Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-07-27
NEW STACK SCOMPLETED
Chimley For Electric Power Plant
Ready For Use.
is FINEST IN THIS SECTION
Record Time Was Made in Its Con-
struction-Towers 1926 Feet and
Is over 8 Feet Across.


The big stack for the Martinsburg
Power company at their plant ia this
CITY was completed Saturday night.
This is the finest and the highest
stack In this section. The work was
done by the Alphons Custodis Chin
ney CO.. Of New York. Mr.. Charles
Titmas had charge Of the work.
When the stack was started il was
estimated that it would require 40
working days to complete it, but
Foreman Titmas has accomplished the
big task in just q working days It
was the estimate Of the company that
it would take the longer time and the
quick work Of their foreman VIII be as
gratifying to them as it Is 10 the
Power company. -Four men worked on
the stack and there were three help
ers. 1t was warm work, the thermom
eter at times registered as high as
100 where the men were at work. The
fact that thes were working up in the
air did not add much to their comfort
as the sun beamed down on them all
day long and the brick and mortar
gave of such a heat that the breeze
did not keep them cool.
The stack is 125 feet inches from
the foundation to the top. The base is
30 feet and the column 50 feet,
inches. The exterior dimensions
across the tor is s feet, s Ia inches.
and the interior is feet,
inches, and the interior 7 feet, 6
inches. The thickness Of the brick
work at the base is 2 feet, ~ inches
and at the top IL inches.
The brick, or as the chimney com
pany will term them, blocks, are
made and furnished by the Chimney
company. The brick in the base were
furnished by the Buxton brick yard.
The Alphons Custodis Chimney Co.
have built stacks all over the world.
Their catalogue shows plants in AL
foreign countries. Mr.. Titmas, the
foreman of the job here, has been with
the company Tor seven years and dur
ing that time has built nearly 90
stacks. The greatest job that he has
ever had charge of was the five stacks
for the Interborough Power plant in
New York. This is the pla ut that fur
aishes the power for the subway and
is the largest in the world There are
five stacks that go into the ari 800
feet. These stacks had to be con-
structed entirely from the outside as
they were Guilt on steel bases with no
means of getting up on the inside.
The foreman and his men left today
for Johnstown, Pa. where they viii
construct a stack for the Germania
Brewing company This stack will be
lis feet high and built of white brick
ornamented with a dark red brick.
The stack that has Just been com
pleted for the Power company is one
of the best that could be constructed,
and will be sufficient for the needs
Of the company or years to come. The
boilers are nearing gcompletion and
will be ready for firing in about two
weeks and as soon as the steam con-
nections can be made, there will be
power to run the engine at the plant
and tn annoyances which the public
and the power company have been
subject to will be lessened to very
considerable extent, About three
weeks should see the steam plant in |
Such shape that there will be no neces
sity of a shut off of the mower and |
light circuit. A continuous light cur
rent win be a luxury that the people |
have not enjoyed and the citizens gen
orally will be glad to know that the t.,
chimney company, through their fore
man, made such a record breaking
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