Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-04
THE BOROUGH
LIGHT PLANT

L |. VanDoran, representative OF
! The Rumsey Eieotri al Manufacturing
! Company, which has the contract for
Installing tho Borough Electric Light.
Ing plant here. Mas il this city yester-
! dty morning. During an interview he
gave tull descI cIiption of the system
| TO be installed along with other in
| formation relating to it just now very
timely and of great interest to our
readers.
| As the present contract for lighting
the Borough. held by the Standard
| Electric Light Company, expires on
November lst, it is realized that every
moment of time should be utilized.
| Mr.. VanDOran says that the contract
or with experts will De OH hand early
next week along with much of the
material in the form of wire, cross
arms for poles. etc.
Our streets are already we'll blocked
with telephone. telegraph and electric
| light poles and in Installing the new
system it will be the aim to get along
without erecting many new poles. An
agreement will probably be entered
into with the Standard Electric Light
Company by which for consideration
the Borough will be permitted to en-
ploy as far as practicable that com.
pany's poles, using separate cross
arms. At places OF course the erection
of new poles will be unavoidable, as
the system to be installed increases
the number of arc lamps from II to 80
besides raising the light to 1000 candle
power. Twenty four incandescent
lamps will also be installed, taking
the place of arc lights in alleys and
similar places where brilliant light is
not needed.
The principal part of the work will
consist in getting the wires on the
streets Hence the necessity Of begin
ming next week or at the earliest pos
sible date While this part of the
work is in progress the engine and
dynamo will be completed and ship
ped to Danville The first step taken
next week will be to locate the poles
where new ones are required and to
secure the right of way over poles
now standing.
The boilers at the Water Works have
been inspected and are considered safe
to carry from eighty-five pounds to a
hundred pounds of steam. which is
ample for the electric light plant.
Everything is in readiness for install
ing engine and dynamo with the ex-
ception of foundation. which can be
constructed with little labor and ex-
pense.
The Committee on Electric Light
has taken great pains to thoroughly
Investigate the various systems for
electric lighting and have purchased
one of the most modern and efficient
types of apparatus on the market-The
Warren Alternstor- of one phase, sixty
cycles and of sufficient voltage to run
both arc and inoandescent lights from
the same dynamo, thereby doing away
with the old style methods of opera
ton, where separate dynamos were
required
This highly improved dynamo hav-
ing no moving wire, commutator or
brushes. not only increases the effici
ency. but simplifies the system and
protects the city from burning out by
lightning as frequently occurs with
many other systems. This dynamo
will be safe in the hands of all ordin-
ary mechanic, the services of an ex
pert not being needed.
At the Water Works where the
dynamo will be stationed there will
be switchboards and controlling de-
vices for automatically regulating the
lights, which will be divided into four
circuits, so that should the lights go
out on one the other three will be in
operation.