The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-22
CITY COUNCIL.
Report of Supt. fuller of EieC-
trio Light Plant Recommend
ing Changes to Improve
Light System.

The City Council met in special
session Tuesday evening with the fol |
lowing members present: Mayor c.
o. Monton, DR.. G. a. Martin. P.
krauss, DR.. A. r. Trahan, and o. 2. i
Hopkins. Absent: A. f. Nouton.
DR.. F. Z. Girard and A. B. Denbo. !
The mayor explained the object of |
the meeting to be the consideration |
of a report from the Waterworks and |
Electric Light Committee and Supt. |
Muller, relative to changes necessa- |
ry in the lighting system. The COM
munication was read and discussed |
by the Council. H. J. Meyer, of the |
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac- |
turing Co, explained the advantages |
of the proposed new system and |
technically detailed the principles |
upon which it was based. 1t was ad |
mitted bp all that the present plant |
10 SiSdtis luC
service very unsatisfactory and i'm
possible of extension to meet new de-
mands. The only objection, or
rather the only hesitation expressed
was the advisability under present
circumstances of assuming con-
tract of such proportion. According
to Supt. Muller the cost of the new
installation can be met by the profits
from the new system, which is i'm
peratively necessary.
The following is Supt. Muller's re-
| port, which was read and referred
for further consideration to the next
regular meeting, Monday, Feb. 1:
Lafayette, La, Jan. IS, 1909.
To the Mayor and Members of the
City Council, City.
your Water and Light Committee
beg to submit the following report
pertaining to the cost of improving
your Electric Light Plant, so that the
service delivered will be put in first
class condition.
After thoroughly studying the mat
ter, beg to recommend the following
changes to be made:
That the plant be changed from a
direct to an alternating current plant.
By this means the quality of light o1
service rendered in all portions of
the town will DE equally good.
This will necessitate installing a
new dynamo and prime mover, re-
arranging the lines on the streets,
replacing all lamps, meters and fans
in town with new ones, and changing
the voltage from 22O to 10. To do
this it will cost $24,500.00.
l further recommend that the fol-
lowing apparatus be installed:
| One 45O-Horsepower Westinghouse
!, Steam Turbin.
One 300 Kilowatt Westinghouse AL
ternating Current Generator with
necessary switchboard and accesso-
ries.
One $50 Horsepower Condenser and
Vacuum Pump; necessary Westing
house meters to replace all meters
now in use, and place one in all Gus
toners houses that contain more
than lights.
5000 16-Candlepower lamps.
/, 25 Westinghouse Transfers.
go Ceiling Fans.
Is Desk Fans.
By making these changes and in
stallations the capacity of your plant
will be increased 100 pr cent normally
and the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg
Co. guarantee tn dynamo and turbir
to operate continuously with rs pei
cent, making the new unit have ca
: pacity of 1900 16-candlepower lamps
:. In the operation of the above con
templated plant-the cost of operat
;, ing the plant will be reduced by ap
: proximately 25 per cent. This is due
= to the lesser steam consumption of {
' turbine operating condensing ovel
the simple non-condensing plant
~ which you now have
, All of the direct current apparatu!
! now in use can be disposed of fol
: approximately $500, making the ne1
cost Of the plant $4,000.
Yours very truly,
CHAS. j. MULLER.
Superintendent City Plant.
. P. SIN the above report l made
:. no mention of any charges to Gus