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Tremendous increases in the demand for electric power in Canadian provinces have taken place during the past years and Prince Edward Island is no ex-

ception.

The island is surging ahead with an increase of about 12 per cent in required power output by the Maritime Electric Com- pany Limited each year.

Around this time last year the total miles of distribution line on the island numbered 1.000. in just 10 years this has increased to close to 2,000 miles of co m-

nes. The lines served m 0 re than 5,000 rural families 10 years ago and this figure has in- creased to an almost unbeliev- Ible 12,000 families

A new building. l'.’0 feet long.‘

73 feet wide and 75 feet high. was constructed in 19ft-2-6:1, con- to the western side of the former building on the corn- er of Sydney Street East a n d Cumberland Street. HOUSES GENERATOR The structural steel fr a m e building now houses the 20,000 kilowatt turbogenerator. built and tested by the Associated El- ectrical Industries Ltd.. of Man- chester, England. The generat- or has increased output by

An oil- burning boiler. requir- ed b new turbogenerator. was installed in the building. This was purchased from Bab- cock-Wilcox and Goldie-l\IcCul- loch Ltd., Gait, Ontario.

Montreal Engineering Co. Ltd.

as the consulting firm for file building and for the installa- ﬁon of the new equipment, which also included an extension to the existing pump house.

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‘pump house extension. Irwici-: AS LARGE

iCharlottetown plant: 850 pounds

.-ed increase in efficiency result-

any and P.E.I. governme nt sure and temperature‘ l

;twice as large as any that were

MEASURED BY

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This a d d i t i onal generating al

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equipment requires 20.000 g ~ 1963

ions of water per minute. and to‘ accommodate this need an ex- tra pump was installed in th e

The new turbogeneraior oper- ates on twice the steam pres- sure of the former units in the

per square inch. at a tempera- ture of 900 degrees. and a mark-

ed from this advance in pres-~ This new kilowatt unit is

in use before, and increased the plant‘s output by over 60 per cent, a total of 52.500 kilowatts. The percentage of Isl a n d farms now using electric power under the P.E.l. governments rural electrification program is well over 80 per cent. a ratio not even equalled in Great Britain. In addition to the growth in the number of rural domestic customers, those who have had electric service for the past 10 years or so now use twice as much power as they did when the lines were first put in. From the time of the first

power plant in Charlottetown, built about 1806, a steady in- crease in power output has been necessary. Through the years additional equipment and space has been added to the plant to keep abreast of the rising elec- trical needs of the population.

INCREASE FORECAST

After studying the forecast of expected increases in the use of electric power on P.E.I. Mari- time Electric Company Limited decided they would require addi-

The Value of Any

lmrle C. Baker President

at HUGHES

We are proud of our heritage and of the City of Charlottetown . . .

. . . . and with this pride goes a feeling of accomplishment as we see our City grow.

WE FEEL it is our duty, and that of every eon- scientious business man, to conduct business in a manner that best serves our customers, and to increase our facilities to the utmost of our ability.

FOR 154' YEARS it has been our privilege to serve the men, women and children of this province. Serve them in such a manner that our good name is passed on from father to son, mother to daughter, as one of the most re- liable drug stores in this province .. .. .. and probably the longest established in Canada.

WE sincerely cherish that conﬁdence and will jealously guard it by continuing to offer you only the finest merchan-

our personal guarantee of

IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1810 .. -. .. .. -. u we were pleased to welcome the Fathers of Confeder- Iﬂon in 1864. and look forward to participating in the 1964

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tionai capacity by the fall of to maintain an adequate re- serve to meet the peak load.

in 1961 a study was made on the feasibility of a submarine cable connecting the Maritime Electric system with the Marl- time grid near Shediac. An ex- amination of costs showed that it would be Just as economical to increase the Charlottetown

ant

it has always been the c om- pany's policy to provide power as economically as possible for its customers. and while a sub- marine cable might offer some a_ preciable savings in the future it ' oi be the most econo- mical for all customers in th e

ng run.

in the summer of 1961 the or- der \vas placed with the Asso- ciated Electrical I n d u s tries Ltd.. for the new unit of 20, kilowatts capacity. This unit has proven to be more economi- cal to operate than earlier ones and now the majority of company's load is supplied this one machine. The company recently made application to the Public Utilities Commission of Prince Edward Island for a rate reduction which passes the tot- al of this estimated saving to all its domestic customers.

Around the same time the or- der was placed with Babe 0 ch- Wilcox and Goldie McCu1loch Limited. for the steam general or «boilerl of 190.000 lbs. per hour capacity and associated equipment

PUMPING CAPACITY

These units were installed and commissioned in December 1963 and since that time have been

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complete sati-

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hour basis.

In order to provide sufficient cooling water for this latest un' it was also necessary to increase the pumping capacity at the riv- er pumphouse by an additional 15.000 gallons per minute. bring- ing the total pumping capacity from the Charlottetown harbour to 45.000 gallons perm l n u t c. This water is screened and treated with chlorine to keep the system clean.

This station now prod u c e I nearly 10.000 kilowatt hours of electrical enengy per month us- ing approximately 35.000 gallons

of cooling water per minute and ' approximately 200.-

00() gallon: of bunker fuel oil per week.

AT PRESENT NEARLY 80 PEI! GEN!‘ 01'' ISLAND FARM HOMES SERVED BY ELECTRICITY

P.E.l. MUTUA FR INSURA C0.

80th Year Serving This HISTORIC PROVINCE

The Only Insurance Company

1 Whose Membership, Risks Are Owned

ervice and Policy

and Conline

Exclusively To P. E. I.

DIRECTORS

John Macintosh Tlgnish, President Eric Loether Crapaud, Vice-President T. Leland Linkletter Summerside, Secretary-Treasurer Alber Linkletter '’ ' ' “ Road Chessel Annear Montague J. B. Edwin Reid Rollo Bay Rlllbli Johnstona ...... .. Long River E. W. Johmtone Burlington A

George MacCallum Brackley Beach

Mutual Service

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AGENTS

Errol Stetson ovL.u., Sydney B. Birch Birch Hill, Northam. RR. Alice Gallant . wemnnon Vernon Craig Bede“. Clifford Simpson ................................. .. Stanley Bridge M. R. MacLean North Wiltshiro Alexander J. Robertson, lll Grafton Street. Charlottetown James 1. MacKay 111 Grafton Street, chm-louggown

and Security

.INSURANCE CO.

HEAD OFFICE CORNER GRANVILLE 8: WATER STRIETS SIIMMERSIDI

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