Central Heating, Lighting, and Power Plant on the Mall, in Washington, D. C; Hearings Before the Committee on the Library, United States Senate ... On
Central Heating, Lighting, and Power Plant on the Mall, in Washington, D. C; Hearings Before the Committee on the Library, United States Senate ... On

Author: United States Congress. Senate

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781230141084

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...by August 31 of this year, it will have to have an independent light or use the central plant? Mr. Wetmore. That building is being constructed with a heating plant. The Chairman. If this is to be supplied to it, why should it be constructed? Mr. Wetmore. Some have heating and some have heating electric generating plants--the buildings that are intended to be taken care of by this plant under the original legislation. All have their heating plant in and some have electric generating plants. The new Interior Department building is being built with a heating plant, but no generating plant. The Chairman. And some get supplied bv the Potomac Power Co.? Mr. Wetmore. Some from the Potomac and some manufacture it themselves. This plant was not authorized because of an emergency. It was authorized because of commercial savings that could be made. The Chairman. I understand that, but there will be no commercial saving if the Government is going on erecting a new building like the new Department of the Interior. In the new building there will be no saving. Mr. Wetmobe. But this is merely a plant not intended to be operated except in the case of emergency. The Chairman. If the central heating and power plant is constructed, it will be constructed with duplicate arrangements of every description, so that if one part fails the other part can operate, can it not? Mr. Wetmore. Certainly. The Chairman. Then why should you have a triplicate arrangement in the shape of separate powers in the separate buildings? Mr. Wetmore. I might answer that by saying that that is the very thing that was done here at the Capitol. There was a power plant constructed to take care of the Capitol buildings, and the boilers are, some of them, in this building yet. The...