The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-01
snoqualnis Pals Power Brought
Iuto Seattle Ohann1ls.
FINISH Or 4 s,o ENTERPRISE.
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ns~nee oousr of fhe sFsoanaimse falls was
aaxt ntxhs turned into seattle. and the
aynt I'm ~ the eompiesion Of enc a. siss
acet pewsrfui. u net fhs most powerful.
psnnto Ia sha Wsss WIS married. By 10
et1ene uctSsa e dkifGate sieefrirai mschfn~
eey. TIA psxpssssiona for this fast were
ts1sooo md siaboFats. bat tAe anal stroke
was % atHpie that SONS u the peopts as
Sembisd fe witness Il did not know whsn
II happsned Thas machinery for trans.
ms.tftue electrical eaargy 70 tha extent of
f1aD ksfss pcweszis par directly within the
Sakch Of Seattle consumsra. ard tns way
eosGsd for handling ali the power faat
VII - needed N this vieinisy IN maay
yeAfA
N ceremonies last night were seen b.
Int . fsW. be&sdes the officials ~ sls sno-
Qnn1m1o Fills Power Company. Every
tA1D9 had besn gassen ifsso readiness dar-
1goe1As pfevtots might and yesterday. assd
the word ~as paused around thai those
ubo cared 10 attend would have tho 90
postantty Of sseIux the formal camplsfion.
6cQn after q - q small crowd assembled
81 the sweoien building on Housa Third
aNeuna and Main sfrees. erected for tenn
ppfsSy use. Charles n. HAksf. president
ofstheseomrapy Thomas II. Johnston, The
chief engineer: Col g. O. I4yon. secretary;
Attorney J. n dawes. one Of the COM
sleotysrai farce, wsre on hand 70 attend 10
Prompt, III o'csoek. SIN time. Mrs.
Baksr lifted her liftis dsngatsr. Dorothy
Etxaheth. 10 tbe arms OF the hasbani ard
father, wfo was standing on = chair. and
thH Aifie nns.s bapin wsrs Guided 10 The
.enG wooden handle connecting with thu
current machinery. With childixh gles.
The eAiid rave tbs rod thrust. y sudden
40. - So ~
In thu operating room instantly iiiuminss-
sd the surrounding scenery, and the
words s15Hadsalmie Light. formed in
lniane ca TIE ride OF the partially finished
hfick p1wef house. q block helaw. tesst-
ned with tr.ItAnt effect 10 the crowds on
tho street that tho work was done.
Werktsg Ter the Esd.
There have been many anxisus days fer
thas promoters Of this gigantic scbama:
theyshad made the most careful prepa-a-
tsons that expert hands and minds could.
IN conjunction with the most modern meth
eds Of hand ling the mysterious power. bat
they had no definite means II knowing
whether. after all. for some unknown
rsascn the thing might not 10 Alright. AZ
ua.dntxhs Sunday thu water was isrss turn
ed tnio the pipes. ana the signal came
over the telephone from the falls that ev-
Srythinx wSa ready at that md Then
H
extsa ears was taken Al the transfer sta
ton Al Rcnt0n. and preparations we're
hhsters.a NJ the lncat plant. The operations
e ne falls were under the inmejsaia M.
superintendent. and J J. Reynolds, who
has bean superintendent u the constrae-
ton al that point sincs the commence
mert at the enterprise
Within week or ten days the firss een-.
Eufner ct the new paSer, the Centennial
fcursnr mtsss. WITH be driven by electricity.
The transmission of the pamar from
these falls or 20 feet height 20 Seattle win
eHabse Manufacturers 81 ali kinds and
every usaef enterprise that needs power
20 gss tA~sr pnwer without golax 10 steam
Ua3hsnsry, thas making an initial saving
Of AZ least = third. hessaas operating much
cheaper. Street. ears elevators slessrIe
lighting ard all SORTS IF Industrial plants
VIII De Furnished power and another eia-
meut. the establishment Of .fecirs,yfsc
plants for the rvdring II copper. and asso
eiersru~chesulsaf plants. viii hr made not
only possible. but Easy of rrontabi. ao-
compilshmsnt
H"w the Power In ser~s~d.
Al the plant al tha fasts there IL q cavity
80 feet below the surface OF the water.
where the water wheels and electric gem
orators are located. A steel pipe ten fess
In dlafatnr leads The water there thrOuah
shaft. ard thence II passes into and
tunnel ara entering the rivsf again sew
sfAi hundred feet below the falls There
are fussy water wheels. each 81 60 bar -,
powrr capacity. saeA u whish drives an
The electricity II led up through the
nhAf1s dawn which the wafer power gees.
On aluminium wires into the transform 4 &
honse. whsfa The Voltage = rsissa 10 .hs
enormous figure II s sasA II pNAsss frssss
the pa~es house ever Twelve aluminium
wires, equally satvsdrd between twe i,aes
OF poles. fheSs swo tires ran rwNnty Faiiss
"a Rens0n. sni are thvre rseess~d a a
ssssien ervwtsa for thar purpose. where
there u a Plug board FROM Renson ssx
toward Tscxsnss. On tie SEATTLE wsrvs the
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the aensenstrasioa last night
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ca tksh fsE@3ssn switchboard IN An mh.
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INTO transformers where the vssttsge il 70
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