Smyrna Times

Make Power Changeover Here Sunday

As the result of precision planning a project was conducted by Delaware Power & Light Company on Sunday when new transformers were installed at the sub-station on the Clayton Road by five crews of the D P and L and an electric crew of the town of Smyrna of four men. Calvin Wells, Harrington, district supervisor for the power company, was in charge of the project carried out by about forty or fifty men. The Smyrna men worked under the direction of James Warren, general foreman. Town Manager Rex D. Gilmore also remained at the site of the sub-station.

Preparation began at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday by Delaware Power & Light, and the program was carried out precisely on the dot of 7 a.m. as planned. Current was restored at 10:15 a.m. The State Highway Department had a portable generator at the site of project to maintain traffic lights on the Smyrna-Clayton-Kenton Roads. Town police were in charge of the Main and Commerce Street intersection.

Crews of Delaware Power & Light from Laurel, Harrington, Clayton, Cheswold, and Dover worked at the site. It was necessary to remove three poles

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and set out four new poles.

Automatic controls assure that if there is an outage from the north the current is changed over in 45 seconds to power from the south.

Town Manager Gilmore stated that the town of Smyrna has had no outage since Hurricane Hazel when current was off from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

While the men were at work at the sub-station 25 volunteers of the Citizen Hose Company were standing by at the fire house to take care of any alarm as the siren is electrically controlled. The firemen assembled at 6:45 a.m. and stayed until current was restored. Hot coffee and buns were provided for the firemen by Fire Chief Reynolds Bradley.