The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-20
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The wsasinsson Power Transmission
Company proposes 70 70 ahead with ifs
vorts q Cedar lake and 60 utilize that
body Of water for the generation Of etscfrsc
power on . large scale. and this, too, not
WifhSzanAinU the city's proposed eonsros OF
the situation II Cedar lake To this end
force OF Surveyor II now In the held AS
cpStasning the extent Of the iands that VIII
BE- covered b. tie eserfow At water caused
by tlse dan To- b constructed ~ the com
pnny Ct the outiet 81 the lnlks-
COntemporxneouo With the prosecution OF
the work Of davelOpsae wafer power q
Cedar lake, The new ownera OF the seattle
Steam Heat and Power Company. on Post
street and Tester way. are planning 10
greatly enlarge that plant and 20 oeseiop
oufacieut steam end eiectrtc power 10 run
tha consolidated street railway system Ok
4he city. In eli there will be required Tar
this purpose some 400 horse power
Ground he's been purchased adjacent TO sne
uinnt Of the power company In ths rear OF
the 6ssrr boyd building. Plans for the
enlargement Of the plant VII 3 compse'so
in al this Il Will be observed that there
exis.x apparently, q close relationship Pc
tween the people who have enx!neefsd tue
street r.sIvey consomaa.'c m ss assnn hear
ard power plant and the Cedar lake power
proposition. IN tts tssue Of Aeui ~ tns
P0Gt-lnfeIitgencef nrUf gave fns uesaus %
Y sns s.'e 3 . s 's ..s sSm's ana S'iD
6ourne. II was then po.ntsd cut that .. me n,
union 81 Interests betwssn Ar. lfcnen
and Mr.. Young Was Indicative OF me TOT.
nation ~ the nucleus tor . new street
railway and lighting combination That
roruh1nsfion has been Effected and IL
piann carried out through financial al
lance with G; A. stone ana L. :. weo-
His9inson . Co. and Ktddes. Peabody =
There : no longer any doubt concerning
s &c s., so q =: p ss. s..
Utreet railway consolidation. Tne PAM 49,
purchased with the intention Of making
il central power station for the genera.
the iineo Involved IN the consolidation. At
present each has it, separate power sta
fion There - = crew OF employees N each
station. . superintendent and separate
system Of boekA accounts. etc.
All thh viii be changed when the new
owners OF the steam power plant carry OUT
their pianA Thsy prenoss to develop ~ Se
herss rower, OF sun!clent TO run All the
coneoItdation. BY fl1ts means. great deal
81 money will - saved In wages and man
4 Post Intsllisencer reporter yesterday
steam h1at and power COMPANY. what hia
plans we're for the Improvement OF tho
plant And the enlargement Of I'D capacity.
''Dweryshing depends on the success Of
the street railway consolidation scheme. II
this goes through without hitch. No ex-
pect 20 furni1h the power 70 operate all
ne rs. plant csnss:y oes
building ADDED. together with modern ms
ehinery, viii enable III 10 generate power a.
chsaply or more cheaply than can be done
the current 10 the city. This 10 what We
are figuring on Fuel II brought to our
power station and delivered right from the
cars. I3y using modern condensing engines
we can generate pnwsr q 70. eaSs. The
Mr Grambs was ASKED what connection
the Washington Power Transmission Gem
pany had with the steam heat ana power
company. His reply was simply that when
the works had been completed AZ Cedar
lake and the electric power there generated
had been brought to the city. The two
eteAm heat ara power riant being utilized
Go furnish power for the railway and light
ins plant IN CASE sasre vas asy intsrrup-
tien OF the current from the lake.
AZ the city hail there IL much sneenla-
ton concerning the etrnsr4e for supremacy
between the Washington Power Tansmis-
sien Camnsny and the sneaaalrnie Fails
conncimen that Mr., Baksr-s co npany viii
bid FOR the bustnes& Of farrs%hfeg electric
power 20 the ennSoltdaf x. stree. railway
system Thess In aist a sssFy circulated
In ths city hal eorrffors thai possibly shs
dispute hetweca the Haks- eoinpan. and
the Mitchell company Ualshs be settled ansS
the TIVE plants operated in harmsny
Among certain people this story nrds
ready belief II srme usgvla IA SUPPORT of
1t that the canltnifsts hack ~ shc two .n
eerprssas would take pains 20 see that
there was no fight between the two cor
roraticas In the city. sneh thing being
contrary To- good husssa~s rsssfsrv ars
liable 30 result in DEPRECATED earnings
All this. however. II mere sossp ap 10
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