The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-03

be imagined; but in cold engineering
computations it will be sufficient to
furnish 10000 horsepower every sec
ord in the year after the plant is COM
pleted. But these extensive works are
not necessary in order to generate
power. At least half the capacity can
be generated by simply utilizing the
natural fall and ordinary quantity of
the water without constructing the
dam and reservoir. This amount, 5000
horsepower, will be generated by the
plant, which, in accordance with the
terms of the contract, will be in place
THREE MONTHS HENCE.
The completion of the entire plant
will require year longer.
The power house is to be in the
northeastern part of the city, and is
to be one of the most complete and
best equipped buildings known TO cleo
trical science. The great Pelton wheels
will be directly attached to dynamos,
and from these dynamos wires will
carry the mighty electric currents in
all directions to turn the wheels of
hundreds of manufacturing enter
prises.
Already arrangements are made and
the contract let for the construction
of a transmission line capable of car
rying 5000 horsepower to Salt Lake,
and while some of the force will be
lost in transit still the method will be
vastly cheaper than. supplying the
current by coal and steam machinery
as is now done. At present there is a.
demand for about 3,00O-horse-power in
Ogden, but with the great cheapening
of power that must come with the COM
pletion of these works, other enter
prises must spring UP in and about the
city until the capacity even of this stu
pendous plant is taxed to its utmost.
The cost of the great plant is nearly
a million and a half of dollars. but I'M
like many projected enterprises the
necessary money is on hand. The bills
of the company are promptly met and
the scheme has the financial backing
not only of the officers and influential
members of the Mormon church, who
are among it's principal shareholders,
but also of
EASTERN CAPITALISTS.
who put over a million dollars into the
scheme through Mr.. Bannigan of
Providence. r. 1.
The Pioneer Electric Power COM
pany was organized in the fall of 1893,
and c. K. Banlster has been the engi-
neer and Frank ]. Cannon the man
ager ever since. Both gentlemen had
solved them economically and intelli-
gently.
Besides the power generation there is
another phase of the scheme Dy which
about $4,000 acres of fertile arid land
off to the west of the city will be wa
tered and brought under cultivation by
the water after it has passed through
the poWer-hOuSe.
But to return to things as they are
Of in,
the machine shop of Rhodes Bros. All
is being made ready to construct the
mighty sections of pipe as soon as the
current begins 20 flash over the wire
from the dynamos in this city.
There is a planning mill to be run by
a 35-killowat motor, which will run the
knives for cutting the slaves for the
wood pipe A dipping tank is con-
structed where sections of the steel
pipe weighing from 1000 to $500 pounds
will be dipped in an asphalt prepare
ton. The great weights will be ham
died by a jib crane. The boiler shop
will have
SIXTY HORSEPOWER BOILER,
as soma steam power is required. Two
other motors, one so kilowat and an
other 80 kilowat, are other pieces of
mechanism, The running punch, spac-
ing dOIe, roll, Idlne, punch ana smear
and travelling crane will be run by cleo
trio motor and lift power.
A year ago, Rhodes Bros. the con-
tractors, had but few men at work
People, experienced engineers and con-
tractors among them, said that at least
three years would be required to COM
plete the work. But Rhodes Bros,
like all others connected with the
scheme, seem to be
MEN WHO DO THINGS
and do them in a hurry. When the
time came to move they poured men
and. money into Ogden. and the pipe
line was being excavated almost along
the entire right of way. A great ledge
of rock containing thousands of tons
overhung the work at one point, max
ing it dangerous. They put
A FEW HUNDRED KEGS
of powder under it and blew it hun
dreds of feet from it's foundations, and
yet while this was in itself such a
famous feat that men came hundreds
of miles to see il and photograph it,