The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
BRUSH CoMPANY'S PLANS.
PRESIDENT BALDWIN TELLS WHAT
WILL BE DONE.

Now That Officers and Directors
Have Been Elected, the Company /
VIII Push Its Underground System
FOrNard-The Advantages From
the New system-HOw the Work
VIII BE Done.
The new stockholders of the Brush
Electric Light Company held their first
meeting yesterday morning when a new
board of directors and officers were elected
as follows;
President-George ]. Baldwin.
Vice President-L. J. Webster of Bos-
ton.
Secretary-w. W. Mackah.
Treasurer-w. Cameron Forbes of Bos-
ton.
Directors-George ]. Baldwin, w. w.
Mackall, A Minis, ]. A. G. Carson, Henry
d. Stephens of Savannah and l.. j. Web
ster. w. Cameron Forbes and NJ. p,
Clough of Boston.
AT another meeting to be held soon, an
other director will be elected from Savan>
nah. The management will be about the
same as it was under the former stock
holders. Mr.. Baldwin will have general
supervision of the company's affairs, while
Mr.. t. p. Keck will be superintendent OF
the plant.
President Baldwin was seen after the
meeting, and gave a statement of the com
pany's plans, which will be car
ried out. Much of the work
in connection with the change
that has come to the electric lighting bust
ness in Savannah has been brought about
through the efforts of Mr.. Baldwin, who
feels pride in the early prospect of plac-
ing the property on a footing equal to
that of most other lighting systems.
Our contract has been let to the South
ern Asphalt Paving Company of Balti-
more, represented here by Mr.. Arthur l..
Shreve," said Mr.. Baldwin. Permits for
beginning work were at once obtained
from Mr.. Gadsden, superintendent of pub
lie works, and work was begun the same
day. We expect our contractors 90 tnish
their work before May l. 1t is the Brush
Electric Light and Power Company which
is placing its wires underground, in ac-
cordance with the city ordinance passed
some time ago; the Edison company has
| as yet taken no steps in this direction.
1.-THE beginning of the work has been
very much delayed" Mr.. Baldwin said,
ION account of the necessity of revising
| all of our plans which have now been
made about as complete and perfect as
possible, so that when the work is finished
this company will probably have the best
! constructed conduit system in the United
States as every improvement used in the
| best underground work has been adopted
| by our engineers. Messrs. Stone and Web
| ster of Boston have been selected as our
| electrical engineers to design and super
wise this work. These gentlemen are per-
|
in the country. Their special business is
| the designing of electric lighting
plants, electric railroads, tele-
phone and telegraph lines, supervising
the construction of the same and acting
| as regular expert electrical advisers of
| those who are operating them. They are
| also employed by most of the larger bank
| ing houses of the country to investigate
| and report upon properties, the securities
| of which are offered for sale. Mr.. Charles
| F. Wallace will represent them here in
| charge of this special work, his principal
| speciality being the electrical portion of il,
| although he will be the electrical engineer
| in charge of the entire work. He will
| have with him Mr.. Frank L. Packard, also
1 an electrical engineer, who comes from
| the American Vitri1ed Conduit Company
| of New York, the company supplying our
| terra-cotta conduits. Mr.. Packard will
/
ing and building of the sub-ways in which
| these conduits will be used. Both of
| these gentlemen have instructions to see
that the specifications drawn up by the
| engineers are followed by the contractors
| in such a manner as to assure the most
| perfect work.
I'VE shall have everything done under
| contract. from the purchase of material
| to the actual completion of the work The
| WifrifpA COndnit COunnanU
| to supply us with quantity of terra-cotta
| conduits, the single ducts of which, if
| placed in a straight line, would reach over
| twenty miles. 1t must be remembered,
| however, that in some places from twenty
| to thirty, and in one case as many as
thirty-five of these ducts will lie in the
same trench, side by side
| in order that some of this material may
| be on hand for the immediate beginning of
| the work a lot of ID has been shipped
| from New York via the Ocean Steamship
| Company, and is now lying at their wharf
| The remaining 800 or 400 tons of this ma
| terial has been shipped by schooner from
| Perth Amboy, N. j., some days ago
These ducts will be the first of their kind
| laid in Savannah and are used in the best
| construction. They are exactly of the
| same character as those recently laid by
| the cable roads in New York for use in
! their present contemplat ted change from
cable to, electrical apparatus. This I'M
foreground system starts in from the
! power house on Indian street, with 81 ducts
and runs from there TO West Broad street.
south along West Broad street to Con-
! gress and Bay lanes, continuing through
! each of these lanes with from twelve 10
! twenty ducts to Abercorn street, with
| branches in every direction, so that the
| entire business section will be well sup
| piled. 4 An of our overhead wires and
| every pole will come down in the DISTRICT
| bounded by West Broad, State and Aber-
| corn and River streets, the only excep-
! ton being the poles necessarily left to
hold the city lights. We shall distribute
the house service wires from Edison tube
| mains, which will be so laid that a wire
| from them can be taken under
ground into every store and building in
the business section of the city These
Edison mains will be laid along with every
conduit, and also in some places not reach
| ed by conduits. a number of car loads of
these Edison mains have already arrived,
and are now stored at our plant