Eureka Reporter | 1908-09-18 | Page 2 | Builds Own Lighting Plant

BUILDS OWN LIGHTING PLANT st louis man illuminates home horne and run runs household machines 4 st louis in his leisure hours fred brendel drendel engineer of the corn com mercial building has been construct ing and just brought to completion an electric lighting plant which he has ha installed in the yard back of his rest dence on union boulevard with his homemade electric light ing plant he la is able to illuminate his home and that of a tenant and furnish enough power to run a sewing mt ind chine and other small household ma chines do the family ironing run elec trie fans and proposes in the near tu fu ture to be able to cook mr brendel s plant ts Is in a power house his friends constructed during the evenings and sundays this fall in the house is a four horse power engine and generator with the feces sary rheostats and volt and ampere meters the engine Is run by gasoline and is managed by mrs brendel who has been appointed chief engineer chile hile mrs louis daniels who mccu pies the upper part of his residence is assistant engineer the plant cost about to on and the cost of lighting the house is about ten cents a night tor for 40 lamps 01 the engine has a neavy foundation of concrete under it watch mr bren del amused himself by putting in the assistance of his friends