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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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