The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-05
ELECTRIC CURRENT
FROM new power
PLANT FURNISHED
Current From Maysville's Complete
New Power Plant Turned Into
Wires Last Night-One Of the
Most Complete Plants In
the State.

Current from Maysville's new Elec- |
trio power plant was turned into the
great arteries of wire which distribute |
the power into all parts of the city |
last night and this morning all of the
electricity in the city is being furnish
ed by the new plant, one of the best
equipped and most complete electric
generating plants in the state of Ken
lucky.
During all of last week the mach
inery at the January G. Wood Cotton
Mills was being put into shape for the
new plant to drive it and this morning
the spindles turned by the power of
electricity.
At nine o'clock Sunday morning the
old electric plant was stopped and the
new plant took up the street car load.
During all of the day the electricians
were busy in all parts of the city
changing the distributing system
from two to three phase and there
was no electric current in the city
from nine o'clock yesterday morning
until the power was turned into the
cables last night after all of these
changes had been made.
The plant was built by Cochran
Brothers who have incorporated the
company in the name of The Mays
vile Power Company. Mr.. j. e. Sir
rine, of Greenville, s.. c., is the en-
gineer Mr.. Shrine has a reputation
of being one of the best cotton mill
engineers in the South. 1t is of at
tractive, modern design and with
equipment for the most economical
steam and electrical generation. So
economical is the equipment that less
than one-half the fuel necessary to
operate the combined plants of the
Maysville Gas Company and the jan
uary & Wood Company, will operate
the new plant.
In general the station consists OF
modern boiler plant with 3 Man
ming type boilers of 800 horse pow
err each with $50 XIV or 1000 horse
power steam-turbo generating units
in a separate room, the basement oil
which, containing condensing equip
ment, pumps, etc, is on a level WIFI
the boiler floor and opens into same
The turbo generators exhaust into
condensers, circulating water whicf
is cooled by shallow spray pond To-
Gated in front of the building. Wat
err is thus used over and over be
coming distilled and no scaling of TIT
boilers is caused.
The REINFORCED concrete floor o
that portion of the building contain
ing the electrical equipment is iron
two to three feet above the level o
the 1913 food line
The boiler room is much lower an
level with the yard or the floor of tn
coal bunkers in the rear of the build
ing. Around the entire buildin
and coal bunkers runs continuou
and unbroken re-enforced con
!. crete wall that will kee
n out all flood water. To provide fo
& any possible seepage during flood
N several stump pits connected to a
y ejector pit in the boiler room are pre-
n vided.
! In the basement is located a d
gallon underwriters pump which
is case of fire distributes the entire col
al tents of the spray pond through auto
y matte sprinkler system into the Co
,t ton Mills
\ January G. Wood Company has II
nj stalled motors and has converted a
its power requirements to electr
n, motor drive After having been e.
banded from 200 pounds to 10 pound
pressure for generating electric pow
er, steam is extracted and sold Jal
uary & Wood at 10 pounds pressul
for their heating and dyeing requir
ments. When there is no demand II
low pressure steam in the Cotton Mi
all the steam will pass through a
stages of the turbine and into the CO..
no densers.
n The new plant is primarily desig
at ed for public service and is a gre
,o asset to the city of Maysville }
os city of $4,000 inhabitants could ha
10 better plant Arrangements ha
IN been made for increasing its output
f. necessary and the present buildil
Mt will be able to produce twice as mu'
IN electricity as the city of Maysyil
20 now REQUIRES. The plant has be-
built, however, so that If Maysvil
should at any time require more TIL
1T twice the present output, II can
added to and can be made to furnl
d., enough electricity for a city five tim
on the size of Maysyille.
nd The building and equiping of t
a plant cost thousands of dollars b
Ia the machinery was purchased on CO
cd tracts made in 1916, II they had
'er be purchased today the plant wor