The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-13
LOCAL PLANT FURNISHES POWER
FOR PLAMVIEW and OTHER CITIES
IS THE MOST UPTO-DATE PLANT IN WEST TEXAS AND
WILL ASSIST IN OUTSIDE DEVELOPMENTS
HAS ice CAPACITY OF FORTY TONS DAILY
The Building Fepoo Throughout and Equipment Large Enough
to All Adjoining Towns Which VIII Prove Great Help
Development of Lubbock The Hub of the Plains"

One Of the most modern and best
equipped Ice and Power Plants IN
West Texas is nearing completion
in Lubbock, with one Of It's large
five hundred horsepower motors
now at work, furnishing p9yer for
all transmission lines into Plain
view, and for all the lines in Lub-
book.
The engine is of the very latest
type, Is housed in an all stce., brick
and reinforced brick building, and
will furnish all the power nc ded IN
this section for many years, and
there will be another unit Installed
within a short time, as wofkmen
are now busy working on the foun-
dation which work viii be cOmplet-
ed within a few days
a visit 10 the plant will convince
one that the owners, the Texas
Utilities Company, has decided TO
spare neither money nor time In
making Lubbock the center Of pow
er for the Plains, and the manager,
Mr.. Allen, expressed the opinion
that as the towns adjoining Lub-
book grow the demand for power
viii grow, making the large plant
absolutely necessary for the adj
yancement Of commerce in these
towns.
The company will complete line
10 Rails soon, which win also sup
ply the towns Of Lorenzo and Ida
lou with power, which will become
great factor in the development
Of those towns.
The ice manufacturing plant will
be ready for work within ten days,
il is believed The plant viii have
forty tons daily capacity, az com
pared with fourteen tons every
twenty-four hours Of the old plant,
gives one some idea Of the con-
venience and largeness OF this plant
The people Of Lubbock indeed
have something Of which TO be
proud The great Investment this
plant represents will certainly open
eyes TO the value Of the Texas Util-
ities people to Lubbock, and the
fact that about twenty-eight local
people are given permanent en-
pl0ymcnt IN the plant, and IN the
ice delivery service, certainly is a
favorable angle from which to
view the situation.
The process the water Of which
the ice s made goes through Is
something absolutely new to the
Plains. as the equipment in this de-
partment Is also Of the latest type,
and Is not made into any other
plant in West Texas, and to APP
preciate this machinery one must
20 through the plant, and have the
process explained IN detail, feat
ure which the writer enjoyed Mon
day.
The water is run through -four
thicknesses Of blotter paper, eighty
four hours time required 10 place
enough water through this equip
meni 10 start the manufacture Of
ice. bat as the plant has storage
rooms Of one thousand tons capac-
ity, the time required for this work
does not, in any manner, retard
the service the company can give
the many customers IN West Texas.
II Is good TO note that another
powerful business institution Is
nearing completion IN Lubbock,
which will have its effect upon the
~ the entire section
OF West Texas and AZ the building
Is fire-proof throughout, IL win last
throughout the future, a gigantic
assistant TO the builders of the
Plains