The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-07

with the West Penn high tension
line from Gharleroi to the state
line. The West Penn Co. which
owns the power and lighting fran.
chise in Kingwood Elkins, Graf
ton, Oakland and other commune
ties in the interior OF West Virt
ginia, is TO erect a'66,O00 transmits
sion line from these properties
down to the Cheat River to the
Pennsylvania state line and to
connect with its Pennsylvania
properties there. Recently the
Monongahela Power and Railway
Co., completed a $4,000. volt Inns
from Rivesville to Grafton, hook
ing up with the West Penn pr0p-
critics above mentioned.
This arrangement should be OF
the greatest satisfaction to the
consumers OF light and power In
the Clarksburg, Fairmont, Taylor,
Lewis and Barbour counties. dis.
trict for It means that should the
Riyesville plant fail for any
cause. 1t would be buaN matter
of a few seconds to call the great
plants Of the West Penn at Con.
nellsville. Pa, at springdale, Pa,
Windsor, near Wheeling and the
plants Of the Duquesne Light Co.
at Pittsburgh. to. It's rescue. This
means that there can be no
emergency that can bcut off the
constant and adequate power and
light service that the company is
going to offer to its patrons as
soon as the present installations
are completed.
With the new equipment install
ed, the patrons who buy power
will not only have a more ade-
, quate supply but they will be
freed from the annoyance OF fire.
quent and costly Interruptions OF
service, occasioned by breaks In
the lines, etc. A large number OF
%. 900 volt sectIonalizing switches
will be placed throughout the 49,
600 volt transmission line system
in order TO provide means of sec
tionalizlng troubles and reduce to
a minimum the Interruptions to
customers.
New and very modern sub and
switching stations are to be erect
ed ut convenient points in the
cities, the mining and industrial
fields and to them will be run
from the central power station ade
uuate transmission lines to meet
the requirements for months Co
come. A new sect!onalizing
switching and substation will u
built I at Pennington; large
switching sub station will bel
built at Grafton, new station to
transform from $4,000 to $4,000
volts will be built at Flemingtor'
a large switching sub-station viii
be built at Clarksburg to control
and sect'onallze the several $4,000
volt circuits radiatlng from this
, point towards Pennington, Yves.
ton, Wolf Summit and Fairmont.
At the present Gypsy sub-statiou,
additional equipment will be In
stalled and this place will become
an important scCtionalizing and
switching point on the system.
At Hutchinson Il . present trans.
former installation and structures
will be added to and increased in
size in order to transform from
66 900 to $4,000 and to provide for
the large load that centers at this
point.
A new transformer sub station
will be built on the company )
property at Thirteenth street AMI
Virginia avenue In Fairmont to
1000 k. W. capacity TO provide
direct power service for the sew.
eral large industries in the indus
trial district in the south side OF
Fairmont.
Better Service Promised
Voltage regulators will be in
stalled at the present cayenne
sub station which feeds tn city
OF Fairmont with light and power
in order to provide better services
for all customers in the city. At
Warrington a voltage regulator
will be placed at the substation
there to add to the quality OF ser.
vice In that town.
In the past the power reS's in
the lower Marion, Harrison, Tay-
lor. Barbour and Lewis County
fields depended upon the lines ex-
tending from Rivesville up the
West Fork River for their service.
A break in this series Of lines
would put their plants idle. I'm.
der the new arrangements, such
delays will be impossible for the
field will be fed from another d.
rectlon also, as a $4,000 line will
be built from Grafton, the ter
minal of the new high tension
feeder from the Rtvesville power
plant. This line viii extend from
Grafton to Pennington and into
the new substation there. From
this point It will distribute rs
current to Clarksburg., Philippi,
Weston and all points OF the field
depending upon the company for
power and light. II there is q
break between Fairmont aud
Clarksburg, then this line may be
cut in and visa versa.
Plans are made and funds pro-
vided to strengthen the service
from Clarksburg to Columbia and
on east to Pennington, from which
latter point the lines iI,1 Bar
bour County extend. A new %. 900
line Of large copper and heavier
insulators will be eercted immed-
lately from Clarksburg to Colum.
bia and on from ColuHbla to
Pennington.
AT present the company oper.
ates a $4,000. line Of the most