The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19
lights viii not be obstructed.
SATURDAY.

lights will not be obstructed.
Ihe new equipment in large part
is being installed for peak loads
that is 20 assure adequate lights when
especially in winter at certain hours
or the day the demand upon the plant
is the heaviest
If it were not for the necessity OF
having thousands of dollars of ma
chlnery en-. IN disuse the greater part of
the time the cost of electricity for
lighting the homes and furnishing
power for factories would be consider
ao!y less than the now prevailing
prices.
t'Peak'' Loads Inevitable.
Today aside from the profits that
are demanded by the great electrical
systems of the cities, electricity should
not be an expensive power, if only the
generating stations might be run at
maximum capacity. The trouble is
Jhau In metropolitan consurnption the
inevitable peak loads occur. both in
light and power consumption. A plant
must be built large enough to accom-
modate these greatest demands for
current in certain conparat tivelv
short periods. After these heavy de-
mands are satisfied, the generating
plant must shut down.
For eight months in the year in
northern cities the peak loads for
generating stations are greatest at
morning and evening. Lights every
Where in homes and shops and factor
les are at greatest flood. In the oper-
alton of the electric railroads service
the rush hours" of morning and even
ing crowd the generating plants to
their capacity. For hours in daylight
and for hours between Il O'Clock at
night and perhaps o'clock in the
morning. single power units in vast
station are sufficient for the demands
for current.
A $15O,OOO Store.
Tof
the Warren M. Crosb,- Cos new build-
ing are complete on the first and sec
ond floors an opening will be held to
which the general public will be in
vited.
Expensive fixtures and innovations
being added to the equipment will
bring the cost of the building up to
$15O,0OO.
The fixtures alone will cost $4,000.
The E. Horn company has the contract
TOT the first floor wall fixtures which
are being installed at the present
time, and the Southwestern Furniture
company is turning out handsome
snow cases constructed of expensive
Mexican mahogany material.
A convenience of the store which
Will be something entirely new in To-
peka viii be stationary vacuum
cleaner with machinery in the base
ment and tubes leading to all parts Of
the building There will he base board
a
floor, piece of furniture or soft goods
require cleaning a hose is attached to
one of the base board tubes.
As the noise of this plant is con-
hned to the basement it will be possi-
bic to operate it in the day time while
the shoppers are in the store with
out disturbance of any kind. One of
the advantages of the system is that
through suction it removes the foul air
from a room.
The fire sprin kler system which was
installed some time ago by the com
pany cost $4,000.
Building Permits.
Following are the building permits
issued this week:
Rev Father Henry, two story brick
and stone school building $3.50
feet 3O0-304 Van Buren, street,. SIS 600
Fl. E. Lyman, two story stone and
brick addition to dwelling, s22
Kansas avenue e....-................ 1000
John Godfit, one and one-ha1f story
dwelling, 108-110 Sardou avenue. 5Oe
G. NJ. Cottre1l two story frame
dwelling, 1895 Garfield avenue..... $500
Mrs. L D. Myers, one story dwell
ing, 1735 Lincoln street. LOO
T. H Cochran, one story dwelling,
1161 Boswell avenue .-...-...-........ AOea
S. G. Kersey and c. z. Neil, two
story dwelling, 460-462 hrulvane
street j.. --....:.....--. 2OO0
S. G. Kersey and c. T. Neil two
story dwelling, z72-474 Garfield ave. 20aA