Pacific service magazine . A part of the old steam installation New electric pumping units. Note compact arrangement. of them depend upon it exclusively, othershave retained their old steam plant as astand-by and one or two of the larger citieshave installed gas engine plants at nomi-nal expense for emergency purposes. SanJose is an example of the latter class andwe are informed they have not been re-quired to fall back on the stand-by plantsince it was installed. It is turned overoccasionally to be sure that it is in goodworking order. Pacific Service in towns where it isused has reduced oper
Pacific service magazine . A part of the old steam installation New electric pumping units. Note compact arrangement. of them depend upon it exclusively, othershave retained their old steam plant as astand-by and one or two of the larger citieshave installed gas engine plants at nomi-nal expense for emergency purposes. SanJose is an example of the latter class andwe are informed they have not been re-quired to fall back on the stand-by plantsince it was installed. It is turned overoccasionally to be sure that it is in goodworking order. Pacific Service in towns where it isused has reduced operating expenses inamounts varying from 20 to 50 per steam plants have been cleared out andthe space used for storage or the buildingshave been entirely re-moved. The operatingforces at both electric andgas plants have been re-classified. Service to cus-tomers is uniformly few remaining townsshould study their operat-ing costs for power sepa-rately and apart fromother expense and comparethe cost of privat
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