I»AGE TWBLVfi
THE ECHO
APEIL,
i^ASON
Professor Marks: "Now, Mr.
Snaffle, I want you to explain this
examination paper. Why do you
have all your answers in quotation
marks?”
Freshman Snaffle: “Just a bit
of courtesy to the man seated at
my left, Prof.”
MORE THAN ONE WAY
Mountaineer: “Doc, I want you
to look at my son-in-law. I shot at
him yesterday and took a piece
out of his ear.”
Doctor: “Shame on you, shooting
at your son-in-law.”
Mountaineer; “Huh? He wasn’t
my son-in-law when I shot him.”
Vast Quantity Of Electric Power Is
Produced To Operate One Plant
STORK
CORNER
FROM PAGE NINE
INGENUITY
A farm hand took his girl for
a buggy ride and nine miles out
in the country the horse dropped
dead.
^ “Oh, dear,” sighed the girl, “and
I’m so tired!”
“Suppose I give you a nice kiss,”
said the farm hand. “That wiU put
life in you.”
“In that case,” said the girl,
“you’d better kiss the horse.”
MORE DESCRIPTIVE
Young Father: “In your sermon
this morning you spoke about a
baby being a new wave on the
ocean of life.”
Minister: “That’s right.”
Young Father: “Don’t you think
a fresh squall would have been
nearer the truth?”
SCOTCH
In .the smokeroom of the big
hotel the Scot had been boring
everyone with tales of the great
deeds he had done.
“Well, now,” said Englishman at
last, “suppose you tell us some
thing you can’t do, and by jove
I’ll undertake to do it myself.”
“Thank ye,” replied the Scot, “I
canna pay ma bill here.”
BEHIND SCHEDULE
Hitler, on telephone: “Heil, Tojo,
I thought you would be in America
by now.”
Tojo, also on phone: “So soUy,
Adolph. Where you call from, Mos
cow?”
WORDS OF WISDOM
“Just think of it!” exclaimed the
romantic young newly-wed, “a few
words mumbled over your head
and you’re married.”
“Yes,” agreed the old cynic, “and
a few words mumbled in your sleep
and you’re divorced.”
FAMILY PRIDE
“Mother, I’m the best looking
boy in Sunday School.”
“Why, Tommy, who told you
that?”
“Nobody, Mother, nobody didn’t
have to tell me. I saw the rest of
them.”
A COME BACK
American soldiers were making
wise-cracks to a truck load of
Italian prisoners in North Africa.
One Italian, who spoke perfect
English, retorted: “Why are you
laughing at us? We’re going to
New York; you’re going to Italy.”
WRONG DIRECTION
A woman riding a trolley car
was anxious not to pass her desti
nation. She poked the conductor
with her unbrella.
“Is that the First National
Bank?” she asked.
“No, miun,” replied the conduc
tor. “That’s my stomach.”
feed pumps then pick it up, raise
the pressure to above that of the
boilers, after which entry into the
boilers is controlled by Copes
regulators in accordance with the
steam demand. Of the four feed
water pumps,two are electric driven
and two steam driven. Each has a
capacity of 72,000 pounds of water
per hour and can develop a pres
sure of 525 pounds per square
inch. In the summer fresh watei
makeup amounts to about 15 per
cent of the total steam generated,
in the winter 30 per cent.
Boilers 1 and 2 have been in
service since July, 1939, and boil
ers 3 and 4 since August, 1941.
During that time their availablility
has been greater than 99 per cent.
All steam generated is metered.
Approximately 9 per cent is used
at the Boiler Room and the bal
ance is sent to the Turbine Room
through two 8-inch high pressure
lines, 700 feet long, installed over
head on steel towers. Expansion
bends are provided to allow for
changes in pipe length due to tem
perature changes.
The turbine-generators operate
at the high speed of 3600 revolu
tions per minute. When once start
ed, they are seldom stopped, their
normal period of continuous opera
tion being around 180 days. Be
cause of this and the close internal
clearances required, they must be
constructed with the precision of
the finest watch, and forced lubri
cation must be resorted to.
The turbines may be operated
straight condensing or a combina
tion of extraction and condensing.
In the former case, all of the steam
entering the turbine at throttle is
used for the generation of power
and is then exhausted to the con
denser. Pressure at throttle is 400
pounds per square inch gauge and
at exhaust 2 inches of mercury ab
solute. In the latter case only a
portion of the steam entering the
turbine is exhausted to the con
denser, the balance being extracted
part way through the turbines into
the process lines. Immediately af
ter extraction it is desuperheated
by the addition of condensate to
meet temperature requirements of
the mill. Desuperheating capacity
is 85,000 pounds per hour.
Under normal operating condi
tions, all steam used for process
and heat passes through the tur
bines. For excessive demands or
when a turbine is down, two boost
er pressure reducing stations are
provided which by-pass high pres
sure steam around the turbines.
The condensers referred to are
large steel drums in which the
exhaust steam is condensed back
to water. This is done by passing
large quantities of water through
many small tubes within the con
densers. The cooling water is of
the the regular mill supply and is
used in process after serving its
purpose here.
All condensate returned from
the condensers and mill is collected
in a surge tank and pumped back
to the boiler room for re-use.
A sensitive three lever govern
ing mechanism maintains constant
speed of turbine and controls the
pressure of extracted steam in ac
cordance with the electric and
process steam demands.
Turbine No. 1 (2000 KW) has
been in service since July 6th,
1939, and No. 2 (4000 KW) since
August 15th, 1941. To date their
availability has been 99 1-3 per
cent.
A 42 panel enclosed switchboard
of modern design is provided for
Hand Booklet News
We are sorry to have lost our
supervisor, Helen Dunne, who has
gone back to Jersey City to live
with her father and to be near
Jimmie. Best of luck, Helen. We’ll
miss you.
In the Spring a young man’s
fancy turns to love, and also a
young lady’s from the looks of
that diamond. Hazel McKinney is
flashing. Congratulations are in
order. And many congratulations,
too, Anne Morris, on your new job
as Forelady. We are happy with
you. The color of her new Spring
outfit seems to be white. Looks
nice on her too.
Bernice L. must have had a nice
time in Franklin over Easter. We
were beginning to think she wasn’t
coming back.
We are very proud of the talent
we have in Hand Booklet Depart
ment. If you don’t believe us, stop
by the counting table and lend an
ear to the Hand Booklet quartet
composed of Pauline S., Annie
Lou B., Mildred Orr and Florence
H.
If anyone wants to learn ten
nis, Dora Tanner is said to be a
professional. See her for an ap
pointment.
Hand Booklet has learned that
Katheryn M. purchased flowers for
her hair in the blooming South.
Hand Booklet Department miss
ed seeing double for one week
while Lillian and Lucille Wilson
enjoyed their week’s vacation.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs.
D. Harrell on January 31, a
Andrew Wayne. Mr. Harrell
employed in the Filter Plant
On February 29, a daugb^j
Patsy Jeane, was born to
Mrs. C. L. McClure. Mr. McCl>^
is an employee of Champagne-
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Cooper on January 23, a son» ^
J., Jr. Mr. Cooper is an
of the Maintenance Department'
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
aker at the Mt. Sanitariu® w,
March 3rd, a son, John Earl-^
Whitaker is employed in the ^
tenance Department.
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Born on March 6th to Mr-^
Mrs. J. R. Freck, a son,
Lane, at St. Joseph’s
Asheville, N. C. Mr. Freck
with Maintenance.
A son, Jerry Lane, was
March 10th to Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Ballard. Mr. Ballard is '
ployed in the Maintenance
ment.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. E- ^
lender on March 15th, a son-^
Calender works in the
Room.
On April 2nd, a daughter^
born to Mr. and Mrs. Woodro^
Allen. Mr. Allen is a Boiler ^
employee.
operational distribution purposes.
The board contains all of the con
ventional electric recording and
indicating meters, relays and con
trols including a recording fre
quency meter.
Steam recording and indicating
instruments are installed on elab
orate panel boards in the Turbine
Room and Boiler Room. Readings
are entered hourly on log sheets
at each place and the charts are
changed daily. From these records,
important data is compiled daily
and summarized monthly and year
ly. The information thus obtained
serves as a check on the operation,
maintains efficiency and is an aid
in planning future improvements
and expansions.
Herbert F. Finck is in charge of
the Power Department. Assisting
him is Paul Baker, Power Super
visor. Tom Evans is the senior
operator at the Boiler Room and
Walter Kay at the Turbine Room.
The other employees at the Boiler
Room are Woodrow Allen, Lemuel
Daniels, Virgil Galloway, Leland
George—1st Class Firemen; Rob
ert McCall, Addison Bruner, Clar
ence Allison, Coy Compton—2nd
Class Firemen; Ed Sentell—Drag
line and Bulldozer Operator; Wm.
Clarence Brown, Clarence Orr,
Frank McCrary, Charles Reece—^
3rd Class Firemen; Jackson Hol
den, Arbeth Toney — Coal Yard
Men; Byrd Watts—Cleaner. The
other employees of the Turbine
Room are Obie Willingham, Morris
Dorn, Melvin Smith, Crockett Mat
thews—Operators; Raymond Low
ery, Samuel Norwood, Sherman
Hunter—Assistant Operators.
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
pe
McCall at the Transylvania wf
pital on April 9th, a son.
Call is employed in the
nance Department.
Born to Lt. (jg) Thomas
U. S. N. R., and Mrs. Carr ^ jjj,
Thomas Eames, II, on
April 4. Mrs. Carr was
Miss Betty Vannah of the
department, daughter of
Mrs. H. P. Vannah.
OUCH
“Mary,” Mrs. Browne said stern
ly to her maid, “I wrote your
name with my finger in the dust
on the dining room mantlepiece
this morning.”
‘I know you did, ma’am,” re
plied the girl reprovingly, “and
you spelled it wrong.”
Safety Can Be
Since statistics of the
Safety Council prove that aCC'j,
can Ite prevented, we must ^
that the substantial reducti® .
injuries through cooperative^
vention work, serves a
to every one of us.
We must also be convinc^^. J
these reductions will be ac® {li
in almost exact proportion . ^4
intensity and persistence
efforts. {{t)
It has often been said that s di
begins at home and each
should take the following 51^
I will obey all traffic sig**y
nals and regulations, wheth®*
ing or walking.
I wi]l endeavor at all •" w)
keep myself and my car in ^ .
condition to drive safely, ft*’,
I will conscientiously supP jj#
worth-while efforts, both ^ /
and private, to promote »
safety in the home, in a o'*
and office, in the school a
the street and highway.
I will do everything I
bring about greater safety
work. '
I will seek to remove all
from my home and to /"
continuous care to preve**
dentSf there. ^ /
I will strive constantly \
sonal example to inspire
tices among those with ^
come in contact.
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