The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12
Kenosha Gas and Electric Company
viii Replace Their Plant With an
Entirely New Equipment.
OLD EQUIPMENT GOOD FOR JUNK.
New Fire Proof Building to Be Erected and
$4,000 to Be Spent In Making the
Plant the Best In the State,

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Kenosha Gas and Electric company
promises to be blessing IN disguise as
the managers of the plant announced
this morning that the company has
decided not to rebuild the old plant but
to build new plant which will be one
of the most modern and most efficient
ever placed in any city in Wisconsin.
Mr.. Bowen and Mr.. Kimbalt, who
are in charge of the work of construc.
ton, were seen at the Office of the
company this morning and they gave
out brief outline of the work that is
being planned by the company in
Kenosha.
The entire plant will be rebuilt and
the machiens and fixtures which are
now being used by the company will
be sold for junk while the new ones
which will take their places will be of
the most modern nature.
The work of building new power
house will be started just as soon as
the weather will permit. The power
house will be built on the site of the
old building but it will be much larger
than the present building, and it will
be building which will add beauty TO
Main street. It will be entirely fire
proof and will be built of pressed
brick, iron, stone and concrete. No
lumber will be used in the building SO
that it will be built in such manner
as to make its destruction by fire i'm
possible. The new building will be
built right over the present frame
structure and while the new walls are
going up the old shell will be used for
the purposes of the company. In pro-
portions the new building will be 90
feet wide and 100 feet long. It will
take in all the property of the present
site of the power house and will in
clude the old mill to the rear of the
present building.
The plans for this building were
made some time ago but the Chicago
and Milwaukee owners of stock in the
company could not see st to make the
expenditure of so large sum in Ke-
nosha until they were forced to take
this view by the Kenosha managers of
the plant.
The new building will be as good or
better than any power house in this
section of the State. It will have a
basement and power room. In the
basement all the boilers and pumps
will be placed and the second floor will
be used only for the machinery and
the switch boards.
With the completion of the new
building the entire equipment of the
company will be changed and the en-
tire street lighting system, which is
now in use, including lamps, general
ors and transformers, will be torn
down and thrown into the junk pile to
make room for the installation of an
entirely new and modern system. The
new system to be placed in Kenosha is
the latest thing known in street light
ing. It is called the "series a1ternat-
ing SYSTEM" and the machinery of the
system is so arranged that any ma
chinery in the power house can be
used to furnish the power for lighting
dHy III TIC C1ACu1IS O1 SLlCCI AdA4HSS
With this system the entire street
lighting machinery will be so dup1i-
Gated that it will be almost impossible
for an accident to prevent the lights
burning. The commercial and incan-
descent systems will also be replaced
with more modern equipment SO that
there will be no trouble in the future
over these systems.
Besides these Improvements the
company with the completion of the
new plant will be in readiness to sup
ply day lights to the stores of the city
and power 10 any of the factories or
other business houses desiring it. This
has been cherished plan of the COM
pany for many months and the mana
gers of the company are now convinced
that it will prove a paying proposition.
The company is planning to expend
from $3O,OO0 to $50, 900 in replacing the
systems in Kenosha and So, 600 will be-
spent in putting in the new system for
the street lights.
The first bid for this new equipment
was received this morning and the
contract will be let during the present
month.
Mr.. Kimba1l stated that the work on
the new building would go forward in
another month or sooner if the weather
would permit, and Mr.. Bowen stated
that he thought the new machinery
would be in place and ready for opera
ton in the next sixty days. The en-
tire work of replacing the plant will be
completed by the first of next Sep
TENDER.
During the asst month the managers
of the company have 1abored against
heavy odds in keeping the various
systems going. Six machines have
been installed for the street lighting
system and none of them have proved
equal 20 the task. The Simmons COM
pany has made it possible for the in
candescent circuits to be kept running
without a break.