Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
PLANS TO BE
MUCH MODIFIED


at the Hospital for the Insane Thurs
day, the following being present: w.
. /. Gouger, II. NJ. Schoch Of Dan
vile; Or b. II. Detwiler, of Williams
. port Howard Lyon, of Hughesville:
/ W. f. Shay, Of Watsontown and DR..
( Shoemaker, Of Wilkes Barre. The plans
and specifications of the heat light
and power plant were approved; bids
viii be invited Immediately and pros
poets are that before the close Of next
month work on the plant Will be well
under way.
/ Philip II. Johnson. Of Philadelphia,
! the architect, was present at the meet
ing. He submitted two sets of plans
and specifications for the heat, light
! and power plant-one on the site first
selected at the coal dump just west of
the hospital buildings and the other at
the rear Of the hospital taking in the
present steam power plant where the
air compressor maintained in connec-
tion with the filter system is installed
The two sets of plans and specifica-
tions were gotten up at the request of
the board of trustees, Vho of late have
found some objection % the site at the
coal dump at the terminus Of the
switch, which was the site originally
considered in connection with the
heat, light and power plant.
The principal circumstance which
weighed in favor Of tie site at the coal
dump was that coal could be unloaded
from the.cars at the door and that the
hauling now necessary could be OBJ
waited. Later, however, the trustees
began to take other things into consid-
Grafton and arrived at conclusions.
which make it more than probable that
another site may be selected and that
the plans conceived of a year ago as to
heat, light and power may be much
modified
As things stand at present the trus-
tees are much in favor Of enlarging or
practically rebuilding the present
= boiler house" and installing there the
heat, light and power plant. In the
first place they declare that they dis
like to depart from the original plan
or arrangement of the hospital build
ings, which.f for all the years of their
history have stood as a model and af
ter which large number of other in
stitutions are patterned. They see a
large number of advantages in the pres
ent location Of the boiler house
enough to more than counterbalance
what would be gained by eliminating
the hauling.
In the first place by remodeling the
present boiler house into the heat. light
and power plant, connection can be
made with the system of buildings by
means of the present lines of pipe,
whereas if the site at the coal dump
be selected an underground conduit of
brick at least seven feet deep will have
to be constructed for distance of one
thousand feet to carry the steam pipe
and the electric current. The con-
struction of this conduit will be big
item in itself, to which must be added
the fact that in covering this long dis
tance there will be a considerable loss
of power both in steam and electricity
which will go on as long as the in
stitution stands.
1t was the intention at first to dis
place steam in the laundry as a motive
power and i'll its place to install an
electric motor. Should there be a
change in site the fine corliss en-
gine will be retained in the laundry
and steam continued in use. The pres
ent pumping station, with its separate
boiler and engine will also be retain,
ed.
The plans and specifications for the
heat, light and power plant at each of
the two sites were approved. Adver-
tiseing for bids on both plans will
begin today. The bids will be open
ed at a regular meeting of the trus-
tees at the Hospital for the Insane
on April 10. The contract will be
awarded Immediately afterward. The
amount of the appropriation for the
heat, light and power plant is S9l, 900.