The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

braska are expected to be- very great.
Fremont is busy town, thirty=six miles
from Omaha, possessed of every natural
advantage except cheap power Steam
p1Wer.oT, rather, to reduce it to its orr
gin, coal poWer-is the ONLY force at
present available for manufacturing pur-
poses. All coal needed for the produc-
tion OF power must be brought from a
Instance, the nearest practical fields be-
ing those of Wyoming, against the nrod-
uct of which some prejudice exists.
for these reasons the project for the
construction or the Fremont power canal
mas created the greatest enthusiasm in
Fremont. Water power is notorioesly the
cheapest form of power and as the
projectors plan to install powerful sys-
TEN of turbines for the production of
electricity it is expected that factories
Will be attracted to the town from all
over the West. 1t is practically certain,
100 mat the new power plant will have
enc sure and large field for it's power in
Onaha, thifty-six miles away Taen to,
Ihefe is South Omaha and Cornell Bluffs ,
i Sotn Oh wh ch have large manufacturing
inleIestS- AT Omaha there are located
~ Oh the largest meat packing plants
IN the country and CHEAP bower will
greatly add to their profit and output
Ihefe seems to be little doubt that the
promoters will be able to obtain ali the
power they are likely to need, for nature
mas mas provided 1t for them. The su prising
t HE s InIeeq, IS that no one has utilized
Llnwood is thirty miles from Fremont,
on the Loup river Fremont is on the
th a1Ie r, Inc plan is to const. uct canal
the Loup and bring them to Fremont,
where power station will be built. At
Ter the water has passed through the
turbines at the power house II viii he
discharged into the Platte liver.
The explanation of the production Of
power is to be found in the fact that in
Sorhg a from 1oo LnWood to Fremont the wa
engineers cali the potential head At
Massena, n. Y, where a gigantic plant
mas oeen built, the working head is less
Clah 1orty-1Ve feet, but 1t is able To de-
Velop force of more than 50,0O horse
power. 1t is true, however. that tbe now
er canal at Massena is several hundred
neeI woe ana rs a navigable stream. The
power canal at Fremont is to be only
tWeiVe feet wide and will be of no con-
siuefa an depth, but it will discharge into
ana MI sort of natural reservoir known
as Elm creek, which is three miles long
from this the water will pass throuoh
me penstocks. or conductor pipes 10
Inc turbines. The actual working head
I 10 lAe Ely TO be about fifty feet. or even
less; the promoters demanding a poten--
tlaI output of 5000 horse power
IhoSe who are interested in the project
I nave had no difficulty in interesting peo-
PIE VINO utilize the power Already the
company has obtained an option on all
the Omaha street railways. as well az
those OF Council Bluffs. 1t is expected
tnat the output of power from ETren1on+
Will be used direct for the running of .the
cars, and that it will render useless the
electric plants from which the present
working current is derived
The chief promoters of the new power
plant for Fremont are R. M. King & Co.
OF New York. The firm manufactures
turbines. The power company has been
incorporated under the title of the Ere
mont Power Canal Company
West OF Omaha there is no nearby
manufacturing town of any size and as
has been said in the foregoing, problems
OF fuel and transportation have operated
somewhat against Omaha in the matter
OF attracting outside manufacturers to
the town. If Omaha and Council Bluffs
are able to offset this by providing un-
limited power, cheaper than it can be
obtained elsewhere in the West. it is :
quite likely that the manufacturing i'm
portance of both places will increase
enormously. Fremont is already feeling
the impetus of the coming canal as real
estate values have increased very largely
since the plan was first proposed
Very little work will have to be done