The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-24
)MPLISHED ON THE SNOQUALMIE FALLS POWER PLANT.

part CO the big work President Baker
runs tia frlsn Seattle almost every aay
Mr.. Reynolds has a faithful ana eompe-
tent aajasant IN the person OF Charles
Esplin
The company has tltss fs~ had force If
BOW has sixty. ard within a few days will
have seseFty-fsye, Tbs does nos incIczia
engineers. nresuen or screnen.
Early Morning View.
Yesterday morning the members Of tie
able nests a; 4:sa O'Clock. II was an sarly
hour for city birds 10 be a-wsag, bur
race down me long stairway lsasifas sa
the base Of the falls put uew 5ga gnd
vigor into letnargic limbs. and s. spray
bath al the foot OF the rock tugrss orusa-
ed away the last trace of s3een.uess. and
showed the visitors the effects Of the t4as5
under whose force the little bridge over
head had tgembsed the night before AS
the train wheeled out OF Snoqaalmie ev-
cry member of the party brought away
conviction that the Saoquaimie Fails Pew
err Company is in dead earnest ia putting
in the big plant. which is promised 10 lie
completed by November 1. lsss
Mr. Leary-s Opinion.
John A-eary, speaking Of the significance
OF the supply of cheap power to this city.
said yesterday:
THE commercial advantages 70 this city
or the Snoqualu-e falls water power are
numerous. and OF the greatest value. The
uses 1t can be applied 70 are almost be-
You'd comprehension. Or course In order
TO be of great benefit to this city the
present cost OF power must be considerably
reduced. The street car, electric light
Touring mills and other enterprises row
being operated here consume a great qaaa-
uty Of Power, which is now produced
from wood and coal as fuel If tae power
can be furnished by the Snoduasnie Pow
er Company at a figure low enough 10
make ii an object to consumers to use it,
there is no question that great quantity
will be required. probably not less than
$500 horse power in this city ard Tacoma
during this year.
Cheap power also induces investment
in and building up of manufactures
also believe that the price of the eseetrlclty
can be reduced 10 Il rate that viii warrant
its use for heating and cooking PURPOSES
and that the advantages al cheap power
will not only affect 4 saving To present
consumers n their Individual enterprises.
but the fact of our city affordiEg chan
power will induce other enterprises 10
come here from other PARTS OF the conn
try to enjoy the facilities that such power
would afford them.
1T appears 10 me that the falls Itself.
IN view OF the raw material In that VI
cinlty. Is destined TO be the seat OF fac
tories. such as paper mills. reiineries. efe
/ see no reason whatever why these
should not spring up on the banks of tha
Snooualmie. apart from The interesting and
highly important development of mantt-
Iacsarlng interests which the transmission
or power viii guarantee TO this city. To
my mind the power thus to be genera ted
frcm this great cataract is the most stu
pendous and significant undertaking pro-
Jected in the Northwest for many wears
and its present degree of advancement ant,
acsual work done reflect great credit on
the promoters, whose untiFing efforts
nave brought It from theoretical chaos into
actual REALIZATION"
Mr. Nadeau's View.
1. A. Nadeau. general agent OF the
Northern Pacific, said:
rms plant VIII add much to the conn.,
mercial Importance OF Seattie-far morn