The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-12
Likewise for Power, Which Is
Being Constructed for Utah
Light and Railway Co.
1T WILL BE FINISHED
EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR
Half Million Dollars Will Be
The Amount Expended by
Hartman People.

with the completion early next year OF
the new Jordan power plant OF the Utah
Light & Railway company. Salt Lake
CITY VIII have one of the finest and
most up-to-date steam plants for the
generation Of electricity TO bc found any
where In the country, and one that any
power company may Justly he proud of.
The cost OF this plant with the ma
chimes Will be close TO half million dol
lars. and this again expresses the state
ment OF the late f.. II. Hartman at the
time that he purchased tho system, that
the finest In the entire country without
regard TO cost, Those who have watched
the improvements made by the company
in all departments since then know that
the promise of Mr. Hartman Is being
made good.
Where Located.
The now plant Is located on the east
bank OF the Jordan river. between South
ready to commence operation about Feb
runry /. Everything from the pilIng on
which the building rests to the machinery
the best that money can buy
When this plant is completed and ready
for operation there no longer will be
city such as happened from time TO time
| In the past. for the plant will have
| capacity OF supplying the entire city with
lights and power enough 10 operate the
| entire street system. In cold weather,
when a line from one OF the water plants
might go down. a stream freeze up.
fome break. or something else happen,
steam Will be kept up at all times. so
that 1t would be but the work OF few
seconds to turn the power on. At, all
other times It will be so arranged that
; tho power can be gotten up and turned
on In from ten to fifteen minutes.
Is Large Building.
The new power station proper is 75xi4o
feet and seventy-lve feet high. The
foundation. which is OF waterproof, dou-
bIe-wall concrete four feet thick at the
thirty -six-foot piles. Above the founda-
tion the walls are Of red pressed brick.
the floors and roof are Of reinforced CON
crete and steel, making the building alb
solutely hreproof. The smokestaci, just
TO the north OF the building. will he 225
feet high. being Ave feet higher than the
east center tower of the Salt Lake TEN
pie without the figure Moroni. The foun-
dation of the smokestacl rests on TWEEN
ty-hve thirty six foot piles The stack
is built of brick and is eleven feet. SIX
Inches OH the inside at the top. On
the east side, worked In with black
brick. are the words Utah Light &
Railway CO. Each letter is four feet
high and four feet wide, The main
building is a model for light. being pro,
vided on all sides and a large part OF
the roof with large windows ana SKY
lights, especially is this true OF the
boiler room.
Big Boiler Plant.
The boiler room will contain six 500
horsepower Sterling water tube boilers
with superheaters and automatic koney
stoIers Coal for the operation OF the
plant will be delivered In bottom dump
cars Into a hopper sixteen feet deep
From the hopper the coal VIII De cai
rIcd to the large storage DTS ~. ,s VA
top OF the boiler room automatlcaIiH anu "a
will be fed to the boilers by gravity 10
the automatic stokers below. From tne
} furnaces the ashes will drop first into
hoppers and then be dropped INTO srnaI'
cars, to be taken from, the onllalns;; :;
} Water for the boilers will be furnished
through two large duplex COMPOUND
Worthington pumps. Each OF these oo,n ono q
nounds. which will later be superheated
"a loo degrees. making the steam me
hottest that II is possible to secure unoer
this latest system: me snncia, nsS make
and OF the very latest pattern In ln, lnE
, basement Of the boiler room there VIII
be machine shop, where al nscessaiy SEA.
tools for repair work VIII oe KEPT 'edu'
for instant use.
Generators and Condensers.
South OF the boiler room will be the
steam turbine room, in when WIN ps
located the large Turbo generators ana
} nanscity OF $500 kilowatts Of 300 horse
nower with an over load for twenty
four hours per day OF 10000 horsepower,
OF enough power TO carry me entSis ,hIs
rify in case OF need the turbines con con
meet direct with the entire system. 1nis
room will also contain complete con
, densing outfit for the condensing OF wa
ter which Will be taken from tne I9r-
} dan river In the same room Will also
, be located the duplicate 100 kilowatt
turbine driven for the furnishing OF the
current for the large generator.
Next to this room VIII be located the
switch board operating gallery. consist
Grated remote control switches This
switch board will not only control the
1 steam generated unit. but all or the
water power plant units. The operator
will have In front Of him diagram
q Of the entire system in miniature, eact
. line as II comes from the various water
power plants In different parts OF the
: state as we'll as the steam plant and
D with the aid OF automatic signal lights
: Will know in a second II anything is the
matter and on what part OF the sys.
I tenn and within a second or two can GU,
! in or out any part or transfer any part
to another part. The large centra
. switches TO handle the heavy currents
I will he located in the basement, but Will
4 be operated by the chief operator from
the switch board above.
S Ready for Emergencies,
J. To the rear of the new plant is the
i ia the old one. a feature Of which is the
0 wheel In the makeup Of the machinery
in the new plant The old plant Will still
be kept in order and ready for emer-
gency AS already stated. the entire
system OF the company VIII be con
trolled from this plant. and with II:
completion the company feels that IL vii
be in position to overcome In few
. minutes al the most any trouble thai
:, may arise.