The daily sentinel., 1903-12-31
New Electric Light System.

In the course of a very few days the
what is practically an entirely new
electric Lighting plant.
1t has been nearly three months
since active work of rebuilding the
plant begaan and during that period
everything has been activity about
the plant of the company A large
addition had to be built to the plant
to accomodate the new machinery.
boilers installed. engines changed and
replaced by new ones. the entire plant
refoorad with concrete to lessen the
danger of FIRE and numberless items
attended to in the changing of the
plant to give sufficient capacity to
supply the city's needs. not only now
but for some time in the future.
All these changes required time,
patience and nor ey. The plant as it
stood was badly overloaded with
lights. yet as good service as it was
possible to give had to be provided
during all these changes, so that what
has been accomplished by the direc-
ting agency of the plant. has not been
done without entailing considerable
labor.
The old plant contained three boil
ers of 100 hundred horse power capac-
/ ity. There are now five boilers each
of 100 horse power with place provid
ed for additiona! boiler room. connec-
tions being ready almost at mo-
ment 5 notice to install more boiler
capacity.
A new Hamilton Corliss engine of
$50 horse power has been also added
besides the other engines which will
act as auxiliary power.
The plant has a capacity of 270 kill
lowats. This is probably clear to the
electrician. but does not give suffi-
cient information to the public. TO
be more explicit then the old plant
was carrying about twenty hum
dred lamps of 16 candle power. The
additional provision in the new plant
gives it sufficient capacity 10 carry
about $500 lamps of the same size or
nearly doubling the present capacity
of the plant
With the change of th plant has al
so been made change of the system.
Hereafter the city will be divided in
to sections and sub stations will be es-
tablished so that if an accident befall
n certain section of the city. that par
ticular section may be cut out without
the entire city being placed in dark
ness.
Another change has been made in
the transformation system. Hereto
for there have been provided individual
transformers, hereafter several large
transformers will be used. doing away
with the smaller transformers to an
extent.
Last night the current was turned
on for the first time in that section
including the south side of Main
street. There was something the
matter with the transformer box and
light was not furnished everywhere,
but where there We're lights they were
very brilliant and gave promise of
what might be expected when the
plant was running properly. OF
course all the harrassment that comes
to the installation of new machinery
and engine service had to be met with
and the company felt extremely sorry
that there was any hitch last night
However beforethe evening was over
everything was working in splendid
style.
The present plant has very large
capacity. capacity sufficient to
furnish horse power to persons, if a
sufficient amount can be secured to
warrant the running of the plant with
"A day current However the company
state that this is an after considera-
tion, their whole aim being at the
present time to fulfill their promise to
give the city a strictly up to date
electric plant which will furnish a
sufficient and good light for the needs
of the city.
The improvements that have been
undertaken and completed have cost.
with the new wiring that is being
done in the neighborood of $50. 900
and there is still considerable ex-
penditure to be made before the plant
is what the board of directors of the
new Grand Junction Gas & Electric
company hope TO make it, for the
benefit of the people.
To Keep Open House.