Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-07
a WORLD OF POWER.


Carson River Gould Furnish Halt the
Coast Win Electricity.
The most neglected stream on this
coast in regard to water power il the
carson river. This stream has the
best volume of water. the best fall
and the best chance to harness power
Of any stream that flows through the|
State, and in spite of this fact, only
one small mill is utilizing the i'm
mense stream that is flowing through
the steep canyohs.
The Carson river is without doubt
the besf Moving river ii this state
The Source cohes hom me larsesfl
wafer shed of ny Of ne rivers and
the supply is from 10 many sources
that it never fails at the head water.
Willie fehN streams are fsilipg Z @e
csbson XSspe lR I 4ow thafi = ntogsr-
ly divided among the farmers its en-
tire length, there would be, no water
shortage The farmers shove this val
ley waste water in a manner that
would bring about; law suits In any
other section. Aside from the value of
the water irrigation, the Harvesting
of the stream would and should bring
out many industries that are now
dead. Above the ranch line in Alpine
county. the source of the river there
is the best chance to harness the
stream Of any that can be offered men
who are looking for power. The
stream flows through narrow canyons
for miles and the grade is sufficient
to develop many thousands of horse
power for every mile Above the farm
ers there is flow of water that is
never diminished to any great ex-
tent, and the wonder is that the par
~&ies who have been looking for pow
er have not taken advantage of the
Carson river.
Not only does the East Fork pre-
sent this power to the first man who
cares for it, but the West Fork of the
river is just as advantageous From
the land of Charity valley, to the
ranchers who take the stream from its
bed, there is world of power going
down one of The steepest canyons that
can be fourd At Woodfords there is
presented eli, zee to harness TIL, ri
ver The IAN. 'or is ! arrow, the stco. :
always steady and fall of nearly q
thousand feet in the first mile. In this
| to run every railroad in Western New
ada, while the farmers up above could
easily take the power to the farms
for practical purposes.
With bota forks Of i. Q s:,eam ready
for the investor who is looking for ;
good thing to land on, it is wonde
that it is not put into harness ant
forced to do the drudgery that i
found on every side of the valley
With the two streams there is pOwe
enough running to waste, that woul'
turn mother earth the other way
applied. 1t is true that when the mill
Jon the river were hammering ava
at Comstock ore. that the river wa
put to work to crush the rock. bu
since that industry died out, the rive
is practically used for irrigation. TIL
beauty Of utilizing water for electri
power is that the farmer does nc
suffer, as the water does its missio
and is just as valuable to the farme
as i: it never turned wheel.
Distance of transmission makes n
difference in these modern days, a
is shown by the work that is goin
on at Blue Lakes. Here the power
to be transmitted nearly two hundre
miles, and the engineers figure ths
there will be but a small percentae
of loss The same condition exists o
the Kern river, the Feather and
number of Of other streams in tn
state across the border. There is pov
er enough in the Carson river to hal
every train that is pulled through tt
State, to light every house in Wester
Nevada and heat half the homes.
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