Arizona republican., 1915-07-16
X DESCRIPTION
 OF THE DEVICE
Tic Be Used ill Production of Great Divide" in Which Stellar Attractions Will Appear Under MT. F'ielding's Direction

For the first time in history an in
 dependent travelling power plant com
 plete has been built for the purpose
 of taking moving pictures at night.
 It is absolutely without precedent
 and will, without doubt be model
 for other companies to follow in the
 near future as it is invaluable for
 field work where il is impracticable
 to run wires for miles in order to
 get night photography. MT Fielding
 has taken the responsibility of build
 ing this plant on his own shoulders
 so that he might prove his theory of
 its practicability before informing MT.
 Lubin Mir. Lowry and MT. SinghL
 his generals of the eastern plant of
 his determination to get effects
 which heretofore have been deemed
 impossible.
 Some two years ago while MT
 Fielding was located with his com
 pany in Prescott, he explored mum
 erous caves between that point and
 Ash Fork and found stalactites and
 other 'lites in many unique caves. At
 that time he made the remark
 Some day I hope to have q power
 plant that l an bring up here and
 incorpofate these beautiful sets in
 some photoplay" Since that time he
 has studied the different methods of
 transporting such d plant and finally concluded that he would mount one
 on his big Mitchell motor car This,
 however was after running wires Sor
 miles to the river in order to secure pictures and after having talked with
 MT. Ensign of the New State Elec-
 tric Company.
 MT Fielding told MT Ensign what he wanted and MT Ensign, after thinking it over. said that he. con
 sidered it practical and would under take to turn over q plant consisting of d B h. D. motor. four cylinder auto type engine, equipped with Bosch magneto, Pierce governor and an
 Ensign carburetor. The generator is 8 General Electric, c. Y. E., com pound wound, l25 volts direct cur rent, of the capacity of ten kilowatts and is good for fifty per cent over load for an hour at any time. Both the generator and engine are mounted on a solid cast iron box ribbed bed plate, which insures perfect align ment and rigidity. The engine and generator shafts are directly connect ed with flange couplings in which are placed eight pins on which are four solid leather links. which take all ot the driving strain of the whole unit. SO that there is no metallic conneC- tion between the engine and genera tor This insures q perfect freedom of actic>l. due to the magnetic cen tering of the armature in it's field, with no undue strain. end thrust or pull on the engine bearings.
 To insure the proper cooling of the engine and generator a water tank which is connected directly with the i radiator is used and a pump on the engine circulates the water through , both the radiator and tank. A sep arate tank for gasoline is also a part of the equipment. The Ensign car buretor used in the engine is the in vention of 0. H. Ensign of Los An geleS Ca brother of F. II. Ensign, the designer Of the plant mentioned aboveD These carburetors are made in that city by the Ensign Carbu- retor company. who have their fac i tory at No. 712 Main street.
 The generator has a special switch board on which the different lines of circuits can be run fin places where artificial light is required for photo play work. The plant is also equip 1 ped with a 12-inch navy searChlight, s-- Continued on Page Three)