The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-16
TO LET CONTRACTS
Electric Light Company VIII
Re-equip Its Plant
ENTIRE NEW MACHINERY
Circuits Over City Will be
Rebuilt and Enlarged.

Within few days the contracts will
be let for an entire lot Of new machinery
consisting Of engines, dynamos. etc, TO
equip the plant Of the wichita Gas and
Electric Light company in this city. The
estimated cost Of the new machinery VIII
be over the $4,000 mark and the entire
nght plant viii be re-equipped with up
to-date machinery during the coming
months. Superintendent A o. Baker
gave out last night to a reporter for the
Eagle that the company had decided upon
such a plan and Superintendent Baker
will leave the first Of the week FOR Kan
sas city to inspect the plant in that city
and to determine upon the kinds Of ma
chinery to be ordered. After that inspec-
ton is made Mr. Baker win make his
report and the contracts win then be i'm
mediately let.
'CIrcuIts WflI be Rebuilt.
Not only viii the entire plant be over
hauled and new machinery placed in it,
but the circuits viii be rebuilt and new
lamps placed in the business houses The
company's purpose is to give its patrons
the best possible service and for this rea-
son the changes viii be made in the
plant. AT the present time there are six
large circuits in the city and these VIII
be gone over and possibly more circuits
added. When everything is completed.
which win be soon as the machinery can
be secured and placed in position, Wich-
ita viii have one Of the best electric
light plants 4 any city ia the west.
Superintendent Baker said last night:
eve have been contemplating this move
ment for some time We are going to
make that plant up-to-date and when we
get through with everything, the service
given to our patrons viii be the best that
can ne secured in any city in the west.
1t viii cost us neat sum 70 put every
thing in condition. but Wichita is coming
10 the front and we are satisfied the en-
tire change win pay. I WI leave for Kan
sas City the first Of he week and win ex-
anime very carefully he different ma
chimes in the plants Of that city. Mr..
Scott Of St Louis. viii take up my re-
port and the contracts win then be let.
Plant Is a Costly One.
''The plant here IS a very costly one.
II represents large sum OF IHylcgs DAL
notwithstanding that fact we viii put in
new machinery throughout The machines
we have are in good condition and all
that, but we want everything new and
we expect to have a system which win
be a credit to Wichita One of the ma
chimes win be O. 5000 incandescent lamp
alternating current An alternating cur
rent means that there wiz be 200 alter
nations per minute. This will be one OF
the best machines in the plant and VIII
cost a neat sum of money"
Superintendent Baker has been with
the light company for over a year. Since
his residence in this city he has made
himself very popular and has handled
the company's business in a. splendid
manner. He Is an expert electrician and
IS one OF the two electrical engineers tn
The state. He IS a member OF the American
institute Of Electrical Engineers Of the
United states. which is one of the inn
portant electrical institutions of the
country The entire plant VIII be over
hauled under his direction and the plac-
ing of the machinery viii be left en-
tirely to him. Tt viii require quite a force
of men and considerable time to get
everything into condition, but that has
already been planned for.