The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-05-12
DAY CURRENT BY
JUNE 18th.
NEW AND LARGER PUMPING STATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY CO
PIETlNC ITS IMPROVEMENTS.

After many delays. caused by fail
ure OF shipments, strikes, bad weaak-
er and other things incident to buiIs-
Ing ffst class electrical power St.
tion In small town, the Public Uti1i-
ties Company, Of this city, has about
completed Its power house ai Gran
berry and is now building the pole
line to this city for the purpose o.
serving Its customers with an efE1oienL
day and night current Of electricity
and hopes TO turn on the same about
June 18th.
Power House.
The new power house. located 1t
Cranberry, is built Of brick and steel
and is 36 feet wide by 80 feet long.
part of which Is two stories hIgh and
part one story. The one story part
will, for the present, be used for
storing coal. but II needed will prob
ably be built a story higher and an
other coal shed erected.
The power for the plant Is gener-
ated BY 4 gas producing plant. man
ufaetured by the Smith Gas Power
Company. of Lexington, Ohio, which
drives : 26o horse power engine
known as the Rathbnn-Jones engine.
built at Toledo. Ohio. The system Is
noted for It's economy In the CON
sumption OF fuel and is being INSTALL
ed In large number OF plants. The
engine i connected directly to a 2t0
X. w. Westinghouse Ph. dynamo
which, With the latest improved switch
board, completes what Il known IN
the lighting OF power system - one
unit. all OF which Is now complete
and ready for service as coon Is the
pole line Ia completed and proper
connections made. The company has
signed contract Tor another com
plete unit and expects 70 install the
same within : short time.
Tho current will be 81 cycle. :
phase and viii be delivered If CON
sumer's premises at 10 volts.
Filtration PIanl.
N addition To the electrical ap-
paratus which the company has in
stalled i Is building ; hllration
plant At Cranberry which VII b
modern IN every respect The plant
vii be Of 10000 gallons capacity
every 2 hours with sterilization
system. making IL one of the most up
tozdate plants IN the country. West
minister drinking water has become
widely known for IIs softuess and
purity but the company. always anx=
t0ua to serve It's customers Just \ lit
tie better and better, determined to
Install the filtration and sterIIizing
system IN order TO remove all doubts.
II any really existed. as 70 the purity
OF the water.
Pumping siatloH. :
During the coming summer the.
company will install q complete. neu
and np-to-date electrically operated
pumping station at Cranberry. But
for DELAYS caused By The present mar
ket conditions this Improvement
would now be ready for operation.
when one remembers Hhat : tur=
buient time the stockholders Of the
combined companies have experienced.
both financially and personally. the
citizens Of Westminster should feel
satisfied that now. after years Of tu-
mutt and toll. they will be furnished
with night and day current OF
electricity. and a large volume OF
pure water at prices as moderate a.
AM in the state. The dag current es-
peeIally viii help advance our city In
more WAYS than one.
- soon as the successful operation
of the eompanys new power plant II
assured The old one in this city viii
be dismantled and the different parts
sold.