Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-16
HERE PUSHING
POWER PROJECT.
John A. Baglcy Talks Of Sho.honc
Companys Plans to lar
ness Snake River
UNDERTAKING IS EXTENSIVE.


John A. Bngloy former attorney
general or Idaho, but who liz now vie,
president ana general attorney Tor IN,
recently organized shoshono Power
company which has opened Offices H,
SAT- Lake, has arrived In the city,
Mr. Baglcy Informed "Nowso req.
roscntatIyo during the day that the
Shoshono company has commenced the
task of Harvesting the waters Of the
snake river at Anger falls, Idaho, H..
Gated about six miles below the famous
shoshonc fails,
All the preliminary surveys have been
made and the required maps ilod vita
the state oniclula at Boise Tho com.
pany has also filed ON the waters OF the
shoshone fails, but II ls the intention,
MI Bagloy states, to harness the Anger
fails FIRST for the reason that practical.
W as much power can be- obtained thcro
ana mat the cost Of installing "a power
plant there would be- much less than
ut ShOghone falls
1T II the ultimate intention NJ our
company" said Mr. lagloy, 10 con,
Noy power 10 Salt Lake CITY and the
current VIII be- brought over the most
direct line that cuu possibly be obtained
II VIII como through the very heart OF
the region irrigated by the Twin Falls
canal project. through oakley Albion,
Mulad valley on IN brigham city,
thoncc 90 Ogdou and salt Lake, II IL
the intention also, 10 build branch lines
to Cache valley points %, other place,
NhtVt ma "a tnlpl,t f,r
power
"YoH we EXPECT TO furnish powor TO
the mining camps " Idaho The Wood
river country ~ forging to the
front again, aud IN the opor.
alton " the mines ana mills thoru
We anticipate that viii be a good field
Tor u.s. liut We expect 10 dorIVo no
small part " revenue from the lrrlgHt.
cd regions OF the snake, the fanuors
VIII want light ana power II they can
get II at n reasonable price, factories
WIN be built, and, besides, thorQ IL II
vast area NJ land IN the Snake river
valley which cannot be- Irrigated with
existing canals ana on which water
cannot be delivered without being
placed there through the aid OF eloclrl.
c0l energy We propose 20 devote at
tontlon 10 mat TOO 70 we bcllyc We
have very bright future ahead NJ 40,
"Of course, the project will entail nm
enormous Investment " money hut we
propose 90 carry Il through to "a sue.
cofSlul conclusion
Al Augor Falls a dam GOO foot In
length win ho built across a box canyon
through which the river flows, 1900 foot
Of canals win DO bullt Mt the lower ond
OF which the power house VIII 20 up,
w, EdWnld Wilson the company's
cnRinocr, has Just completed a report
ana after RohR into details concludes
with The Flllomcnt that Augor Fails
has AN available head of 40 pcoond feet.
which win develop G00a0lO theoretical
horsepower using only The minimum
How uf the river no thIa point, and hy
allowing 40 per cent for logs In tur.
bInru dynomoa, transmission ana
transformers, there VIII slll Do % 600
available horsepower delivered In Salt
Lake city and surrounding country.
From an engineering ana financial
standpoint he states the development
or cloolrlcnl energy M Anger Falls Ia
TO bo commended ug one Of the best
water power projects outside Of Mag.
ara Falls A. Y,