The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-16
new ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
COanects Clark X Saover's Nanufac-
tory and Vine Street Warehouse.
IT IS SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT
Fifty. Horse. Power Dynamo and Thirty.
Horse. Power Motor Does Away with
Much Expense. Dirt and Annoy.
auce-It Is Almost Human.

Many manufacturers have been inter-
ested in and are talking OF an electrical
plant just purchased by the Clark 4
Snover company. tobacconists.
No.especial Importance 1t attached TO
the fact that the firm has an electrical
plant, but II has interested many to
note that the Clark \ Shower company
has adopted an electrical system which
not only runs the machinery in its
manufactory on Adams avenue, but
also does 35-horse power work In the
firms warehouse at the foot of Vine
street. Jointly occupied with c. p.
Matthews Sons & Co, dealers in grain.
This transmission Of power for manu-
featuring purposes for SO long a dis
tance as one mile following the wires)
Is something new In Scranton, and
many manufacturers have hesitated to
adopt an electrical system on this ac-
count, II having been claimed that the
expense of large copper wire and con-
struction and trouble of building a line
would offset any advantage to be
gained by reduced expenditure of
power.
The tobacco firm contracted with the
Onondago Dynamo company, of Syra-
cuse. for its present modern plant. A
50-horse power generator has been
placed in well-lighted brick addition
adjoining the old boiler house and en-
gine room, and Is run at a mere nomi-
nal expense by the old engine.
Runs All the Machinery.
The generator runs all the machinery
in the mandatory and transmits over
the mile OF h-inch copper wire the
power that runs the 35-horse power
motor in the Vine street warehouse.
A peculiar feature of the system Is
that the generator ON Adams avenue
regulates itself to the work 1t has to
do. For instance: In the warehouse Is
an elevator of three tons capacity, a
mill with capacity of grinding three
tons per hour, and a machine which
will clean a carload of tobacco In thirty
minutes. Each of these is run by the
motor. and when any. one or all three of
the contrivances elevator, mill and
cleaner) are set at work, the generator
on Adams avenue automatically gives
itself power which corresponds to the
work 1t has to do.
Manufacturers and others aside from
mechanics and electricians will readily
appreciate the reduced expenditure,
cleanliness and reduced time and trou-
BILE brought about by the plant. One
man, the engineer at the Adams ave-
nue. building, controls the whole sys-
tCHi, any pCIspl 1T tnc Warehouse De-
ing able to start or stop the motor.
The plant also furnishes incandescent
light for each building and Is equipped
with lightning arrestors aud fuses
which burn out II the wires are crossed
by those of another plant or II a violent
or overstrain Is put upon the machin-
cry. An iron screen In tine Adams ave-
nue. generator room contains indicators
and dials and switches which enables
the engineer to know exactly what this
almost human machinery is doing and
to control it as he deems necessary.
Plant Is Now Running.
The generator, which also does the
work of a motor, and the motor in the
warehouse Jointly furnish 35-horse
power which Is from thirty to forty
more horsepower than the machinery
is called upon to perform. For several
days the Onondaga Dynamo company
has had it's experts and workmen put
ting the plant in working order, and
before noon yesterday their work was
completed.
What the saving will be, figuring on
basis of one plant instead of two. and