The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-24

Power - This Csay-MorAan0 aoA
mvs,tss scenes ae the Falss-
Ansug a. wsF1saeA asa ma
1sth II the Early Asrnang.
nwas,d ufceurnxuasay On t1as south hank
It The 2noauAlnis rGsr. . few hundred
Tt above the fails whoss beauty and
srunAsnr have become worid-<amonA s0
= srvup oe machinery Whose results bid
fair 70 rsvususissss the manufacturing
intsr>sts ee sesssss sod the PAcdns North
yeeye. Il = the construction plant OF the
ssouualr6s Fails Power Company. whose
sbiect, In br!e6, II to tranSmufs tho en-
s.xy gsnsss&oa By the great oascads Into
electrical foscs and Uansmit - 60 Seattle
and Tacoma and intermediates points. In
order 20 supply cheap pcwsr to oil manu-
factories, OF whatever grace or kind. at
q Uniform wholesale rata
In order for the reader 10 grasp some
thing OF what this plant means, let him
traxtrs, a his eye runs along shase wordA
shak he u walkinS alone through the
weeds crest.ng the summit Of the hills be-
ewsen snoquaimse and RsnAon. Amid the
erxouud silence mere chance directs
his glance upward. and ho 49, passing
ovwheaa 3 wire sr-dge. composed At thres
ehrsads not larger than = lead pencil and
tosaisg like symmetrical spider web A.
ebey siisssn In the sun Let him. - he
toeks. realize that along that echersa1
nasags n passing current mighty enough
- move every srsst car. elevator. eosg~
iii whOea, printing press o. othar me
ohanloas apps,anos In Seattle ana TAcoraas
onA with plsnty to spare for tho coming
Expansion OF the nut few years
For = long time the probIem Of 'har-
usssng" saoouaimie falls has bean talked
about, and countless scna:nes have been
80 on foot and put on paper TO solve tho
Drobi~n- Seine years ago = gentleman
prominent In Seattle business circles soe
- r. - To induce party OF Eastern en-
v1nssrs to come quietly TO this city. On
the prosext OF fishing excursion they
went to Snoouasn~s. They debarksd At
chat point. and Just when they were pop
uiayiy supposed 10 be trying To lure the
wary trout. they were running out lines
that were rot fishing lines They took
various measurements and mssfe various
estimates: but nothing more carno OF their
trip than al eps,crneaa surmiss OK what
could he done sat Snoanainie.
It remained for the snoanaim.e Falls
Power Company, recently organized In
this oily. With Charles II. Baker a. pres
ideAt. to Pr; into practicable and feasible
shape what others had been content to
leave 10 dreams and vague wisheA r's
plans ard methods differ radically from
all others. not only In regard to tome o.
the unique features OF power plant that
II Ia be housed Ia a grand suhterreaean
vault 80 feet below the crest OF the seau-
sfui cataract. but gers particularly In
the fact that IL has gone s.ght ahead saw
Ing xeoa," - that today the citizen az
seattle who chances 10 take a rua Up 10
Enoeualn,ie for ar. early spring ousins
viii be- positively amazed al tho amount
Of work thSs Aas been doae. Three months
ago the plsas 81 the company wess talked
about sn Seattle ard Nj nsier was SGT
down as visionary. Two n1oa12as asa
she nr~t .alitneas OK machinery ar
rived on the ground The a;gsntia task
OF settlag II ia pjaoe has been promptly
and successfully accomplished. Last Mon-
day Tire great drills Tia, are worked Icy
compressed air esg&a GRADING ln,e the tscs
If the cold rock apove ara helow the
ssiA ana teasS a force - more thaa