Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-21

| only cathartc to take with Hood'a Sarsspariiia.
ground for feet and is 5 feet wide. The
pulley stands are fastened to iron beams
with bolts. The whole is very solid. Or
the shaft there are II sets of pulleys which
| connect with the different manufacturers
of the lightning juice. When all the
wheels are running the place will be cool
even on the warmest day. for the pulley :
| are all wide and the flap Of the big belts
| will create quite breeze.
The power generator is all set up. The
| base is the same style as those built for
| the alternating dynamos. II is feet I'm.
der ground and like all the others has =
heavy pine floor for the boiling down Of
the machinery. This power generator is
the one used for the furnishing of power
to the different manufactures which
operate their machinery by electricity.
During the repairs the electricity has
been procured Of the Electric Railroad
power station in Hallowcll. They hav.
not always been able to furnish the pow =
er 50 the users are pleased to know that
Superintendent Williams has his machine.
all ready for use. The power might have
been turned on a few days ago, but Mr.
Williams has given the subscribers SO
many breaks that he thought he would
wait until he was sure there would be no
more interruptions. Everything is in run
ming order now and the power will he
furnished without any interruption, cx-
cepting a break of some part which is not
expected.
All the wires Of the station will be un
derEround in the new station. The oniv
place they will be visible viii be as they
come up from the ground to the switch
board and out of the building. 4 five
slab marble switchboard is to he placed
in the building. 1t will he On the east side
and will bc three feet from the wall The
wires will run w behind it and then out
of the building through porcelain tubes
set in the brick work. There are IS of
these tubes and they are set opposite thu
old poles which viii still be utilized.
The front of the new power house is
nearly done. The only part now remain
ing uncompleted is the boiler house ana
this is just being commenced, The WALL
are all up ana the roof is being laid or
the part over the old power station. The
old walls will be Immediately torn down
and removed. The dimensions of the new
building are ll6 feet ana . inches on the
front facing the railroad ana the water
side is l2o feet ana 10 inches. This in
creased length on the river front is ow
ing to a crook in the wall.
The building is built with Il steel roof
and has iron trusses supporting it. Thu
roofing is the old Baldwin's beehive ami
the first layer is now over the old power
house. a pretty parapct is built around
the front of the building and is to have ii
stone coping. ON the front, directly over
the door is soon to be set a granite slab
having letters raised giving an inscrip-
ton telling what the building is.
To the steel trusses supporting is a
system Of tracks for the moving Of any
machinery. The track commences at the
door and runs around the entire build
ings, this making the reception or r..
moval of the heaviest machinery a com
paratively easy task.
The boiler house is just in the process
of inception. The solid bed of stone of
masonry which extends four feet into the
ground is nearly completed and one of the
boilers is in place although the brick
work has not yet been built. There are to
be three boilers in this house with a ca
pacity Of 300 horse power each. The smok.
will be carried off by a chimney II feet in
diameter at the base and 50 feet high.
From the top of the boiler house to the
top of the chimney it will be built in cir
cular shape.
When completed. this will be the best
power house in the State. Now, every
thing is in d more or less chaotic condi-
ton ard a very poor idea of the new
plant is received from an inspection n the
plans were not seen ana the improve
ments explained. 1t will now be a few
weeks before the station is completed AMI
then Augusta will have the finest power
station as well as the finest court house
in Maine.
Superintendent Williams has done
all that could possibly be dom
to maintain a steady service and
he has done remarkably well
| to keep it up to the high standard which
! he has The delays were for the most
part caused by the boiling of the pulleys
and the building of the new shaft. Now
| that the power is once again started theIc
will be no more bother.