The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-04
THE FALLS POWER co
Feasibility Of the Long-D Dis
lance Transmission
4 IS no LONGER 4 QUESTION.
.. n. Gfinsan.a Successes In ths Esss-5he
seattle Eatsrprise ComrArsd
VIVA ths sisgara.


"a feEser was resolved IN this city yes-
<~sssay from D. r. China a. Hsso ~ IN Ne~
WORK In sssa intersHi Of fss.s ssln<suaazAs
Izsla Power Company. MF. Gilman re-
rxsrts that he Ia Tnsaxlng good progress
assfs says tgazsx nothing that has sv'vr nsssn
dome In Seattle Eas ever gavfEs tsxss csss
ssscla a 1fgle and favorable advertisement
"a iris schens CT TRANSMITTING poNer
from the falls. The matter - brousnf
a1,ore prominently 70 the nesics Of the
psopie In the East BY fSs<- effort sssing
ss,ada 10 harness Niagara Faisz, atsi szzse
fact thai tie piant 10 be erected al t;1e
Gnoquxisase fails viii Be the largest m
4Ise world, excepting Niagara.
The fosio~trg IL taken from the Bsaffaao
Fourier OF January q:
T4ze Courier fras received a prospectus
Of the sssss<xualsnse Fails Essctrsc Euwef
Company, ne subject matter Of which IS
extfernely interesting IN connection WITH
eIe sranssr sslos OF electric power. This
<ofauanyss capital stick Is & CD. go. slssd-
=; N u. 90 shares II tln0 each. nrst mort
gage per cent bonds. $4,000, aataaoFaz-
81 Issue. S1.aogaA1. the directors are
DafaaSi II Gilman. tsse Hon. Watson =.
szSsre. UnItess States senator. Griffith
Davies on seastfae, the Hon Smith d.
Heszs. and Charles w. Wells o. Brown &
Neaia. New Yerk.
Tins eoans,any has acquired go acres Oh
both sszies d The river. thereby c0ssfsxslss-
ing the rawer OF Snoquassnie faiss In
Ksng county. state OF Washington, g
rstlsa eastward from the casy Of Seattle
This IL the iargess water power in the
skafe, and the most advautsse stu
atcd for snexpsnsiye assesopgnssst- Ihe
height OF fha falls Is rs feet. or 800 feet
greater than Niagara. Tire Theoretical
ensrsy or the fails Is 5i.se7 h1rse power.
The gazssas Of The company are 10 dssei-
OPP and deliver hy electrical transmits
E0rs $3.50 horse power at Eeattae. where
eslxotaI chat amount Of Iscsx.r IL now geis-
eTafa<a by steam at u cost OF over 80 a
horse power year. and used for cleo
sric Fighting. electric ami cable railways
and acknowledgements establishments. Tne
company has asa offer from tho parties
who ssave 80 successfully completed SIM
asar work at Niagara to furnish the esec-
trio psast. complete ready 10 run, ard
she copper caaaes to connect the falls with
EFk4ktHf. t0S 3C1aS tketx3E S1S9ttr1s sks2 ~
and property on both sides OF the river
TOO =eres) arc conveyed 70 the Snoaualmie
TasIs Electric Power Company for a con-
esasration Of s2s0.t0 of tha bonsis and
sl.ioo.0oo Of the stock of the company. The
company VII retain In the treasury $780,
90 OF it's BONDS and Saoesoo Of its stock
10 pToviste for 8ncreasa of plant. The re-
ssEaining sioo.a9 bonds ard si1.o0e stock
arc TO be- sold To provide for the eieetri-
cal aaul nysiraalIsc plant as estimated, The
bonds are first mortgage Oh the real
estate ana plant of the company. The
largest electric lighting and power conn
S,auy In Seattle has offered to buy the
Supply of electricity from the SspogaalIllae
falis Company. at price which would
Sxay the interest on the bonds and sllvi-
saepsi on the stock OF the latter company.
The acceptance of this offer alone would
assure the success of the enterprise.
The company calculates that 1t can fur
nlsh power to Tacoma, Everett ansi adj
jaeant tsrv'ituys which .'e4a4a be- con-
nectod with the conapaay's power nous.
al small additional expense" The pos
Eahilities OF electrical transmission are
covered in tho following letter from the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacture
tstg Company. written November %. 1891
The San Antonio Light aad rowssr Com
pany rnentspnet therein hts been trans
Hs.tianK light an.t power at San Bernar-
dino. u distance Of - miles. for the past
Two years. It has recently tested SIS ca-
paciiv over u ao-as.ae csrcuis with perfect
success.
I'm r.ssy TO your question rs 20 the
pfaesicabsM.r OF transmitting power by
eisctgE2ity over dissEnse 81 - TO % niles,
we desire To say that In tbs. present state
~ the art II cssas no iuEasar be considered
an experiment Power in suxaH and large
uasas at present IS being transmitted sue
eesssnlsy Up TO % miles or over. and with
On The next year We wili Doubtless see 1t
transmit tad 10 miles. All the gne<s,agssal
and electrical questions have been sue
ressfssIay worked o1sl, asaa the most graft
sgyang feature Of this branch Of aas cleo.
triCai field Is the very low expense fay
seIssSfs thai the power plants already I'M
stalled have operated under As you
doubtless aSnow. due 10 the ssfecess at
seslaang asse power plants Installed sis,r-
lag the last five years yerg large
nassoasst % easItA5 is seeaiag snsSwsnleut
tn'ias IN power transmitting plans. ard
shss feature Of our bsssysss IS becoming;
osse of very large proportion
.'One OF tsaa oldest power kfansaf4 aSins,
plants - that Of the Roaring Fork Eles,-
sgse Lseszs & rower Company. Aspen. Col,
transmitting several hnfasyetf horse psss-
er three =, four mites about six years:
ssse Gofs King Mining Company. Tsal,l,ats.
Col. transmits Loo horse f,omcr Sen miles.
selling power sa several stamping naisss.
TIE san Antonio Electric I.ghs & Power
Company transmits issht ssssa power II
nlsles 70 Pomona ard % miles IL san n,sr.
nngsfsao, arst the Portland plant trans
naiss power from the Willamette fails 10
Farsasss1 q distance ~ atesut Il miles.
.s.raere are many plausS in operation
and large number In course % ccnsssrsygs.
zion. the na>st ifTssortaes of which Is che
Niagara fails plant. wlyseh VIII Ne Is. Oh
horse power 90 start With, and Will sras,s-
amIt power 90 Hunafe. = t.lles OF oypr.
ard the ccrs1pauy caFsseg,pta9ss a ssaasssf
larger Transmission WREN Il has tho near
az sYarsset supplied.
1--WE wish 10 say shat We are prepared
10 hafst generators 20 transmit power +,
aFslss Of SOC hoTse power or ,vss over
distances 81 At least - rss'es or less sssss,
GUARANTEES thssr successful operation au.l
u Is ssssNs a question far se.xs cars sasgst
- sfecisse bow nsssca ~ can sea the pew
- for. - sfanssrstsest. ta Determine ne
ressssn for ssse capital i-ve~ees 81
IN tae ctlrresat rssaggss~ss- of The f.8erts.is
Review - printed letter 90 Successful
ssssss distance esSetTsc TRANSMISSION plants.
written by II. NJ. SsnstAe of New York.
TIE facts sssvs.asnesi in tire sesteS are fug.
Of interest - fslyasorsasss. "a Avsrlrs- an