In the boiler house the weight of coal
carried is about 45 tons per longitudinal foot of the building; the
weight of the brick chimneys is 1,200 tons each; economizers, with
brick setting, about 4-1/2 tons per longitudinal foot; suspended
weight of the boilers 96 tons each, and the weight of the boiler
setting, carried on the first floor framing, 160 tons each. The weight
of structural steel used in the completed building is about 11,000
tons.
[Sidenote: _Power House
Superstructure_]
The design of the facework of the power house received the personal
attention of the directors of the company, and its character and the
class of materials to be employed were carefully considered. The
influence of the design on the future value of the property and the
condition of the environment in general were studied, together with
the factors relating to the future ownership of the plant by the city.
Several plans were taken up looking to the construction of a power
house of massive and simple design, but it was finally decided to
adopt an ornate style of treatment by which the structure would be
rendered architecturally attractive and in harmony with the recent
tendencies of municipal and city improvements from an architectural
standpoint. At the initial stage of the power house design Mr.
Stanford White, of the firm of McKim, Mead & White, of New York,
volunteered his services to the company as an adviser on the matter of
the design of the facework, and, as his offer was accepted, his
connection with the work has resulted in the development of the
present exterior design and the selection of the materials used.
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