The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-07-29
BUILT AT COST OF $35,OOO.OO
Contract Already Closed for
Erection-Work Begins Soon
On Modern Electric Works
for BrunsWick--Will Be Big
Improvement.

t was announced yesterday morn
ing that permission had been granted
The Mutual Light and Water company
to increase its capital stock in the
sum of $163,2 $50. The petition, whic.
was granted, was given hearing be
fore the State Railroad commission
in Atlanta Thursday.
Following the granting of the pc"
mission to increase the company :
stock a contract was closed with the
General Electric company OF New
York state through the Atlanta office
70? the inst lllation here of new
,...'- -rnup-tC date electric power
tnant. The new plant will be con-
~tI"ctcd at the expense of $4,000
VI the amount to which the capital
stock will be increased. $il, 900 will
be used fer the purpose of reimburs-
ing the treasury of the company for
expenditures already made. The re
mainder of the stock issue will be
of financing the needed improvements
AID additions in contemplation.
Gee"a' Manager A. deSola Mendes
and Supt. .. NJ Armstrong were in At.
lanta Wednesday and Thursday look
ing after the interests of the com.
pany After the granting of the pc
tition by the Railroad commission and
the closing of the contract, Mr.. Men
des proceeded to New York City
where he will spend his vacation.
Returning to the city yesterday Mr.
Armstrong issued the following state
ment regarding the new plant to be
erected in Brunswick: 1--WE have clos
ed a contract with the General Elec
trio company of New York state
through the Atlanta Office for new
modern power plant to be operated
by 625 K " A. steam turbine gen
Grating a GCicycl2 thrce-phase cur
rent New power convertors will be
used for delivering current to fac
tories using motors for power.
"The street car system will be OPP
Grated from this generating plant us
ing a rotary converter changing the
alternating current o. 1900 volts to
I $50 direct current. A motor-driven
pump will also be installed TO fur
nish the water service for the city"
The contract closed in Atlanta calls
for the delivery Of the generators
within four months II was stated
yesterday that the entire new system
will have been installed by the first
of next year and will be in operation.
Work on the engine room where the
new machinery will be placed will
be begun at once.
While the current at present is
made and furnished separately to the
city at large and the street cars the
new plant will generate and furnish
III the electric current A belted gen
,rator now in the old plant will be re-
tanned 10 generate the current in
ase of emergency, taking care Of the
possibility Of the new plant going
lead
The additions and improvements
contemplated and about to be begun
will mean much to the city. The
new plant will be thoroughly modern
md will increase the capacity Of the
Mutual's plant by about sxty.slx
per cent.
The old plant will be practically
worthless. except as junk. All the
I'D 1876 cycle single phase generators
IRE rapidly being replaced by the bet
.er ones and as a consequence the
present outfit Of the Mutual Light Il
Water company will be useless.