The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-10

unites they can produce electricity at
.O11745 per X. w. H. and that on a
plant composed of two $50 X. W. II.
units the cost would be .013625 per
X. w. H. However, we beg to call
your attention to the fact that this
price is based ON the production of l.
314, 900 X. W. HIS. per year.. In TAX
ing his figures from recording watt
meter their representative has evil
IDENTIFY overestimated the load we are
now carrying. Our records show
that our annual output has v ex-
ceeded $4,000 K. w. HIS. Now, sup
posing the plant, as designated by the
Snow Steam Pump Works, produced
only 100000 X. w. HIS. that we could
sell instead OF 1,314,000 it would cost
just as much to generate 100000 K.
W. HIS. as 1,314,000 X. w. HIS. in each
and every item excepting cost for flu
ell. There would be a saving of SIS
per cent. in the amount of fuel con-
sumed. According to their figures it
would cost $15,433.00 to produce l.
314,000 K. w. HIS. From this we
would have to deduct a saving OF
55 per cent. of the fuel cost, $3,417.O0
or 81. 1898. This would give us $13-
1885 as the total cost of producing
600, 900 K. w. HIS. or a cost of .0226
the cost per K. w. H. If this same
plant produced 100000 K. w. HIS.
there would be a saving of 40 per
cent. in fuel, or $1,366.S0. This de-
Quoted from $~15,433.0O. the cost to
produce 1,314,0O0 X. w. HIS. would
leave $14,O66.2O the cost of producing
800, 900 K. W. HIS. or a cost of .0175S
per X. w. H.
We are under obligations to Mr.. H.
w. Tucker, superintendent of cleo
trio department of the city of Jack
sonville, for spending a day with us
and giving us a great deal of useful
information. Mr.. Tucker advises in
a steam turbine plant and To-
eating same at Silver Springs so that
could be run condensing which he
would save about one-third OF
fuel cost. Such a plant, Mr.. Tucker
claims, would cost about $75,000.0O
Mr.. Tucker claims that on such a
plant electricity could be generated
for .00S6 per X. w. H. on a 43 per
cent. load factor. Figuring the inter
est on such a plant at 5 per cent. and
the depreciation at 6h per cent. this
would amount to $S,625.O per year to
be charged off for interest and depre-
This would amount to .01
per K. W. H. On an output of $4,000
K. w. HIS. In other words, the total
cost including interest and ~deprecia-
ton would be .01S6 on a 43 per cent.
load factor. However, u load fac
tor on our old plant has neve been
over So per cent. and in the beginning
the load factor on the new plant
would probably be less than 20 per
cent. and this would make the cost of
electricity on such a plant
as Mr.. Tucker refers to cost probably
IA or 2h per cent. in the beginning,
or, until the load factory worked up
to around 40 per cent.
Perhaps the most reliable, and GER
tainly the most detailed information
has been furnished us by Engineer
Mr.. Twombly was employ
ed by the former Council and has de-
signed a very complete combined wa
ter and electric light plant. Mr..
before designing this plant
carefully considered every form of
steam engine, steam turbine, and oil
engine and the plant he has designed
is, in his opinion, the most economi-
cal plant for the needs of this city.
On account of the fact that it is not
only an electric plant, but is designed
to be a combined electric and water
plant, and, therefore, ought to be ex-
ceedingly economical for this very
reason. According to the statements
furnished us by Mr.. Twombly. the ca
of the plant designed by him is
500 K. w. HIS. During the nineteen
months preceding April, 1914, u
average load factor was 62.86 K. W. H.
or $4,000 K. w. HIS. per year. To
produce this amount of electricity on
the plant designed by Mr.. Twombly
would lost .027 per X. w. H.. If the
load increased to 100000 K. w. HIS.
per year, the cost would be .019. II
the load increased to $4,000 the cost
would be .019. II it increased to l.
200, 900 the cost would decline to .O155.
We beg to call your attention to
the fact that the cost at which cleo
trio currant can be produced seems
IN demand yorv I~aroo1v on fho avnra 90