Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-04

The Plant a Most Complete one,
in AL Respects.
The electric light plant Of the Su-
burban Electrical and Water Company,
which has been in course Of erection at
Elm Grove for the past six months,
under the supervision of the designing
engineers, 9Iessrs. Browne & Hazlett,
Of this city. is now practically COM
pleted. and it is probable that this
evening a portion of the lights will be
turned on at the Park and Casino, to
the satisfaction of the large number of
people who viii attend the performance
of the Robinson Opera Company.
HeacefortA the Park and buildings will
De exclusively lighted in this modern
fashion, and the change will be one
which viii be greatly appreciated by
the public and from which they will
derive much satisfaction.
Theplant Of the Company, which was
organized through the apparently end
less enterprise of Mr.. Anton Reymann,
early last fan, is located on Big Wheel
ing creek, about half q mile east OF
Monument Place, and near the point
where the new county bridge spans the
creek. The power house is a large and
substantial structure of brick, the
main building being devoted to the
electric light engine, the electrical gen
Grating machinery. switch boards. etc.
I'm the central and western portion. ana
iu the eastern end, next the creek, to
the water pumping engines and pumps,
which are not yet in position, but
which will be completed and in opera
tiOn by about the middle of July, ac-
COriiug Go the present expectations Of
the engineers. In a wing. on the south
side %. the main building, is the large
boiler room, at present containing a
battery of two boilers, for the electrical
machinery. and where another battery
OF two boilers Will be placed as soon
as the operation of the pumping ma
chucry at the new plant Will permit O3
the dlsmantling and removal of the
battery OF boilers now doing duty at the
present AlJenheim works The plant
is a model one i'm all respects, and is
capable of performing a much greater
Wty both as to water pumping and
electricity, than IL will probably be
called upon TO perform FOR years to
come.
The present equipment of the boiler
room is TWO boilers Of 100 h. D. each,
and the TWO boilers now at Altenheim,
Co he added, as above stated. are each
of ~ d. Pc. making in all $40 h. p. The
engine for operating the electric plant,
which was first turned over by steam
last Friday. and which was in opera
uCn last night. is a Greene compound
of 500 D.. p, the high pressure cylinder
being 24XiS inches and the low press
Ure 30E4S inches The engine is belted
directly to % Siemens-Halske dynamo
with % capacity Of about 5000 mean
descent lamps OF l6-candle power each,
but also equally adapted to supplying
arc lights The dynamo is twelve feet
six inches i'm diameter, weighing about
tweuty-f0ur tons. and is mounted upon
q very massive bed and foundations.
i'm Berlin. Germany, by the Siemens-
Halske Company, and was in operation
az the Frankfort Germany, Exposition
as an exhibition piece, where 1t at
tracted wide and favorable attention.
Tic was brought here and set up under
contract with the Siemeus-HGlske Enc
trical Company of North America, with
Headquarters i'm Chicago The pole
lire set mp. running from the plant
through Elm Grove along the pike TO
the Park. through all the qualifications
of the Park and thence following the
pike 90 Sc.bcrts. and thence along the
line of the Elm Grove railroad 90 Al
tenheim and WOOdsdale, is about seven
miles i'm length, and was put up in the
most substantial manner. There viii
Dee one or two arc and numerous incan-
descent lamps at the plant. one arc
light at Monument Place, another at
the Elm Grove station of the motor
line. one at the entrance to the Park
and about forty within the Park. In
addition. there will be about 100 In
caudescent lights i'm the Park buildings
something like 400 of these being in and
around the Casino alone. There Will
also be numerous lights OF bOtn de-
scripdous at and about Altenheim,
while the Company viii be prepared TO
sell both arc and incandescent lights
TO residents all along the line. Efforts
have been concentrated toward securing
light for the Park first, and that ac>
complished, the remainder Will be at
tended TO- IN short order by the cleo
trical contractors. while the engineers
viii now concentrate all their atten-
ton towards the completion Of the
water pumping portion Of the plant
Yesterday a dozen teams with scoop
shoye's were eXcavating on the site OF
the reservoir. which will be l25 feet
long 0y g. feet wide at one end. and lOS
ma the other and - feet deep, with q
capacity OF 100000 gallons. The first
pumping engiue to be put in will have
capacity of 10000 gallons in "A
hours. and as soon as il is in operation
the present Altenheim plant viii be
! dism.uI'cd. and the boilers and 10000
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