The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-20
|NEW POWER PLANT
SIT. PAUL TO BE LIGHTED IN THE
NEAR FUTURE FROM APPLE
RIVER
BY WIRE FROM WISCONSIN,
ENERGY OF APPLE FALLS WILL
Be CARRIED ABOUT THIRTY
MILES FOR USE HERE
ABANDON PRESENT PLANTS

When the New MiIIion-DolIar Eauip-
ment Is Finished the Present Els.
Establishments in st. Paul Will Not
BE Used-Ordinance introduced In
the Board of Aldermen to Permit
the Use of Certain Streets.
On and after March Is next year the
st. Paul Gas company will operate it's
electric light system in this city from
new plant located at Apple River Falls,
Wis For some time past the company
has been quietly buying up a large
acreage around and about the falls and
recently has secured the land necessary
to the consummation of It's plans An
immense water power is to be improved,
and In fact at the present time a force
OF 2o men are at work building the dam
from which tho water power to operate
the plant will be secured The improve
ments to be made by the company in it's
plant will cost over $1,000 900 end the work
VIII be pushed from now until completion,
which 1t Is expected will be not later than
/ March next year.
AT present the company has three in
| dependent plants in this city for furnish
| Ing electric lighting One is on Hill street,
| another at College avenue and Cedar
| and third in the basement of the Court
block on East Fourth street When the
new water power plant at Apple River
Falls is completed the plants in St. Paul
will be practically closed. 1t Is the In
tentton Of the company, however,
TO keep the local plants in good order
to be used as reserves in case of any
accident with the water power in Wis
consin The new plant will be about
thirty miles from ST. Paul and a few
miles northwest of Saltwater In addi-
ton to supplying the lights for 81 Paul,
other towns adjacent to the water power
will be furnished with electric lighting
Manager Ellison, of the St Paul Gas
company. stated last evening that the
proposed improvement had been kept very
quiet owing to the fact that the company.
had not secured all the land needed for
its plans. Within few days, however.
the arrangements had been completed
and In order to prepare for the conducting
OF the electricity to st. Paul 1t was neces-
sary to secure authority from the city
council to erect poles and lay conduits
inside the city limits As to whether the
new plant would have the effect of max
ing the cost of electric lighting any
cheaper MIR. Ellison was not prepared to
say, but he was of the opinion that II
would
The proposed Improvement was made
public by the introduction of an ordinance
at the meeting of the board of aldermen
'1aul Gas company to construct and oper-
ate line of poles and wires and under
ground conduits in certain streets of the
city.
The ordinance way read by its title and
then referred to the committee on streets.
Inc measure gives the company the right
to put up a pole line for the purpose of
transmitting electric current over and
along each of the following streets:
All portions of any streets lying east
of the line of Duluth avenue if extended
north and south to the northerly boun-
dary of the city and to the Mississippi
river upon which the tracks of the Still
water division of the Twin City Rapid
Transit Railway company are now
laid and in operation; upon White
Bear avenue from East Seventh
to Margaret street; upon Mar
garet street from White Bear avenue to
the easterly line of Duluth avenue.
<AlSO " construct a line or COnduttS
the following streets:
Margaret street, from the intersection
street
"A Arcade street. from Margaret street to
East Sixth street
East Sixth street. from Arcade street
to Hoffman avenue.
Hoffman avenue, from Sixth street to
Seventh.
East Seventh street. from Hoffman
avenue to Grove
Grove Eoc
to Eighth.
Eighth street. from Grove to Cedar
The line of poles and wires as we'll as
the conddfts, are to be constructed and
equipped in accordance with plans and
specifications first submitted and ap-
proved in writing by the city engineer and
under the supervision and control of the
city engineer. The company is given full
right to maintain and operate its lines
and conduits with the proviso that upon
ninety days notice given by the city the
company shall place It's wires at any time
carried upon poles in underground con-
duts, but such notice shall not be given
between Sept. / and Dec. 81 or between
Jan 1 and April l in any year.
The company is to save the city HARM
less from. and in proper cases indem-
Nifty the city against all damage and liza
bilty that may result by reason OF the
construction equipment or maintenance of
It's lines or conduits whether the injury is
to the property of the city or of the pub
lie, or to the property of private corpora
tions or associations. or to the person or
property of individuals, and whether the
liability of the city be direct or indirect.
The company is to accept the ordinance
within thirty days after its approval.
The power of the Apple river has
already been used to O considerable ex-
tent for electrical purposes. The village
of New Richmond. as we'll as other COM
,nunities in the vicinity. have been
Illuminated by the energy of the Apple
river, several miles away from the razed
town, which was the chief user of the
power The new plant will supply Still
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