The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-18

After many months OF delay. contracts
nave been let, and within the next four
days the actual construction of the
works OF the Pioneer Power company
Ia Ogden canyon viii have been inaug-
Urated. 1t is by far the heaviest power
Proposition in the territory, and one OF
the greatest importance 70 the people
of the territory at large, but to those OF
the city of Ogden in particular, for il
rIeans everything TO them, including
manufactures. cheaper light and cheaper
coal. II all reports are correct Salt Lake
is, also, TO reap the direct benefits OF the
enterprise, for it is claimed that all Of
the contracts for the conveying Of the
lighting and power to this city have
been entered uron and are now OF full
record. The Pioneer project is twin Of
The Big Cottonwood proposition. upon
which work has never ceased since its
tnaugu lion last year. These two great
undertakings should Rork wonders for
the chief cities of the territory.
AT a meeting of the board Of directors
of the Pioneer Power company, held in
this city yesterday, at which all of the
directors, with the exception oe two,
were present, and took part in the de-
iiberations. the many vital questions in
connection with the enterprise were con-
SiOereQ ana STUDIED out, as q result OIL
which the contract for the installation
of the power plant was awarded TO the
Rhodes Bros, of Salt Lake and Denver
The work of the contractors will cover
the putting in of the great pipe line and
The delivery of the water at the
site of the proposed power plant,
which is to be located at the mouth OF the
canyon, over six miles below the inlet
o. the mains. which is to be several
thousand feet farther up the canyon from
"a
of not less than S450,000. while the install
lation and insulation of the entire works
tractors Informed the board Of directors
that they were prepared TO deliver the
water in fun force at the mouth OF the
canyon by the first day of November,
through such a gigantic undertaking with
success and in the time named in the
contract: They also. announced that
within the next four days a force of not
less than twenty-five men would be at
work in the canyon preparing for the
greater work which is to follow. The in
auguration of operations will be at the
upper end of the line, and it is the pres
ent intention to throw open at once sufti-
Gent ground to make it possible to work
10 advantage force of from one to two
hundred men. The surveys of the canyon
for the new line have just been COM
pleted 0ad they show that with the pipe
line alone a power of not less than $500
horsepower can be generated through
the magnificent fall which the great
volume Oh wafer Will nave
For the present the dam proposition will
not be taken up, but when the company
shall have successfully placed all of the
power TO be generated by the pipe line
then the engagements are TO be made and
the dam viii be constructed and a pipe
lire made TO connect 1t with the power
plant. This would give ample power for
the needs of the entire northern part of
the territory.
II speaking of the plans of the COM
pany one of the directors stated yes
n =
that although all of the money neces-
sary to complete the great works had
not yet been secured, there was no doubt
but that it would speedily be forthcom-
ing, and j had been deemed advisable
10y the board to go ahead with the con-
tracts and at once commence the actual
is not to be allowed to lag, ne stated
further, but there are certain contin-
of the city Of Ogden and the entire
section to be directly benefited.
There are 10 be over six miles of six
foot pipe, wood and steel used in the
construction of the system. and the or
ders for the necessary materials have
already been placed by the Rhodes Bros
be of wooden mains and 5000 feet of
steel. No dam will be used at the head
of the line, a simple inlet being sufficient
to throw sufficient water into the line
TO generate the required $500 horse power
by the time of its arrival at the mouth
of the canyon and the site of the power
mouse As before Sldteus Tie met VIII
be some distance above Winslow's, and
there work is to commence before the
end of the week. The construction of the
system is to be under the personal d.
-ection of the contractors, and this in
sures q line second to meme Of its kind
in the Yorld. The Messrs. Rhodes have
been quietly working on this PROPOSE
ton for some time past. and their sue
cess in securing this, the largest like con-
tract ever awarded in this territory.
speaks volumes for their enterprise
With the aid of the Colorado capital
which is back of them, they will be able
TO carry the gigantic load without a