Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-05-30
ELECTRIC LIGHT
COMPANY TO PUT
NEW PLANT HERE

SA1hAAAS otA1Apn Va tuS EUILlAuu
Railway Light e Power company
at Salem is to be replaced with a
modern plant having four times
the capacity of the present plant.
The P. r. L. C P. company has
installed at present at its plant at
Mill and Liberty streets electric
generators driven by steam en-
gines having total capacity Of
$50 X. W. or 1000 h. D. These gen
orators, engines and boilers are to
be removed. the power plant build
ing remodeled. and modern
steam turbine driven generator
having maximum capacity of
5000 k. W. or 1000 h. p. is to be
installed, equipped with the nee
essary boilers and other auxiliary
equipment required to operate the
turbine and generator.
Due to the rapid growth of Sa-
'Ltm, the present plant has been
outgrown, and the p. r. L. & P.
company in line with its policy of
providing adequate service for its
customers, is installing this mod
ern plant for the purpose of pro-
viding relay or emergency ser
vice in case the power should be
shut off from either one of the
two transmission lines over which
the power for Salem is ordinarily
supplied.
One of these transmission lines
extends from the company's large
hydro-eleetric plants near Estaca-
da on the Clackamas river, and
comes to Salem via Beaver Creek,
Molalla and Mt~Angel. The other
transmission line supplies power
from the hydro-electric plant Of
the company at Oregon City and
also from the steam driven plants
in Portland.
Occasionally, due to farmers
blasting stumps or to storms, one
or sometimes both of these trans
mission lines are out of commits
sion temporarily. In such cases in
the future this new power plant
will be brought into service and
supply the power required for Sa-
lem and the surrounding towns
served by the P. r. l.. & p. com
pany.
w. H. Hamilton, division man
ager for the company. states that
it is their intention at present to
have this steam turbine driven
generator running 16 hours per
day, from O'Clock in the mern-
ing to 10 o'clock at night, carry
ing a light load and prepared to
carry full load upon failure Of
power from the transmission lines
The value of this new power
plant Is approximately $4,000
and viii consume from 8 to 10
carloads per day of sawmill re-
fuse fuel when operating at its
rated capacity.
Mrs. D. H. Looney and Miss
Greta Looney, of Jefferson, were
in Salem this morning on their
way to Tillamook where they will
attend meeting of the women's s
federated clubs. 2
D. Wieder, of Albany, and AL
Gregg, of Salem, left this morning
for Portland where they will
spend the day visiting. They made
the trip by automobile.
ANDY Anderson who has been
on an extended visit to his old
home in Hastings, Nebraska, has
returned and is registered at the
Bligh hotel. Mr.. Anderson said
that things were looking better
in the middle west, but that con-
ditions there had been much more
constrained than on the Pacific
coast. Mr.. Anderson spent the day
in McMinnville expecting to re-
turn this evening.
The siletz Cooperative Cheese
association of Siletz. Lincoln
county, filed articles Of incorpor-
alton with the state corporation
department here Monday. The in
corporators are Peter Muno, A.
Immonen, ]. d. Steere, Gust Keto-
la, Paul Kuehl and George Feucht.
The Oregon Oil and Refining COM
pany, Portland, filed a certificate
showing an increase in capitali-
ztion from $1,5OO,00 to $2,5OO,-
900.
L. G. Sargent, former vice-pres-
ident of the Salem United States
National bank and for sometime
resident of this city, accompan-
Jed by Mrs. Sargent was guest
OF the Marion hotel last night. Mr..
Sargent IS now assistant federal
reserve agent. The couple motor
ed up from San Francisco on their
way north.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Gibson, Of
Lebanon, were in Salem today Wis
iting Mrs. Gilson's brother, Ralph
Thompson, of the Marion garage.
Mr.. ellison is the proprietor Of a
hardware store at Lebanon. He
and his wife will return home by
automobile tonight.
After spending short time in
Portland where he transacted
business, Harley Pugh, a local in
surance man, returned to Salem