Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-16
CONDOR WATER AND
POWER COMPANY Y
Installing Great Electric Plant
Three Cables Bring $4,000
Volts to Grants Pass.

The work of installing the great
electric power and light system that
was begun last fall by the Condor
Water & Power Company is progress.
ing rapidly. and from the Company's
water power electric station at Gold
Ray transmission wires are being ex-
tended until soon Rogue River Valley
will be covered with a network of
electric lines. From Gold Ray set
of wires now extend to Central
Point, Medford and Jacksonville,
delivering light and power current to
those towns and to many of the big
farms for light and TO operate irri-
eating pumps. The stamp mill at
the Opp mine at Jacksonville is sop
piled with power to operate the 10
stamps and other machinery. From
Medford the line is shortly to be ex-
tended to Talent and Ashland
A wire system is being extended
north from the station at Gold Ray
aud it is completed to Grants Pass
with branch up Foots Creek to the
Champlin dredge, which is to change
from steam to electric power next
month. From Grants Pass the poles
are set to the Greenback mine and the
linemeI, under direction of Foreman
O. f. Wiley, begun this week the
work Of stringing the wires from
Grants Pass on to GreeDback. There
is likelihood that branch line will
be run up to the Granite Hill mine
and electric power will take the place
of the steam power now in use. 1t is
reported that eventually the line is to
bo extended from the Greenback mine
on to Glendale and to Roseburg,
and from Grants Pass down Rogue
river to the Galice mines and to
Applegate and Waldo districts
Il. G. Porham, Of Gold Hill, has
the contract for setting the poles for
the various lines Of the Condor Com.
pany and this Thursday he completed
the setting OF the poles for branch
line down l. street from the main
line to the Grants Pass Iron & Steel
Works, which is to use electric in
stead of steam power This will close
Nj. Perham's work for now, but
about next month he will return aud
put up the poles for all the branch
lines about Grants Pass and for the
other lines that may be extended from
this city.
The wires that the Condor Com
pany are stringing are really cables,
for they are of seven strans aud as
large as quarter inch rope. They
are Of aluminium, and thus weigh
about the same as single copper
wire, though the price is greater
There are three of these cables from
the station at Gold Ray to Grants
Pass and they will be capable of
carrying 23, 600 volts A transformer
station will be established in Grants
Pass and large transformers Will
step this immense current down
to voltage that will permit of its
use for light aud power purposes. DR.
g. Il. Ray, manager for the Condor
Company is negotiating for a lot owned
by Judge II X. Hanna ON G street
near Seventh and the transformer sta
tion will likely be located on It,
II the purchase OF this property is made
the present wooden building, which
is occupied by tho Nee reslau.
rant, will be torn down and
n fine brick block erected on the lot.
In addition to being used for ttans.
former station this building wall be
used for the Grants Pass Office Of the
Company and for u supply depot for
the construction crews and for tie
linemen. Current is now on from
Gold Ray to Gold Hill, aud light is
now being furnished in that town.
The line is roady for transmission
of current to Grants Pass, bat 1t
will probably be u month before
current is brought 10 this city, as the
additional generators, now being put
in at the station at Gold Ray, will
not be ready to run for month yet.
The new turbine wheels, Of which
there ara eight are all set and when
the additional generators are Ia the
station will be- capable Of generating
q, 900 II. Z.
The Condor Water Il Power Com
pany will have the distinction of hav
ing the most mileage aud tho longest
distance OF transmission of any oleo-
trio company IN Oregon The Com.
panys longest line Will be- irum Gold
Ray by way OF Gratis Pass to
GIuonbacK mino distance of lG
miles. From Gold Ray the line
crosses to the south side of Rogue
river follows the county road To Grants
Pass, crossing the river at Gold Hll.
and then back again to the south side
at Rock Point aud thence down the
county road to opposite the foot of
Eighth street in this city, whore il
crosses over the river and up Eighth
street to * aud across ON that stllet
to seventh, and mp that street TO 4
strout where the transformer station
will be. The main line to the Green.
back aud othor mines ON Grave,