The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02
To CARRY POWER
OVER THE HILLS
Gigantic Scheme to Supply Salt
Lake Valley With Energy.
COAL 35 CENTS PER TON
NEW YORK CAPITALISTS BACK
A S5,ooo,ooo ENTERPRISE.

NEW YORK CAPITALISTS BACK
A 100000 ENTERPRISE.
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Power generated by the con- ,
/ = sumption of coal at the mines near y
/ = COalviIle in Summit county is 10 =
/ > be transmitted into Salt Lake val =
I y ley.
Plans are completed for an initial =
! y plant with a capacity Of 10000 =
! = horsepower
= A syndicate Of New York cap ,
/ y italists has agreed to Uuderwrite y
/ = the bonds and take charge of the >
/ = enterprise The papers have been >
I = drawn and it is expected they viii >
| = be signed I'm a few days
! = Two transmission lines are 90 be >
! = constructed from the power plant y
| y at Coalville across the mountains =
| = into salt Lake valley.
| = Negotiations have been opened =
/ = with Samuel NewhOuse To supply 3
/ = him with power for the lighting of y
/ = salt Lake City In case his fran =
/ = chise is granted by the city coun- =
/ y Gil.
At least s5,OOO,O0O is to be invest =
! = ed in this enterprise and others i'm =
| = connection with II. and power is 10 =
| y be supplied to the smelters and
/ y mines in and around Salt Lake y
/ = valley
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ROWER for the shelters of salt Lake
valley, the mines at Bingham.
! Park City and Alta, and perhaps
/ for the entire city of Salt Lake, IS
J promised as the outcome of a gigantic
/ project being worked out by local talent
/ i'm conjunction with eastern capital The
/ proposition involves the generation of
/ power by coal consumption at COaIvills
! i'm Summit county, and the transmission
/ of the power thus generated over the
mountain into Salt Lake valley. into the
( mining camps clase by and perhaps To
/ Ogden and Stockton
Negotiations for this undertaking
! have gone 50 far that they are expected
to be closed this week The project
/ was conceived by local men some years
ago \ tremendous amount of work
has been done in working out all the de-
tails. Finally eastern capitalists head
ed by a New York syndicate were in
duced To take hold Of the enterprise
This syndicate viii undeUwrite the
/ bonds and take entire charge Of the
proposition The contracts have been
/ agreed upon. they have been sent east
for signatures. and pending this final
| act the local men connected with the
/ enterprise refuse to give out the names
of the persons interested or the details
of the gigantic undertaking.
Coal IS Cents a Ton.
Options have been secured on up
ward of s 900 acres of the best coal land
in the vicinity of CoaIviIIe- The coal
/ from the mines already opened and
from those to be opened later is to be
/ consumed right at the mines i'm the
generation of electrical energy II has
. been demonstrated that this coal can
be put under the boilers at g. cents 4
ton. according to men interested. and
/ that in this way power can be deliv-
7 cred in salt Lake valley at 33 1-3 per
cent cheaper than power IS supplied ~
I this time It IS claimed that power can
be delivered in this valley from this
! COalville plant for from $50 to %S5 per
I horsepower per annum. The present
price runs beyond 500.
All the plans and specifications for
. the piaDI have been prepared with iH-
. finite care The basis UnOu which the
promoters are working is 10000 horse
power No modern appliance is TO he
/ omitted. Two transmission lines ara
. to be installed To guard against any
break in the supply of power II any
accident happens To one of the lines
I the other viii be utilized TIL the troU-
bic is removed One of the lines viii
run directly across the mountains from
Coalville TO Salt Lake valley The 9TH
. er will extend to Park city. and from
there to Salt Lake 4 branch Of this
line will also extend TO Alta tt Is also
, under consideration to supply power -
Bingham and Ogden Many Of these
minor details are still 10 be worked OUT
Deal With Samuel Newhouse.
One Of the most important phases of
the entire proposition IS the possibility
r that power viii be supplied Samuel
Newhouse if ne gets franchlSe 10 sup
. ply Salt Lake city with light NeEo-
. / tiatfons are on with Nh NewhOuse with
. this object in view, and should the city
. council see TT to grant the Newhouse
= franchise IL Is more than likely that me
= city will he lighted at no distant day
b. by power generated at CoalNiller TWEEN
p ty-five miles away
As the first requisite in the carrying
out of this project the company viii
I have an ineXhaustible supply OF coal
p The coal is not of as good quality as
the Carbon county coal or the KEN
+ merer coal. but it is considered first
7 / class steam coal. The fact that II can
! be put under the boilers for not far
I from 80 cents ton makes IL an impOT-
r tant factor in the industrial develop
: / u1ent of the state. The plans call fOl
! the largest power plant in the state
3 All hauIage will be by electricity anC
! the best modern appliances viii be useC
| in every department
Better Than Water Power.
It is confidently claimed that powe
generated in the way indicated her
Q can underseH water power The waite
mower now used in Salt Lake valley ha
for its basis the maximum flow of tn
streams where the power is generated
: As a result of this the power actual,
+ supplied falls far below what is Claime
n for it. The minimum flow of Tn
Y I streams is often One-fifth of the maxi
= mum flow and for this reason the lOCd
n company is in a position TO supply al
e | times but One-fifth of the horse-pOwe
s il claims to possess, using the maximum
e flow of the streams as its basis.
N It is estimated that 81, 800 goo VIII b
: nut into this enterprise at once and tina
m ultimately this sum win be sWelled {
in s. 900. 900. 1t is the intention of the me
d at the head to supply power at so lOJ
4 figure as to encourage manufacture
in many lines in Salt Lake valley. ]
is also thought that Mr.. Newhouse ma,
be in a position now to make to tn
A CITY a proposition even more liberia