Weekly journal-miner., 1917-09-12
MANY VIEW WORKINGS
 OF HUGE POWER PLANT
Prescott Citizens Guests Of Arizona Power Company In Inspection Of
 Electrical Station At Tapco.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

nrOuSn tnc courtesy or Ine OII- cials of the Arizona Power Company, about 200 citizens of Prescott were on Sunday permitted to make trip of inspection to the company's huge new electrical station located near Clarkdale at new town called Tapco. The big plant, which is designed with an idea of increasing the electrical output of the company in the Jerome Clarkdalc district, is remarkable not only on account of the splendid equip ment contained therein, but also on account of the fact that the entire building and all of its contents were erected and assembled within the rather short space of time which elapsed between January 1. 1917, and September /, the latter date being the one on which the current was turned into the trunk lines which will dis tribute it among the various mines and other adjacent industrial prop critics
 At the present time the big plant is turning out but half of its rated capacity of 1000 kilowatts per hour, and this output will be maintained perhaps for the next month or so until the new machinery has had the opportunity of becoming smoothed up and thoroughly tested by the run ming operations.
 In order that the citizens of this city might appreciate the lengths to which the company has gone in its efforts to supply an adequate amount of electrical power to the adjacent mining sections, an excursion was ar ranged by the officials of the power organization, and a special train left Prescott al s o'clock on Sunday morn ing, carrying a large delegation of representative citizens who had been invited by President Veile to make the trip and get some idea of the magnitude of the new power station.
 The special made the trip over the branch which leaves the s. F. P. & P. at Cedar Glade. The location of the big electrical station is within three miles of Clarkdalc, and the property on which the plant is situated con sists of l2 acres Of irrigated farm land, which was purchased from the Verde Fruit Farms Company, and which is enclosed in a bend of the Verde river. Following the arrival of the party at the plant, an inspec ton of the workings was made in company with guides who took pains 10 explain all of the intricate pieces of machinery to the visitors. Shortly after noon an elaborate buffet lunch con was served, the menu containing list of good things which ranged from fried chicken to ice cream, and attractively served by the competent staff of Chinese cooks of which the camp boasts.
 The big plant, which proved so in tcresting to the visitors, was built by the Arizona Power Company through the medium of corporation called the Arizona Steam Generating Com pany The construction work was under the supervision of R. s. Mas son, the company's engineer, and was in the hands of the San Francisco con tracting firm of Charles C. Moore X Company The plant is located about half mile from the Clarkdale line of the Santa Fc and is reached by a standard guage spur 2,S00 feet in length. The building itself is con structed of concrete throughout with the exception of the western end which has d corrugated iron finish, so that future additions can be made with a minimum of expense. The boiler room is no feet long. 70 feet wide and B feet high and the turbine room adjoining is 66 feet long, 40 feet wide and AZ feet high. The equip :ncnt is of the most modern construc. ton and is designed to give the max imum of efficiency
 Adjoining the boiler room and con. nected by concrete fues is concrete stack feet in diameter and 20 feet in height
 The mechanical and electrical equip ment consists of four Sterling boilers suitable to produce steam for 10000 horse power Each boiler is provid- ! ed with superheater and between the boilers and the stack are located cconomizers to get all of the possible ! heat from the burned gases into the | feed water
 Oil fuel is used under the boilers and immediately west of the present boiler room there is an oil unloading l station on the spur track consisting of t, rorcrato tro,,,b ,,-;tb fo,,- oon,