The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-07-29
NEW LIGHTING PLANT.
1t Was Purchased By the Comrnis-
sioners at Their Meeting on
Tuesday Afternoon.

ne commissioners pi pttDliS NolNS.
at their meeting held Tuesday after
noon. purchased the new electric
lighting plant for the city from the
General Electric company at cost
OF S5.oo5. 4 number OF bids were
very thoroughly considered and de-
cision reached only after the most
careful investigation Of the relative
merits Of all the systems proposed.
The plant which was purchased is
the very latest and when installed will
place Newberry on a par with any
town in the south, or in the country,
in the matter of electric lighting. 1t
is expected that the plant can be
brought here in about two months,
and the change will be made i'm
mediately. Superintendent F. N.
Boyd says he will be able to make the
change without interfering in the
least with the operation OF the plant
while it is being made.
The purchase includes an entire
new system, with the exception of the
two engines which are being used at
present. Two dynamos will be in
stalled, sixty-fve street lamps,
switch boards at the station, and the
other apparatus needed incident to an
entire change of system.
The new system will have a much
larger capacity than the present sys-
tenn. and the beauty about the new
system is that in everything
there is margin. In other
words. of the whole slxty-t1ve
street lamps and all the incandescent
lamps are burning at once there is no
danger of loading.
The two dynamos are interchange
able. That is, the Street lights can be
run with either. and the incandescent
lights can be run with either. or both.
They have a combined capacity OF
17s kilowats. which is an actual car
rving capacity of IS arc lamps and
26ao incandescent lamps. By putting
both the dynamos together about
1000 incandescent lights can be car
1ied with the greatest safety. The
present plant has capacity OF 50 arc
lights and 1000 incandescent lights.
There are at present exactly 1000 in
candescent lights in the city. VI
course, all these are never burning at
the same time. and hence it has been
possible. and possible only in this
manner, to keep the present system
running with the small dynamo now
in use. This danger OF overlooking
will be entirely done away with by
the new system, and even when the
new system is to put to its full ca
pacity OF the margin that mas
been kept throughout.
Each OF the dynamos will be at
tached to separate engine. The
machines are exactly the same, ex-
cept in size. and the arrangement, IS
stated is such that should one be ors
OF use for a time the other, no matter
which, could carry the incandescent
lights OF the arc lights. or the big
machine could carry both. One. OF
the machines has capacity OF 100
kilowats and the other Is. Ordinarily
the big machine could be made to
carry both the arc lirhtS and the IN
candescent lights at IT, same tlme'
and should more current be NEEDED tor
the incandescent lights the other ma
chine could be put on. making both
machines do their part OF all the
work. The interchangeable switch
board will be of blue Vermont mar
Bile, beautifully polished.
The current will be an alternating
current. $500 volts. 6o-cycle. reVolv-
ing field alternators-
No change will be necessary inside
the houses. The same lncandescent
! lamps and all apparatus will be used
The arc lamp is one Of the prettlest
and simplest pieces OF mechanism IN
wa ;n electrical plants in the world