The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-01
SOME SIGNS OF THE TIMES!
Extensive Property Improvements Being
Made in Town.
ENLARGING THE LIGHT PLANTS
The shenandoah Heat a Power Company
Putting in Another Dynamo aud
Gas Tank and -Remodeling
One of Its Buildings.

A tour of the borough shows that consider
able building is going ON in many parts and
much of the work is of a very important
character. The season is a good one for car
penters, stoncmasons, bricklayers, painters
and other workmen. Mr.. Michael O'Hara is
among the property owners who are making
extensive improvements. Ground has been
broken for a handsome two and a-half story
cottage at the Market alley end of this gen
tleman's property. 1t will be at the corner
of Lloyd street and the alley and very ma
terially enhance the appearance and value
Of other properties in that vicinity. This
part of town is fast becoming among the most
desirable for residences and in the Spring will
be far more improved, as Mr.. L. J. Wilkinson,
the South Main street dry goods merchant,
will erect two handsome cottages at the
southwest corner of Lloyd street and Market
alley, directly opposite the corner now being
improved by Mrs. O'Hara.
At the electric light station of the Shenan-
doah Heat & Power Company, corner of
Lloyd and Bowers streets, there are additional
evidences of industry. The company is re-
modelling the building and will make it one
of the most imposing and substantial struc-
lures in the line of electric light stations to
be found in the interior of the state. The
wooden sides, front, rear wall and f~Oorings
have been removed and their places are being
taken by brick. While the work is in pro-
gresS the immense slate roof of the building
is supported by stout uprights. 1t isl big
undertaking. The side walls are 100 feet
long and the front and rear walls 90 feet in
width. A stone foundation has been placed
for all the walls. Several improvements are
also being made to the mechanical part of the
plant. The capacity is to be increased by the
addition of Il 5OO-light dynamo and a new
modern switch board is to be put in. The
flooring is to be replaced by cement work and
no timber other than the rafters of the roof
will be left in the building, so that it will be
as near fire-proof as it is possible to make it.
The Shenandoah Heat 4 Power Company
is also making extensive improvements at its
gas plant on South Main street. \ new gas
tank 40 feet in diameter and 16 feet deep, and
with a capacity of 10000 cubic feet, is about
to be erected. The excavation for the tank
is about to be completed. The excavation is
A. feet in diameter. 1t will be lined with q
two-foot brick wall and Il foot space will in
tcrvcnc between the tank and the wall.
There will also be a six-inch space around
the outer wall. The new tank will more
than double the capacity of the
plant. as the old tank was but 81
feet in diameter and 10 feet deep.
The latter was not equal to the demand in
the winter time since many consumers are
now using 3, 4 and 5-foot burners, whereas
they used 1 and 2-foot burners in the past,
The new tank is being erected by Bartlett 4
Haywood, of Baltimore.
The new building of the Phoenix Fire
Company, on North Jardin street, is beginning
to assume shape. TIL brickwork and stone
front Of the first floor is almost completed
and it shows that the building will be a very
handsome one, The front will certainly be
the most imposing of any in the town.
VIM. Fricke, the North Jardin street mer-
chant, has very much improved the appear
ance of his property by laying a tlag-stone
pavement.
The new school building, on South Jardin
street, is now receiving the finishing touches
and will be formally inspected by members Of
the School Board within a few days, The
building is q very handsome and complete
one and the people may well feel proud of it.
Contractor M. p. Fowler is highly compli-
mented for his work.
Many people are offering inducements to
the Shenandoah Heat 4 Power Company to
extend its steam heating pipes out South
Jardin street and along Oak and Cherry
streets, westward as far as Chestnut street.
The company has the matter under advise
ment. There are two great obstacles in the
way. In the first place, the cost to extend
the line as desired will run into several
thousands of dollars and the number Of
present applicants is not adequate to justify
the company in undertaking the
work. Then, again, the portion of
the town in which it is desired
to have the line extended is reported to
be considerably undermined, and in the
event of such being the case the company
fears it would be subjected to. constant heavy
expense in making repairs. In speaking of
the matter yesterday, however, a member Of
the company said he did not consider the
difficulties i~nsurmountable and that the
solution of the problem rested principally
upon the amount Of encouragement that
would be forthcoming from the people. Thus
far, he said, the company had received com
paratively little encouragement for its in
vestment of from $685. 600 to $4,000 aud had
been disappointed inmany respects, especially
in being deprived of contracts to heat some
of the school buildings, which service it
offered at less than fifty per cent. Of the cost
Of heating school buildings in other towns
where steam heating plants are in operation,
notably Pottsyille.
The building Of the Rescue Hook & Ladder
Company is receiving treatment from the
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