The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-09
POWER PLANT
To BE Erected by Cochran Bros. On
Lot Recently Purchased by Them
Just East Of the Maysville
Cotton Mills.

Messrs. Cochran Brothers OF THIS
city have perfected all their arrange
ments and building plans and specif-
cations will be given out to contrac-
tors this week for the erection Of a
modern steam-turbo electric generat-
ing power plant building, coal bunk
ers, ETC., to be erected on the plot of
ground situated just East Of and ad-
joining the Maysville Cotton Mills Of
January & Wood Co., but separated
from the main Cotton Mill buildings by
a driveway and extending along Vine
or Gray Alley from Second street to
c. & o. Railroad.
The Power Station Building proper
will be located on Vine or Gray Alley
about half way between Second street
and c. G o. Railroad. 1t will be of at
tractive, modern design and with up to
date equipment for most economical
steam and electrical generation. In
the station will be provided space for
future extension when needed. In
general the station will consist of
modern boiler plant with $50 XIV. or
1000 Horse Power steam-turbo gen.
Grating units in separate room, the
basement of which, containing con-
densing equipment, pumps, ETC., will
be ON level with boiler room floor and
open into same. The turbo gener-
ators will exhaust into condensers,
circulating water for which will be
cooled by shallow spray pond To-
Gated South of Plant building, but
back some distance from Second
street. This pond or spray pan will
be more ornamental than otherwise
having the effect of fountain in the
yard. Water is thus over and over
becoming distilled and causing no
scale in boilers. The only water pur-
chased or provided is to replace that
lost by evaporation.
To the North of Station and between
the building and c. & o. Railroad sid
ing will be located coal bunkers with
capacity for storage Of six months
l supply of coal. Facilities for unload
I ing coal will be designed for the
! greatest economy and efficiency in
handling coal from cars or barges in
the storage plant. A superior advant.
age Of the site is that coal from c. &
o. or river can be unloaded and stored
with equal ease and efficiency.
The REINFORCED concrete floor oi
that portion of plant containing al
electrical equipment will be from two
to three feet above the level Of the
1918 flood.
The boiler room floor will be much
lower and level with the yard or fool
of coal bunkers. Around the entire
plant building and coal bunkers, how
ever, will be run continuous and un
broken REINFORCED concrete wall tina
will keep all food water out to above
1918 level. To provide for any pos
1 sible seepage during foods severa
pump pits connected to an ejector pi
in boiler room will be provided.
Preliminary surveys and plans hav'
been under consideration for SOM
time past resulting In decision severa
months ago to build the plant thi
year. Practically all Of the equip
ment of the plant has been contracte,
for.
A new company will be- formed an
incorpated to own and operate tn
Power Plant. Contracts for the en-
tire-out-put of the Plant have bee
agreed upon with January & Woo
Co., Maysville Gas Co., and Maysvill
Street Railroad and Transfer Co.
2S00 Volt, so Cycle, 2 Phase Alterna
ing Current will be generated and d.
livered to the above companies at tn
= terminals Of the Switchboard in tn
Power Plant.
January & Wood Co. will insta
: motors and convert all its power r,
, quirements to electric motor driv
After having been expanded from q
pounds to 10 pounds pressure for gel
Grating electric power, steam will
extracted and sold January C Woo