The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-08-06
SHALL THE CTTYS POWER PLANT
BE ALLOWED TO DETERIORATEl
Interesting Data Prepared by the Superintendent for Inorma
ton Board and the Public Equipment Not Keeping
Pace With Needs Of City - Property Worth Nearly
$2OO,OOO.OO

Te The Honorable Board of Mayor
and Aldermen. City Of Brookhaven:
i lGentlemen:-
In order that matters Of more than
ordinary Importance to our munici-
pal welfare, be presented, in man
Iner suitable for consideration, the
following facts and description of
conditions relating to the most Inn
portant phase of municipal activity,
viz: Water, Light and Power Plant,
are herein set forth.
In line with suggestion from your
honorable body have completed es-
Inmates Of the extent and value Of
the property in my charge. The
estimates are based on what identi-
cal replacements would be expected
to cost at the present time, with al
lowances made for deterioration ac-
cording to the length of time the
equipment has been in use.
The estimates do not take into con-
sideration the loss of value to any
equipment which has been outgrown
by local conditions or which has been
superseded by more efficient types.
Expert power plant appraisers
might arrive at values somewhat at
variance with the following figures
but these can be accepted as practi-
cally correct.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
Water Mains, Hydrants, Valves,
Elevated tank, Reservoirs, Meters,
Boxes and Connections, $103,286.00.
Buildings, Transmission lines, Trans
formers, Meters, Machinery Equip
ment. $S6.607.O0; Total. $1Ss.SsS.-
90.
POLICY LEADING TO PRESENT
BUSINESS.
Beginning with general state
ment of policy which has been a
prominent influence in the growth
of the power plant business to its
present proportions, rates for water
and light have been maintained,
which would insure an adequate in
come to pay operating expenses, and
the capacity of the plant has been
planned from time to time to take
care of these services, but since pow
er plant machinery and lines are us
ed only a small part of each day for
! lighting purposes there has always
been an opportunity to serve other
customers whose use Of electric pow
er extends over other portions Of the
day, thus producing revenue which
is earned without proportionate
increase in expense.
This feature of the service, thanks
to the enterprise of the industrial in
tterests of Brookhaven as we'll as to
the growing use of electricity in the
homes, offices and work shops, and
places of business, is no longer Of
secondary Importance. and If de-
velopment in this direction is to be
encouraged, must be given consider
alton in the planning of future ex-
tensions of the plant.
EVIDENCE OF GROWTH.
Keeping pace with the progress of
Oul C1Iy tnO 0ClAlo1Q0 AO1 W0ICA anu l
light are daily increasing as evil
denced by new applications for wa
ter and light and power connections.
SERVICE RENDERED AND EQUIP
MENT USED.
To present as clearly as possible
our present plant condition 1t seems
:. l,,;.ohIo ~ o,,+I;na mast ond rracout
load conditions and various equip
ment used.
The lighting load begins to come
on at, dusk or earlier and soon reach
es approximately Three Hundred H.
p, continuing at this point about 3
hours, after which gradual de-
crease until more than half this load
has declined shortly before eleven
O'Clock. All public as well as light
! ing which remains on all night to-
gether with electric power which is
used for pumping water make UP the
balance Of the night load, exclusive
of power customers.
The power load during this season
of the year, ranges between three
hundred and four HIP, during day
light hours, part of this load being
shut off at night when necessary to
make room for the lighting load.
4 The water works pumps (those OPP
Grating the wellsl are electrically
driven and this together with the in
dustries, office and home electric e.
quipment make UP the power load.
i During the fall season we have an
additional load from the cotton gins
4 which are electrically driven.
To supply steam for these demands
we have two boilers rated at 200
HIP. each and for driving electric gem
orators, one 800 HIP. compound con-
. densing unit, one, Corliss type simple
engine 125 HIP. and one Four
Valve type 125 HIP. engine.
Equipment for forcing water thru
distributing mains: One underwater
type FIRE pump rated 1000 g.p.m.,
steam driven; Two duplex compound
service pumps rated each 500 g.p.m.
steam driven.
EaU1FMENI USEDs
Equipment for pumping water
from wells into reservoirs: One elc-
trio driven air compressor. so HIP,
one electric driven deep well pump,
15 HIP.
DIFFICULTIES AND METHODS OF
OPERATION.
Until the last half year we have
been operating under conditions
which might be considered fair with
all equipment in average condition
OF repair. This however. has not
been the case with some Of the o.
Equipment, especially the boilers
which have not been put in more
satisfactory condition. Since finally