The Glenwood post., 1905-01-21
POWER PLANT AT
SHOSHONE FALLS
Eastern Capitalists Interested in
Erection of Plant TO Utilize
the Water Power of
Grand River
BIGGEST IN THE UNITED STATES

The project for the erection of
big power plant at the mouth of
Grizzly creek to secure its supply
from Shoshone falls ~ miles up the
Grand river is rapidly coming to
head After spending four days at
Shoshone and Grizzly. b. Williams,
of Chicago, the engineer sent here by
the parties who propose to take the
bonds on the plant, has made his esti
mates and Will report at once to his
employers as to conditions AS he found
them. 1t is understood that his re
10, 900 horse power can be secured
through reservoir system instead of
20, 900 horse power AS at first estimated
by those who have been pushing the
proposition, Mr.. J. X. DeRemer and
others.
1t is also stated by Mr. DeRemer
that it is now the intention to erect
plant with this capacity instead of
the original !, 600 horse power plant.
Messrs. Williams and Beard have been
in Leadville a portion of the week
contracting to furnish power to the
mines there and it is learned that
A. 600 horse power has already been
disposed of with prospect of several
times that amount. The eastern bond
syndicate agreed to erect a plant
If 1000 horse power could be disposed
of and in view of the great demand
that has been found for the power,
the erection of the plant now seems
certainty.
In addition to the Leadville district
it is proposed to transmit power to
Salida, Cripple Creek and Grand
junction and intermediate points un-
til the capacity of the plant is
reached.
1t is a fact not generally known that
the watershed of :he Grand river is
greater than that of any other river of
its size in the world, so far as known,
there being a drainage from 5,s2O
square miles. The largest power
plant in the United States at the
present time, aside from those at Mag
ara Falls and Sault Ste Marie, is 10
Gated in California with capacity of
less than 20, 600 horse power and this
river has water shed of only A, 800
square miles. The Grand river car
ries very large volume of water but
owing to its rapid flow it has hereto
fore been underestimated whereas, if
it were sluggish stream, it would be
one of the largest rivers in the United
States.
The examination made by Messrs.
Williams and Beard is the first thor
ough investigation that has been made
although estimates have been made in
IA cursory manner 1t is this fact that
indicates the possibilities in the Grand
river that may result in revolutioniz-
ing the Western slope and making it
"A manufacturing as well as an agri
cultural center. In addition to fur
nlshlng power for mines, towns and
manufacturing establishments it Is an
ticipated that there will be large
demand for pumping plants on the
higher mesas and in the valleys where
water cannot now be Csed, thus ren.
dering available for agricultural pur-
poses considerable acreage which is
now impossible to successfully cult
vate.
1t is to be hoped that the plans as
outlined by MIR. DeRemer and the
Others interested will be carried out,
in which case the Grand valley will
have the distinction of possessing the
largest power plant in the world aside
from the two mentioned heretofore,
and it is likely that specifications will
be made at once upon Mr.. Williams
report to the bond syndicate which
will lead to the immediate erection of
the plant.