New Britain herald., 1916-07-14
ELECTRICAL POWER
 PLANT AT N. & ]. CO.
Officials to Have New Motive SyS.
 tenn in Operation March 1

Plans have been completed and work will soon be started on a new electrical power plant at the North S5 Judd Manufacturing company. At present the power system of the con- cern is about f1fty-five per cent. direct drive, but in line with the general progressiveness of this company the new system will provide individual power for every department, making the North & Judd Manufacturing com pany throughout one of the most modern plants in the United States.
 To Be Ready March 1.
 It is expected that the new plant will be ready for operation by March l. Owing to the fact that several old buildings will have to be razed and the new power house built along spe- cial lines which will give it the maxi mum of strength and dura bility it will take longer than otherwise to con- struct 1t. The engineer in charge of laying out the new plant is John A. Stevens of Lowell, Mass. and the
 
 has the general contract for the struc- tural work.
 The new power house will be located in the factory yard facing on Laured street, near the corner of Smalley street The building will be SC situated that an enormous coal pocket will be adjacent. This coal pocket, so constructed that coal wagons can drive in, dump their load, and continue on and out of the yard, will have a capacity of fully 5000 tons.
 Big Turbine Engines.
 Owing to the great weight of the generating machinery that will be installed, the foundation of the new building will have to be unusually deep and strong. In the basement of the new plant will be the pumps and other mechanism. On the main floor will be located two massive turbine engines, rated by the engineers at 750 K. w. Other equipment will be two powerful boilers of the very latest design, each capable of developing 500 horse power. These boilers will each be equipped with automatic stOkers automatic water feed pipes and every other accessory that recent inventions have made practicable.
 When the new power plant is en- t1rely completed and the change from the present motive system made, it will mean that the entire North & Judd factory will not depend on out side sources at all for power. All will be generated within it's own walls and each separate department in the 1 will be equipped with individ- ual motors so that the power in any one section may be turned on or off without in the least affecting any other division.
 Several New Inventions Recently several new inventions ! have been com mpleted at this plant and | will soon be put on the market. Only | this week some new ideas in a patent | belt have been completed and put on sale and this likewise applies to sev- eral new developmen in harness and l saddlery hardware.
 When Buffalo Bill visited the fac tory two days ago he was presented | with a handsome set of spurs, de- signed especially for him by one of l the factory designers. Today a hand some bridle bit was shipped to him to complete the set. The spurs were so IeSlSned as to make DullalO s head and the bit, which was silver inlaid has a clever fixture resembling re- volver These were the gift of H. c. Noble to his old hunting partner and friend, Buffalo Bill, in private life, William Cody.
 Business Is Booming.
 General business conditions at the North & Judd Manufacturing com oany were never better in fact were never so good. Some departments are working overtime to keep abreast of orders Stockh elders are getting ib aral dividends with more in immediate view and the employees, in addition to being well paid, are receiving the ben efits of a bonus system.