Sommarisiog recent Reporte by the Electrical. Engineer, together with minotes of meetings of the Comittee, the Council decides to publish for general information the preliminary proposals for inaugurating the River-side Power ion.
The reasons which have actuated this step are contained in the followin; extract from the Electrical Engincer's Report of October 7:— year ego it was not thought that it would be necessary to have the River-jo Power Station ronning before the inter of 1912 or perhaps 1913. The bare arrived at the probable maximum "load by the same process at has boce "employed for several years, @ process which has in peactioe always come very close to the actual. La the present case "the traction load is eliminated as it dows "not bear directly on the case, The "yearly increase in the maximum load ince 1906 to 1910 is shown blo maximum for 1910 is of course eatiaat-"ed, but jadgiog from the namber of new "ennnexions to the maine in the first half "of thin year, and the present lesd on the "Station I think the meximom of 3,000 K.W. is likely to be exceeded. "However, for the sake of demonstration Year. Toad in previous years Increase over
Mlowatta,—_in kilowatts, 1906 1,408 321 1907 1,630 230
1908 1,990 270 1009 2.400 500
1910 3,000 600
"When the two 800 K.W. tnrbo-
Iteraators are eonvertedto1,000K.W. "machines and the new mixed pressure "tarbioes are installed, there will be a "plant capacity (-till excladiog traction) "of 4,760 kilowatts. Allowance must be "made for one of the largest units being "oat of commission, which means one of "the 1000 K.W. sets, ro that the total "available plant will be 3,760 made op as "ander Machine No.2 180 K.W. No.3 150 No.4 600 No. 5 600 No.60r7 1,000, No.15 480 Motor-Generator No. 13 300
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