New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-06

V V wafer az power Mr. Bogart made personal sur
possibilities Of power development here The win
NJ tn o P0as sd 0e the
kellogg We're Joined in the enterprise. and these
St Lawrence County measure, was drawn and
received the sgnatare Of y Morton and
L. lie St Lawrence Power Company was incorpo-
The orisinaters transferred their options and
placed to and SfoHsf R tho
ei6c @ Of the present company Most of the
1, The first shoyelful of earth turned by. Mr..
t Mafr ta and Mr. Man four years ago and from
eaa s and day In the Of the
practically level country and NO banking was neces-
sary' and very little stone was encountered the
million cubic yards of earth have been eScavafed
is ls.12 feet at the bottom and 80 feet at the
vide and ii this the water stands at depth Of
through massive 4ron racks into the turbine CHAM
bers Here in teayernlike apartments, seven in
unit consists Of six wheels in sets of two, and each
M ms9 5 thu The b wheels are the
extends through the wall and connects with the
ameter; Each chamber is controlled from the
power house by Geisser automatic electric gov
can be regulated desired. or each chamber can
vdng wall through Which the shaft extends is
tb, less than huge concrete dam 2112 feet
hers are protected from the action of the by
rogue waterproof paint, which is alternated with
Der is provided with gates Immediately back of the
The gates are built Of PINE snd
are operated from above, The pressure of the
From the wheels the water passes beneath
diameter and shoots the Volume Of Water rs' out ut
hTough the arches at the rear of the building to
IN the power house nearly all the space $50 feet
by 81 feet is taken up by the huge generators
building overlooking the huge machines. and on
themselves are ranged upon the solid rock founda
l lon along the centre OF the BUILDING They stand
generator alone Weighs ponnds u These
type. with external armature. 5000 horsepower
of i5O minute. At the east end of the power
house are three smaller generators used as ex-
are entirely independent of the large ones. or of
are each Of 900 kilo watts electric motor force of
II? volts Zoo amperes and revolution of 275 a
orators is a pupitke construction upon the Plat
form at the east end of the building. The switches
pneuma tically. and for the exciters standard d.
hand operating switches All ndicating eq nstru
enf viii be placed In sight OF the operator and
generators from this station muse
Throughout the work everything has been con-
highway bridges which the company has con-
to the fullest possible width that viii be needed
ana with government clearance of sixty-fve
cavation has been continued. and the base of the
continuing arch constructed ready to erect an
other section as long the present building. The
canal itself was constructed according TO govern
nent survey and will float the largest transat-
lantic steamer that traverses the river. Arrange
ments have been made to construct at the east
end of the power house canal lock by which
ships may be locked into the De Grasse River.
Under its franchise the company defect
from the ST Lawrence River all the water it can
possibly need-enough. in fact, give IL UNI
limited power That portion OF the st. Lawrence
whore the intake is situated is the begin
ming of the Little Sault Rapids. in the south
channel. which is unnavgable. The steamboat
channel Is the opposite side of Long Sault
Island and IS unaffected by the canal
The company starts with an output of
200 horsepower. and that manufacturers are
alive 10 the advantages here is attested by
the number who have already made prep
arations locate here. Among them
pulp and paper mill. which will require force OF
| 10000 horsepower # carbide mandatory. n wool
| len mill. mandatory Of hardware novelties and
chemical company 4 company has been or
gauized for the construction and operation OF
! streetcar line. and work will begin at once.