Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-04-22
A POWERFUL
CORPORATION
a Capital Stock
of $25,OOO,OOO
Proposes to Revo1utionize the
Question of Furnishing
Power and Light.

Among the instruments filed for rec
ord on Monday was articles of incor-
poration of the National Chemical
Power company, the incorporators be-
ing New York people and the capital
ization being s25, 600, 900. 1t is not
often that corporation with such a
heavy capitalization crosses the state
of New Jersey and travels couple of
thousand miles westward to select a
town as its principal place of bust
ness. but this one has done so, and
Prescott has been selected as the
place for its headquarters. In stating
the object of the association there is
nothing particularly noticeable which
is radically different from any other
corporation, being, as stated, ''for
producing and dealing in agricultural
products of all kinds including pro-
ducts from agriculture, chemicals,
metals, liquor, gas, fuel and all other
articles. The production, storage,
manufacture and sale of electric and
all other power for all purposes.
The whole substance of the objects
of the incorporation, as discovered by
the Journal Miner, after investigation
is embodied in the latter sentence,
and the corporation figures on revo-
lutionizing the entire world so far as
producing motive power and light is
concerned.
1t is claimed that chemical pro-
cess has been discovered for the pro-
ductiOn of electricity from chemicals,
whereby all power required, as at
present, for producing it is done away
with, the chemicals performing the
work that is now done by the i'm
mense steam engines, used to propel
the dynamos to generate the electric
current. Dynamos are also dispensed
with as the chemicals perform the
functions now devolving upon them.
Arrangements are included in the pro-
cess for transferring the current for
transmission for light or power pur-
poses.
The inventor has a chemical labora-
tory in the east where it is said that
the practieability of the process has
been satisfactorily demonstrated, and
this corporation now proposes to take
the matter up for commercial pur-
poses and commence the Revolutionary
process as outlined.
1t is claimed that by this process
electric power can be generated at
cost of one eighth of a cent per horse
power per hour. This would mean
one and one quarter of a cent per
horse power for day of ten hours.
Or it means that man using twenty
horse power can operate it for % cents
per day. AS stated no battery is used,
and the storage of the electricity
means the storage of il in the ungen-
Grated state
For instnace it is claimed that
d OOA lnt
chemicals and other ingredients
used for generating electricity
can be located in a residence and con-
nected up with wires and the house
lighted in this way, at but a trifie
of expense.
Another claim set up for it is, that
a box, in the shape of a cube, measur-
ing ten feet each way, will supply
motive power for propelling a large
steam ship on trip across the Allan
tic ocean. Other equally marvellous
claims are made for it, and if they
should come within any reasonable
bounds of realizing them, it can be
seen it will revolutioniZe the question
of lighting and power, without COM
ing up to what is claimed for it.
The National Chemical Power COM
pany with its large capitalization pro-
poses to enter this field and it has
designated Prescott as the principal
place of transacting its business.