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Station building, complete, including all fittings, foundations, stacks, furniture, etc. $100,000
Real Estate 36,000
Steam plant, including engines, boilers, pumps, heaters, piping, belts, etc 50,000
Electrical plant, including dynamos and all electrical apparatus, as switches, etc 40,000
Underground system material 115,000
Excavation and labor installing same 35,000
General, including lamps, meters, tools, instruments, engineering and architectural expenses, wiring, services and office furniture 50,000
Total $426,000

This includes the entire cost for the plant as it stands to-day, which, as far as the building is concerned, is complete for the entire capacity. At present there is installed generating capacity of boilers, engines and dynamos, for one third (⅓) of the final output of the plant. The electrical apparatus is complete for the entire output, with a very few additions in the way of a few switches, etc. The underground lines have a capacity for 20,000 lights. The work necessary to complete the plant for its entire capacity would amount to about $200,000 addi-