The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-04

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mere tse remarkable from TIE fact THAI
~ Ear as srn aware. szsey are 81 . sac
rs=s ananczslfy, sossss paying as hsgh ~
C. per ctrs. annually on tfe original out
say. The following examples have come
under nsy noesee. rec smn AnsoEso Lsshs
arsa Power nas been srensazsssfing Esoxer
a distance oS . nszsez for several yesra
II rerersSsy tested SIS aSIEsy ossr 81
nssie esresist With psrfesst suscesss. TIE
EoaFsng Forks Electric Light ard Pow
er Company has been transmitting rsoNsr
fgar miles fer six years. The Ges1 King
Asnsnx Company transmits i,ssss horse
g@owsr fs mites. This SsasTo company has
been Transmitting 90 horse power for
Gse years believe the distance is four
rrsssss SIX OF Exe wfseess here woFx un-
Ger a head q $50 feet ard oEse wheel
under q head Ct 1.169 feet This Is fsssr
Zines the heagl1s Of the Washington n.07a-
uraessf A. nozzle tip oxse-laak Inch n
Diameter gsves 100 ssosse power.
.s7zas Rellaxs4ss Electric f1ghs ard Pew
er Company have been frausrnsttsEyg about
So horse power. nEgsst ard day for the
past year sisfafhce Of severn mikes. total
expense for repairs during that siTrse, SO
TIE Portland ptaszt transmits power from
che Willamette fails To Portland. Or. Il
mike. do taot remember the sorae gov
81. TIE coe4r q sazesHe ysaaE hass been
running successfully fer three years, sup
plying the town OF Burke Idaho, with
Aght and power. The Standard Mzl3zg
Company has been transmitting light ard
power 3 distance Of IS miles, for nearly
three years. the Caroline Mining coga-
parry. near the sesrsnxss OF Mount sEsxffies,
Csa.s In tire region Of perpetual snow. has
been ssipplisSd with light and power for
tbs past four or ave years from a water
fa1i four miles beso~. THIS uasGe can
rot BE operated vita success by any
other method. Ii Is easy 70 find numerous
other Instances IN tsAss country that are
full OF interest but are quite unnoticed.
The most interesting examples OF this
kind Of work are the plants now IN course
OF construction. or these the one at Mag
ara III the East and a. SnoauasEnie falls
IN the West are the largest. These VIII be
the largest electric plants Ia the world.
and each proposes 10 transmit from 800
10 $500 horse power on commencing OPP
enatEons, at distance Of % 10 g miles.
with much greater extension as the near
markets are supplied They both expect
10 begin operation this year. The Sno-
quugnsle company has been offered con-
tract BY the caal mines near sts line to
supply them with power for pumping and
h0ssiing as weis as light. This offer has
been accepted. The superintendent of the
cozi mines Gays: 1t pays to use cleo
firstly. as the cost Is no greater than at
present and tbs danger OF fires and bot
steam pipes Is avoided. II is easy to
see what an immense fieia uirere is open
to such enterprises as can supply eiec-
Jrictsy cheaper than coal at the mine
In the face OF such Overwhelming DEM
ofsssration OF the practicAhillfy OF trans
uniting electricity for power and kindred
uses as great a distance as from Niagara
falls to Buffalo, 1t seems Idle to doubt
that thousands Of horse power will be
brought to Buffalo 10 turn the wheels in
dozens % big factories after tho preliua-
inagies have been arranged. The achieve
saassnt viii DE one OF such magnitude and
importance as TO rank with tire laying OF
The Atlantic cable. The whole cayzlazeti
world win learn OF this latest great
triumph of mans pluck, perseverance and
ingenuity. and many a mountain stream
wiz yet be made to wear the harness to
serve the uses OF human industry. There
is but one Niagara. though IN the whole
world. and 1t Is SO vast, so mighty, that
It's power to build along the Niagara from
sisr the greatest manufacturing city of
the earth VIII not he affected to any APP
preciafsle degree by tbs utilization of all
the ether waterfalls In existence.