Arizona republican., 1901-02-19
TELLS OF THE PAN-AMERICAN
MT. J. J. Lawless Talks About the
 Big Buffalo Exposition.

Is touring the southwest in promotion of interest in the Pan American ex-
 position at Buffalo, called on Governor
 Murphy, Secretary Akers and other cussed plans for the zig exposition and the plans for the representation of the southwest. Mir. LaWless also visited the legislature and acquainted many of the members with the outline of the programme to be carried out at Buff falo. Mir. LawleSs is one of the most prominent If the attorneys al the Buff falo bar and is making an exceedingly active, energetic and thorough canvass of the southwestern country. He stopped at santa Fe en route to Phoe- nix and spent several days in arousing the interest of the officials of New Mexico and arranging for the terri. torial exhibit. After a week here he will go to Fl Paso and other Texas points and then to Albuquerque. Mir Lawless is much gratified at the de- cision of the Arizona legislature to ap- propriate fund for an exhibit.
 NlILolltl anu .>tN htNlNo nave lltN CT had a proper exhibition of tkeir vast resources and rich products in the east" he said last night. Many oth- erwse well posted people in the east ern states have no conception of the immense possibilities of the southwest ern country and a proper exhibition will do more good than can be meas ured in mere dollars and cents.
 "A new feature of much interest has been added to the delights Psn-Amer- ican crowds will have when hey visit Niagara Falls to view the scenic and industrial attractions there" said Mir. Lawless. "In that favored spot there Is already developed more power than is used in many of the large cities, but to this developed force must be added 30000 horse power that is to be de- vel-ped by means of SIX new turbines and six new generators, the contracts for which have been awarded. These new turbines are to be installed in the new wheel pit no in course of con struction. The design of the new tur- pines will differ materially from the design of those now in use in the pres ent whe T Dit. This change is sgniii- cant of the fact that the Niagara Falls Power company intends th;t the in stallation in it's new plant shall be up to the highest state of perfection known in this opening year of the cen tury. It is this knowledg that at Niagara the most modern, the most perfect working power development in the world may be seen that will in- spire visitors to the cXpCsl, i'm to go there and look upon the wonders that man has wrought.
 Each of the six new turbines will have q capacity of 5000 horse power and each will Ee connected to and drive a 5.00O horse power gene.,tor The turbines nJw in use Were designed by Picard. Pictet X Co.,, of Geneva, Switzerland, while the new turbines are to be built after designs prepared by Fischer. Wyss X Co, of Zurich, Switzerland, the plans of which com pany were accepted in competition The turb.hes in the old pit each have two wheels. while the new turbines are each to have but single wheel. An other difference will be that the guides and buckets will be enclosed in tn" wheel case. and there will be draft tubes which will allow the utilization of the full head of water available. With these new turbines in place in the wheel pit. the output capacity of the Niagara Falls Power company will be S0,000 horse power. There VIII be space in the new pit for five additional turbines, each of 5000 horse power ca paCity, and with these in place the total output of the two pits will be l0j,000 horse power.
 MT. l.. B. Stillwell, who for several years was electrical director of the Niagara Falls Power company. but who is now electrical director of the Rapid Transit Subway company of New York city. gives a good idea of the remarkable rJwe" plant that will supply electric energy to the Pan American exposition, when he says, in the Electrical Review, that the plant of the Niagara Falls Power company best illustrates what electric trans mission means as regards conservatism of our coal supplies. This great plant is today putting out power which, if produced by st am plant SO econ Jm- ically designed and operated as to con- sume but three pounds of coal per hour a. the switchboard, would requi', 800 tons each day of the year, or about 300.0C0 tons per annum.
 The average consumption of coal per electrical unit output in cen tral station practice is ;-t least twice three pounds, and tEa Niagara plant is therefore today doing work equivalent tl that done by GC0.00O tons of coal per annum, burned unler conditions better than those prevailing in average cen tral station practice in America, and this is accomplished without robbinr the future. since water power is sim ply solar engine and its energy may be utilized without subtracting a single horse power from that which nature intended. not only for our age, but for future ages.
 Under these conditions, with nine great transmission cables leading from this power station to the terminal sta ton that will supply the exposition, is it any wonder that the Pan American exposition is destined tI have eleC- tricity unlimited for light, heat and