The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-19
INSTALL MODEL PLANT.
kercur Now Has Transmission Sta
ton Second to None in
Enfire Wesf

Mercur Dec. 1.-THE Telluride people
have indicated their faith in the future
Of Mercur by erecting here a transmits
sion station second to none in the entire
western region The plans for this plant
were evolved by the combined efforts OF
the entire staff of electrical engineers
employed by tina. COMPANY ta and as no q
used In any other transmission station.
The change In the location of the sta
ton necessitated complete change in
old feed lines being abandoned and new
ones erected in their stead. The new
plant is housed in substantial brick
building with the roof supported by steel
trusses. The floors are paved with brick,
in which are iinbedded forty-pound steel
rails on which the heavy transformers
rest in such manner that, should 1t
become necessary, one man could move
of the oil-immersed variety, made by the
General Electric company according TO
specifications prepared by Z. Il. Goody
of the Telluride company. The current
was turned into these transformers With
out the usual difficulty from excessive
heating. While water and cooling coils
are provided, it was not necessary to
use them. The current is received over
a 40G0O-voltage line. This current must
be reduced to suit the demands of the
consumers. One of the very special fea-
lures of the station is this. The reduce
ton transformers are handled on both
the high and the low tension sides
through selection switches, enabling any
transformer to be placed on any leg of
the current without any operation except
closing a switch, the ordinary method be-
ing TO cut and connect by wiring An
other device not used in any other SINH
lar plant is particular type of low ten
sion switch which will enable the opera
tor to cut off the current instantly on
any particular line in case of trouble.
This switch is the invention of Clark r.
Baker. the mn under whose supervision
1 - II IT,, 81 m
| excessive current, from a stroke of
| lightning, the plant is provided with choke
| coils to hold back the current, and light
ming arresters, from which wire is
grounded outside the plant in a specially
prepared plate. The plant is also pro-
vided with an automatic cutoff which
cuts the current at certain voltage
| by powerful magnet opening a toy
gle Joint. Every precaution is taken for
| the safety of the operators and the pub
| lie. The switches are operated from an
| insulated platform, and the entire build
! ing is surrounded by high fence to
| warn the public of danger. The COM
| pany has spent $1,000 in the plant and
! in improvements to the service here.
Richard Daniels. who had been laid oft
| for some days on account of bruises re-
| ceived at the loading station of the Golden
/ Gate shaft last Wednesday, is again at
| his post Mr.. Daniels was thrown from
/ q platform on which he stood, directly
over the collar of the shaft, where, by
jecting pipe and succeeded in extrieatlng
| himself from q very perilous position.
| The Theodore Torch company played
at the Preble hall last Wednesday and
/ Thursday evenings. The company did not
| receive the patronage which the excel
lenee of the performances merited
As William Pierce, an employee of the
Consolidated Mercur, was sitting eating
| his lunch Wednesday night. with his din
ner bucket at his side. large mass of
rock fell from the top of the Slope, IN
flicting a severe confusion of the left
side, which will prevent him from re-
| Stunning his duties for some days. Mr..
| Pierce owes his escape to the presence
of the heavy dinner pail. which was
! crushed flat, thus breaking the force of
| the falling rock.