The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-19
How the Missouri River Power Com
pany Propose to Help the
Queen City.
Sufficient Power Will Be Carried
to Run All Industries in
This City.
A Railroad and Lake Will Pc Among til Q
Features-Work to Begin Inn
mediately.

The incorporation of The Missouri River
Power company promises good deal for
Helena, including that which is SO desirable
cheap power for manufacturing purposes.
The company also has in view several other
desirable features which are enumerated in
this article. The incorporators of the COM
pany are Messrs. A. j. Davidson, A. Lam
beth. j. H. Lawrence, Il. II. Kleinschmidt,
H. NJ. Parchen, o. r. Allen, G. G. Stubbs.
William Muth and A. NJ. Hotter. The CAPT
tai stock OF the company is paced at w.
| 900 900 in shares of $50 each. The articles of
incorporation state that the formation of the
company is for the purpose OF constructing
| fumes, bitches, ETC., for power, to acquire
lands, construct buildings, purchase ma
chinery wires. etc, necessary for the trans
mission of electricity, and to manufacture
and sell electricity.
Mr.. j. FL. Lawrence, one of the incorpor-
ators, and who has great faith in the enter
prise and is fully posted on the project,
gives the data for this article.
The company intends to develop, at the
most available point on the Missouri river,
water power sufficient to create enough
electric power. which will be conveyed by
wires to the city, to run all the machinery
to which power is applicable. The COM
pany estimates that at the present time
2,OOO-horse power is required tor the
needs of the city, such as manufacturing
enterprises, street railways, electric light
and all sorts of mechanical industries.
With this idea in view the company was in
corporated, and it is proposed to lmmedl-
ately go ahead and make the necessary sur
veys, get the proper plans and specluca-
tions from the best hydraulic engineers of
the country, and to construct dam at a
point near Stubs Ferry, which will be very
substantial and permanent in its character,
and capable of producing as much horse
power as will be required for all uses i'll the
city for many years to come. The lmmedi-
ate benefit to be derived from
this project; to the city will be b,
manufacturing power for all branches OF in
dustry, thus inducing additional manu-
featuring enterprises to come to the city,
with the prospect of cheop power and
abundant supply. 1t will provide for
steady, continuous service throughout the
city for both day and night service, SO that
hereafter there will be no excuse for any
customer being deprived of light during
any of the twenty -four hours of the day.
power station will be established in the
city where the high tension currents may
be converted into currents of lower tension
rs occasion demands. Here will also be
maintained a reserve force of five hundred
horse power to be used in case of accident.
The raising of the dam will also put the
scheme in position to lift by water power
any amount of water required for the use
of the city at any elevation. This water
will also be available to the water company
of the city at any time it is required. In
addition to these features of the project,
the raising Of the dam will necessitate an
overflow Of quite body Of land between
the mountains, thus creating q large lake,
which will be several miles in ex-
tent and of varying width-up
to mile at its widest part.
This will produce source of pleasure and
a popular resort for people who like to in
CONNECTION with this the company proposes
to construct railway from Helena to some
point at or near this lake to convey people
back and forth, and of course, when fully
equipped, will be operated at frequent in
The scheme is certainly practicable, and
will no doubt meet with hearty encourage
ment from all our citizens who have the
welfare of Helena at heart.