Pumps' Perplexities

I suspect one of my "avid" readers will enjoy this little
story......

There is an island in the middle of the East River in
New York City.....It is between the borough of Manhattan
and Queens.....The Queensboro Bridge goes over it and
there is a "ski-type" tram that goes to it......

First know as Blackwell's Island in the olde days, it then
became known as Welfare's Island because of its hospitals
and other "mental" facilities.......Now it is know as
Roosevelt Island, prime real estate being what it is in
New York City......Enough history.......

It seems that a company has put some water turbines
in the East River in an attempt to provide an alternate
electrical power source to the island......Each turbine
costs $1,160,000.00.....There are 7 in all.......

The power of one turbine is supplying electricity to
"""""one grocery store and one garage"""""........

And to us few olde natives of the area, let it be known
that "Old Alice" keeps on plugging along......Old Alice
is a three stack coal fired electric plant, that has
supplied electric power to that sausage shaped piece
of earth in the East River for years....And at a cost
far less $1,160,000.00........Pumps