The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-05-20
LIGHT TROUBLES.

Last Saturday mght. between t.,
and eleven O'Clock, trouble develop
ed in the new BIZ dynamo ~ the clec
tric light plant, which demanded tn,
shutting down Of the machine. For :
bit the trouble looked serious, and i
was apprchcnded that the i, jury I,
the dynamo had been considerable.
The night engineer, at the time @
the accident, WAS " the switch boart
rcadIustIng the current controllers It
meet the demands Of the lighter load
The machine was then carving in con.
sequence Of the shutting off Of mos, OF
the commercial lights Of the city His
back was towards the dynamo Unu-
sual noises behind hin caused him TO
turn when It vas noticed that the ma
chine was arcing in the pit He rush
ca 10 the throttle and shut Of the
steam; but before the big II, wheel
lost IT. momentum, and the d nomo
had stopped generating, n cossidcra-
pc hrc was started, feeding upon the
Insulating metertals between the coils
q the arma'urc. When the machine
was brought to n rest the fire was
promptly cxtingu,shed. with the as
sistancc of Paul Cordoya, who entered
/
veloped careful inspection indi-
Gated tEht the trouble developed IN
one or two of the armaturc coils, but
the cause Of the trouble WAS not appa-
| rent
Efforts were made that night, with
IN the hour Of the accident, to reach
MIR. Edward ID. Mckcllar. the southern
| representative OF the Fort Wa,n.
Electrical Works, the builders Of the
dynamo, by wire, in order to acuuaint
him with the particulars; but thls ef
Tort was not successful till the next
morning, when he advised to do moth
Ing till his arrival here He stated
tina, he would have to go to Th,bo-
deanx to start of the new plant there
and that the next day he would bc
here
True to his appointment, he arrived
on tuesdays first train and at once
stAfted IN to investigating the trou
pies, with the view Of asccrtaining the |
extent of the injury done aud deter
mining the cause if possible. Mr. Me |
keilar. himself, personally conducted /
the work Of removing the injured |
coils. lie found but two damaged bv
the electric current, but there were
several others which had suffered b,
the re ultant fire. Every coil suspect
ed OF weakness WAS taken out, to be
replaced BY a new Que All lead vines
were tested out carefully, hunting ior
any possible ground or "short.n
Upon concluding this work of invest
ghtion Mr.. Mckellar placed orders by
wire with the factory for the nee, ssary
coils to put the dynamo in good repair
again and for man to be sent trom
the factory to put in The new coils
Both man and materials should be
here hy tomorrow, Mr.. Mckcllar SAID,
and IT wonld take but u few hours to
put the dynamos in shape for service
again.
Mr.. Mckellar said to US, and asked
us In say to the New Iberia public.
hat the Investigation of the accident
md the resultant injuries done to the
iynamo fai ed TO show that any blame
attached to any employee Of the plant
4 consequence. the builders Of the dy- {
lamo would make good their guaran- /,
ee and promptly repair the crippled
machine at their expense, which
would amount 10 probable Il couple Of I
hundred dollars. counting transporta- !
ion, board. and time Of the workman /,
o be sent. together with the needed
,aris or coils. If on the other hand,
lad he found the employees, or any
ne of them. blamable forthe accident /,
y carelesness, neglect or wrong do
pg, he would not have hcsitateA 10
o state and to have demanded ;
hat the town should bear the loss.
1c felt confident that there was a 1,
weakness in the particular coils which
ave away-the result Of possible
brasion of the insulation, which may a
ave happcnd while the machine was
n transit. He was satisfied that It y,
eft the factory alright, and not IN a !,
rouble developing condition.
He then called attention to the fact y
hat we have the best dynamo built, o
ested to an emergency liptt. and that +
'e have bought from ~ best people
n the business. whose guarantee :
leans all THAI il is fitten for. y
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