Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-17
MARsHALLToWN LIGHT, POWER
AND RAILWAY COMPANY CLAIM
DIG EXPENDITURE.
MUCH NEW MACHINERY
FOR ELECTRIC PLANT
superintendent Hovey Says That by
Next Spring Company Will Have In
vested $4,000 For Rehabilitation Of
1t. Plant-Ris Steam Turbine One of
Principal movements.

According the valuations given out
by Superintendent NJ. w. Hovey, of the
Marshalltown Light, Power and Rail-
way Company that concern will have
spent by next spring. in the rehablita-
ton of Its gas and electric plants,
somewhere around s131 600 A needed
Improvement to the gas plant has been
made during the past summer. and men
are now at work reconstructing the
electrical department. Mr. Hovey says
the entire plant will be thoroughly
modern in every respect when com
pleted.
A new addition has been built to
house the additional electrical machin-
cry and the concrete foundations for
the machinery are now being placed.
Mr.. Hovey says that an entirely new
electrical outfit will be installed. and
the first car load of machinery is on
the ground.
Big Steam Turbine Ordered.
One of the big Improvements in the
electrical department will be the in
stallation of a mammoth Westinghouse
steam turbine, where all of the alter
mating current will be generated at
voltage of $500. The direct current
voltage, at the rate of 500, which
operates the street cars and furnishes
power, will be generated by motor sets
The company is betting on to its
present Corliss engines new dynamos
to be used in the event of breakdowns
so that no delays may ensue. 1t is
estimated by the Westinghouse people.
however, that the steam turbine should
run without mishap of any kind for
two or three years. Some idea of the
magnitude of the turbine is cited by
MIR. Hovey in the fact that, in starting
Its operation, one and one half barrels
of oil are required for fabrication.
The new turbine that is to be in
stalled at once is to be of 500 klowatt
capacity, or equivalent to TOO horse
power. As soon as it is connected up
the power circuit will be on in the CITY
turnout the entire twenty-four hours.
the same as the lights. Room is being
left for another turbine, to be added
later. This will be even larger. of $50
kilowatt capacity.
The dynamos to be added are five in
number, and one of them, 200 kilowatts,
was included in the first car. The
dynamos range from 500 kilowatts
down to $50, two being of the latter
capacity, and two of 200 kilowatts. The
200 kilowatt dynamo that is already
here is to be attached to the west Cor
liss engine.
A new oil switch board is another i'm
provement added, and covers practical
Ivy foA tf,>e x.sI
Ing. The transformers for use thru
out the city are also included in the
present purchase.
Small Motors to Be Changed.
The changes in the electrical departs
ment will be made gradually, so as to
keep running without any serious de-
lays. Transformers are now being
changed thruout the city. 1t will be
necessary under the new arrangement
for alternating current for owners of
small motors, such as fans, dental en-
gines, etc. to install new motors of
sixty cycles instead of 1873 These
changes will be made In the business
district, from Second street to Third
avenue, by the middle of January, or
as soon as all of the transformers car.
be renewed.
New Condensing Plant.
The company is also adding new
condensing plant, machinery for which
to the extent of a car load, having ar
rived Thursday. This Improvement is
for the purpose of economizing in fuel
The exhaust steam is turned back in
to the boilers and used over again
while the evaporation is still warm
The expenditures in the different de-
partments, either made, in process OF
construction, or which will be made ir
thes pring, are outlined by Superin-
tendelit Hoyey as follows:
New gas holder and MAINS. IS 10000
New electrical machinery and
improvements .............. $4,000
New condensing plant. ...... 10000
Two new high pressure boilers 5000
Renodeling condensers at gas
works ........ ............. 10000
IoCal ....... ............. $lol,OuU
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