The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-16
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ADDITIONAL INFORMA 7 o N
ON BIG POWER PLANT
Denver End of Story Verified
and Details Given-Twenty-
four Hour a Day Cur
rent Promised

The following from the Denver
Post gives additional light upon the
proposition of a new wholesale cleo
trio power plant to be established at
Lafayette, as published in last
weeks Tribune:
ITO centralize the electric light
the power supply Of northern Colo
rado, bring more capital into the
state, enlarge the scope of present
industries and attract new ones, and
| finally to make the district the
| largest manufacturing center Of the
west, is the plan of j. J. Henry of
the Henry Electrical company Of
Denver. Mr. Henry is at the head
of a syndicate which has the enorm-
Gus enterprise under way and money
| will not be spared in the successful
completion of the undertaking.
A 5000 horse power steam plant,
equipped with the most modern en-
gines, will be erected at Lafayette,
! Colo, for the generation and distri-
| button of electricity for both light
and power, and all the towns and
cities from Greeley to Boulder will
be furnished with light. 1t is the
intention of the syndicate to buy
outright over 10 per cent of the cleo
trical plants on the line of transmits
sion of the new plant, and supply
all the other plants on long time
contracts, So that they will have
complete control of the power
situation.
Every industry in that portion Of
the state will be affected by the new
company, from coal mining to the
making of sugar out of beetS. The
electricity can be furnished at rate
which will attract capital to the
northern section of the state, and
the promoters confidently look for
ward to the opening of almost all
manufacturing industries adaptable
to that part of the country.
Our plant will be equipped
!; with the most modern turbine en-
gines, burning but little coal, so
that the cost of operation will be
practically the same as if the gener-
ating plant was being run by water
power, said J. ]. Henry, this morn
ing. In this way mills, mines,
factories and plants of all kinds can
be supplied with power-and any
amount of it-at cost of less than
half the expense to which they are
going now in hauling fuel long
distance. The industries in that
section Of the state at present are
absolutely permanent, and if the
fact that power can be secured i'm
mediately for all purposes does not
attract new enterprises, | miss my
guess.
The new company involves a
first investment of 81, 900, 600, the
turbine engines alone cost $3.50, 600.
Several eastern electrical companies
are behind the venture, although no
names have as yet been given out in
connection with the enterprise.
The plan in a nutshell is to operate
the district with one plant, employ
ing the same number of men that a
single plant now in operation uses,
and for the same amount of fuel and
: help generate the same amount or
more electricity. The new plant
will have but a small force of work
ers, all the coal handling being done
J automatically. Contracts have been
signed in every town but Greeley,
, and the deal will be closed tomor,
. row. 1t is the expectation Of the
new company to have its plant in
operation by the opening of spring.
, Mr.. Henry has been connected
with enterprises Of the same sort all
over the west, his most recent sue,
. cess being at Deadwood, S. D.,
where his plant lights and furnishes
power for the entire Black Hills dis.
trict.
THE towns THAT will be benefit.
ted by the new undertaking are
Louisville, Erie, Superior, Long,
mont, Berthoud, LOyeland. Fort
Collins, Windsor, Eaton and Greeley.
The plan has been unsuccessfully
tried before by smaller companies,
but this is the first time a company
with ample capital has undertaken
to furnish power for the entire
northern part of the state.
The Exact Thing Required for Consti,
patton
As certain purgative and stOm-