Hull House Statistics of Power Development and Transmission in Private Electrical Plants, June 9, 1918

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28215 Hull House Association,
Polk and Halsted St.
Chicago, Ill.
UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION
IN COOPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Return to Statistical Department, Room 4205, Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

STATISTICS OF POWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSMISSION IN PRIVATE ELECTRICAL PLANTS

1. Fuel Consumption:

Give bituminous coal in net tons (2,000 lbs.); anthracite in gross tons (2,240 lbs.); coke in net tons; oil in barrels. Underline kind of fuel used.

For what purposes is fuel used? ↑Steam Production↓

Quantity used for steam production ↑[Steam Production] all 2018 Tons↓

Quantity used for other purposes ↑-- --↓

Total quantity consumed in calendar year 1917 ↑[Pocahontas] [illegible] 2018 Tons↓

2. Steam Production:

Boilers: Number installed ↑4↓ Total capacity (h.p.) ↑300↓

Is steam purchased for heating? ↑no↓ power? ↑no↓ other purposes? ↑no↓

Quantity purchased? ↑none↓ How many boilers are operated during summer? ↑1↓; horsepower? ↑100↓. How many during winter? ↑2 or 3↓; horsepower ↑[200?]↓

3. Prime Movers:

Water wheels: Number installed ↑--↓ Total capacity (h.p) ↑--↓

Name of stream utilized ↑-- -- --↓

Internal-combustion engines: Number ↑no↓ Total capacity (h.p.) ↑--↓

Steam turbines: Number ↑no↓ Total capacity (k.w.) ↑--↓

Steam engines: Number ↑3↓ Total capacity (h.p.) ↑206     206↓ 

Steam pumps used for ↑2-Boiler Feed↓ Total capacity (h.p.) ↑1-House Pump 4-Pumps 1 [Heating System]↓

4. Electrical Generation:

Number of generators ↑3↓ Total capacity (k.w.) ↑155↓

A.C. or D.C.? ↑A.C.↓ Voltage ↑110↓ Phase ↑--↓ Cycles ↑--↓

To what prime movers are generators connected? ↑16 Motors & Lighting System↓ 

5. Electric Energy Account (1917):

Output of generators reported above. (If output is not recorded by watt meters, estimate output from amperage and voltage readings. State whether output reported is estimated or recorded) ↑Estimated↓ ↑137'754 k.w.↓

Energy purchased from ↑none↓

Total received ↑137'754 [k.w.]↓

Energy used for driving motors ↑37148 k.w.

Energy used for lighting ↑107606 [k.w.]↓

Energy used for other purposes ↑-- --↓

Energy sold to ↑[Voltz Bros?] 30314 k.w. Mary Crane 6834 k.w. 36'148 kw↓ 

Total

6. Electric Load Data:

What was maximum load (1917) on generators reported above? ↑75↓ k.w.

What was maximum electric load of plant including purchased power? ↑75↓ k.w.

Connected load of electric motors: Number ↑16↓ Total capacity (h.p.) ↑57↓

Connected lighting load (k.w.) ↑60↓ Other apparatus (k.w.) ↑-- --↓

7. Steam Heating Data:

Is live steam used for heating buildings? ↑yes↓ for industrial purposes? ↑yes Educational↓ Is exhaust steam used for heating buildings? ↑yes↓ for industrial purposes? ↑Educational↓ What is the initial pressure on heating mains: average     maximum     ? How many pounds of steam is used for heating per hour: average ↑3#↓ maximum ↑5#↓? What is the area of radiation surface? ↑17500↓ sq. ft.

8. Business Information:

Name of plant ↑Hull House Assn↓ Location

Nature of business ↑Social Settlement↓ Products manufactured ↑none Educational↓

Name, address, and designation of reporting officer ↑Engineer↓

Date signed ↑June 7 1918 Frank D Keyser 824 So Halsted St.↓ 

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