aud Will have ,qusI cling cross
msina On every street running north
and south. There will eventually be
ten fec.ing 10 ms, though ~ hfst only
six will be required. tbs secondary
mains will be- used almost entirely.
Only when the houses are very scat
tered viii separate house transformer
DO used. la the Commercial district,
the secondary and primary mains viii
eventually be put underground, thvugh
this IL not Immediately cont, m.
plated. The transformers Will b.
placed at street Intersections Ia banks
either liked on the poles or In any
suitable llcaiiOn near the intersection.
la the COMMERCIAL districts there will
be bank OF trans ofmtfe at every
street Intersection; nut Ia tue inclden.
tsi districts one bank Win DO plhcet at
every oher Intersection, the blocks
being io2 feet square. Arrangements
" II to made Tor switching out alter.
nate banks OF transformers during
light losds % save the waste Of energy
70 DO tnis 10th the primaries aud sec.
ondafits OF tue II nsiOfmura will have
Il be controlled. Tue feeIofs viii be
brought from n distributing sta
ton situated near tho center Of
the town. The current will DO sup
piled from the generators Of the Big
Cottonwood Power company's station
on the three. phase system. The ieuU.
ers ash primary mains will therefore
consist OF three wires each OF the samt
siEe. The secOndary mains viii cOn-
slst VI three wires aud neutral wiz.
Tho voltage between Aby one Of the
three wires anu the neutral viii DO li6,
aud thiS will be tue voltage " tue
lamp. Motors, syuchTunuus or non.
tyucbfop0ur, eau be connected IL any
poibt to the secondary mains, OF, when
tue motor Ia large. separate Transform.
ers will lie used. IL 10 int. nued IO
eventually use the alternating current
for all arc lAnips, Ia which case they
will be connected to 'inu secondary
mains with small tfsnsiOrmrrs. For
street u. hitting II will no Necessary T.
make special arfau gements Tor swil Gu.
log thu lamps on anu I'll. Al prese I
there IL = mixture VI ali kinds OF sys-
tens 10 tho station, but when til. new
sy,tsm IL oOmplste. in'teau OF the
multitude OF heterogeneous wires
and circuits now .xhting, there
will DO three 1000 volt primary
wlTes aud iUur ssc0nlhties on each
street unping east anu west, and oul,
four sscondsries on atTesis running
north and south.
The disir buling station will be q
substantial iifupruoi builiipg, with
room for the 10000 volt sIsp.roWu
Transformer, a room tor the 1900 volt
su ilcn board,a aud rOt m fitted ~ with
iusttumo a for tesling gDd celebrating
meters, etc. This current will BE-
BROUGHT from the si@p-down trans
i'fmeT 10 the distributing board. Ga
tue fitst panel viii he thfse-pbAsv
Thomson wAltmetoT Tor recording tue
energy received hfC .hfSs am ere
| htAtlhs uht ~ tath lok VI iHe tghloult
u show tho balance; s,'D, u station
voItmslcf TO show tho vots Oh the
secondary wires At tho iseuef
points, for which purpose, pilot wirrs
will be put up. From the sun.
meter this current will psss along three
bus bars 90 the several three lOle
switches, from whence II will par,
through fuses u tue feeders. Tue
feeder ewiiohss arc designed for 100
h. W, each. Oaly ten feeders will b,
nj nfst arranged for, though more will
DO added a. they are required.
The distributing eystcm and feeder.
have been designed Of ample capacity
Tor very small Jfop, aud with this
complete system Of primary aud sec.
oud,Ty msiuH the regulation Will be
very perfect. by cutting out trans
| iormrfs during times Of lght load, II
10 expected 10 obtain very high dis.
tribuuun efficiency.
The change from the old 10 the new
sysiem will be- no easy matter, anu
will have TO DO done gradually. In
| order 10 take the initial steps immsdi.
RIsly three 1850 klloSalt three. pna.t
altefnAtOts (Gsneral Eiselricl viii be
driven by the existing steam On.
gines, aud will supply energy
In the COMMERCIAL ulalr. ct un.
al the Cottonwood piant IL
ready. When the q ttonwo0d supply
Is established, these generators viii 10
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