The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
Board of Works Makes Report
To Council on the Improve
ments That Have Been
Made on Lighting Concern.
(HE TOTAL EXPENDED
is CLOSE TO $4,000.
Report Was FavOrabIy Receiv-
ed and the Republican
Council Extended Democrat
ic Board a Vote of Thanks.

improving the MuHlclpdI ISHllhS anu
power plant has been completed and
the plant is now one of the best equip
ped municipal plants in the country.
The actual cost of these improvements
and the fee to the consulting engineer
amounted to S29.347.44. The board
of public works submitted to council
Monday evening a detailed account of
the improvements made at the plant
and the report was highly acceptable
to the councilmen. in fact those who
attended the meeting witnessed the
unusual spectacle of a republican coun-
Gil extending to a democratic board
vote of thanks for the work it ac-
complished.
Councilman Englebert stated that
there is a very large number of people
in this city who have no idea of the
condition of the municipal plant and
that as an EYE opener he thought it
would be wise to have a house warm
ing at the plant so that the citizens
could inspect it. Mr.. Merrill stated
that he had thought of this. but had
decided it better to delay the house
warming until the weather became a
little cooler. Following is the report
submitted by the board to council:
Report Of the Board.
board of public works of the city of
Richmond. beg leave to submit to your
honorable body the following report on
the completion and successful installa-
ton of the new electrical unit and the
other machinery and apparatus COM
prising the additions and extensions of
the Municipal light and power plant,
as heretofore authorized by council and
provided for by contracts made by
their predecessors, the former board
of public works.
The necessity for this enlargement
and improvement was formally and
clearly pointed out to council in a re-
port of said board made December IL,
1905. And said report, after showing
the steady and rapid growth of bust
ness at the Municipal plant. and that
there was a prospect of a dangerous
overload in the then, near future, rec
commended that new unit of from 500
to 100 K. w. capacity be purchased by
the city. After hearing said report,
December 18th. 1905, passed a resolu-
ton authorizing the board of public
works to employ an expert engineer
for the purpose of carrying forward
the work of selecting, erecting and
equipping the necessary additional ia
cilities at the Municipal plant to meet
the demands of the growing business.
In pursuance of this, the board took
the whole matter up with the electrical
engineering firm of C. E. Mead & Co.,
of Dayton, Ohio, and after carefully in
vestigating the comparative merits of
different types of engines, etc. the
board let contracts to various steam
and electric power companies for the
different classes of said work. said
contracts all bearing date of June 23rd,
1906. The council had in the mean
time. June 10th. 1906. passed an appro-
priation of $35.OG0.o0, the approximate
cost of the Improvement. The present
board took up this work lin the middle
of things" September !. 1906. and with
the help of Superintendent Rogers and
under the advice of Consulting Engin-
GERS. have carried it forward to COM
pletion. We have installed the follow
ing StedlH anu electrical machinery and
apparatus. constructed the foundation
of the turbine. contracted the pipe
work required in connecting the vari-
Gus parts, the pipe covering and the
wiring and other work not covered by
contract the cost of the same being
as follows:
500 X. w. Turbine engine .S15. 10000
Generator set and motor
panel =. :. :. ..... . 1871 40