Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-20

Tho cost Of the new equipment will
be not less than S1J0,00o. The object
Of combining the two plants 10 to CEN
trahze the power and at the saine
time double the capacity.
The present lighting plant will be
abolished. All of the old machinery
has been disposed of and the company
will sell the building IL an occasion
presents itself.
The company ds employing skilled
labor and the men are working night
and day, getting the new machinery in
position. The changes are being made
with the least possible delay to the
traffic. The steam and water lines
are now ready to change permanently,
and at midnight, Saturday night, the
final change will be made. This con-
sists Of connecting 12O feet of 20 inch
steam pipes to the boilers, pumps, en-
gines and condensers. The plant cx-
poets to be running as usual Sunday
morning.
1t is impossible to form any idea Of
the amount of work that is being done
or how much money is being expended
in equipping the plant in first class
This ought to be sufficient
TO cause Akron people to overlook the
inevitable delays Incident to making
the change.
A representative of the Democrat Wis
tied the plant Wednesday afternoon
and through the courtesy of Mr.. d.
w. PelI, the companys mechanical and
electrical superintendent, the reporter
was shown through the mammoth
power station. At present the floors
are torn up, and new pipes and fittings
are being installed. The company is
putting in the Holly Gravity system
for taking care Of all accumulation of
water in the papes and sepafntors. 1t
Is claimed that if this system is proper.
Iy installed, no moisture fen accumu-
late.
The entire responsibility of placing
The new machinery and equipping the
plant is left to Mr.. Pell and to him, the
Democrat is indebted for the following
description of the mechanical
Ind electrical apparatus:
The boiler room will contain when
2400 horse power Stirling
boilers in eight units. four h being
equipped with American stokcrs for
stoking the fuel, while
he remaining four will be hand fired.
These boilers will be supplied with
eed water from six duplex steam
Jumps of several prominent makes
Ind will be used as follows: Two
from q cistern to the open
ieater, and two from hot well to the
anne heater where the water Is heated
o temperature of 100 degrees. The
emaining two pumps take water frcm
he open heater and force 1t into 1000
lorse power of live steam feed water
leaters and purifiers, from which 1t
8 delivered to the boilers at a temper
ture nearly that to which live steam
In the engine room are
hree horizontal cross compound con-
ensing engines, two being directly
onnected to the railway generators
nd to an alternating current genera
,r. The railway engines are capable
{ developing 1900 horse power, r1in-
Ing at 80 revolutions per minute. with
10 pounds of steam. The other en-
Inc will develop 750 horse power. i.
hese engines are directly connected
} Westinghouse 500 volt railway gen. :,
'ators, one 800 Kilowatt capacity and
he 400 Kilowatt capacity. The rail- ,
ny service will be further strength j,
led by the addition of 200 Kilowatt
.nerator, making total Of 400 Kilo- :
att capacity. ;,
The lighting end of this equipment ;,
insists of one engine 20 inch high :,
essure cyclinder, 40 inch low pres \.