The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-30

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
St. Anthony Falls, for years the won
der of the commercial world because
of it's great water power, is undergoing
further development that will pro-
duce from 5000 to 5000 horsepower
electrical energy, which may be thrown
on the Minneapolis market for either
light or power.
Tho it has been supposed that the
fullest development of the falls was
attained years ago, it is now proposed
wasted. A crew Of 1870 men is at work
| on Hennepin Island, on the east side Of
the river near Pillsbury A mill, making
excavations for the proposed. power
canal, power house and tail race. The
development is undertaken by the st.
Anthony Falls Water Power company,
a subsidiary organization OF the Fli1s-
| bury-Washburn company.
It will require from a year and a
half to two years to complete the work
and the cost will be a little less than
$1,ooo,ooo. .. 49, .,~.~ -.
Work Is Under Way.
i Steps for the development were un-
dertaken last winter by the power
company, it's engineer, William dc, Ia
Barre, being in charge. The develop
, ment can be cheaply carried out. Suf-
/ icient stone and concrete material is
! on the ground and viii be taken out IN
structures with the exception Of the
power house. which will probably be OF
brick. The Pillsbury company is doing
the work without letting contracts.
A heavy masonry dam is being con
: structed on the upper end Of Hennep1n
Island, between the Nicollet island
power cable tower and the wall Of the
East Side spillway. When completed
the new dam will replace an old timber
dam across the same space, and the tim
Der structure will be removed. d.. ..
II - Down to Bed Rock. az
I A power canal $50 feet in length and
40 feet wide will carry the water to the
. ledge running across the island, just
below the old East Side . RamRin e g tbe
: foot of the ledge. The tailrace win b
|, about 800 feet long and will discharge
:. about midway Of the stone arch bridge
All structures will be laid on the lime
4 stone ledge. The upper dam and cana
= walls will be Of heavy masonry, TIM
q limestone taken from the power hous'
a excavation being used for the purpose
= twenty-five feet high, fourteen fee
10 thick at the base, and five at the tor
l. The canal walls are the same height
,r but lighter, being but ten feet at tn
If base and four on top: ;,
The power house. 70x110 feet, WI
70 probably be of brick. 1t will b
It equipped with three 5000, horsepowe
3e likely I to be Installed at first; Two 25e
Ut horsepower turbines for the excito1
y, are Included in the equipment Th
electrical equipment has not been q
termined, as the company has not d.
cided1 on the disposition Of the power:
: The tailrace will be sixty feet -, WIG
- inside. Some concrete work will +
rs rs necessary at points where the i ledge
ne the solid stone subledge. The wal
e, will he Of stone and concrete. An e
~ fective head Of fifty feet or more WI
he be secured. -s>. -. - @.t.-,.
IN Good Market for Power.
I uWe have not decided what will
- done with the power we are develo
"A ing,'' said Henry Little Of the Pill
there and that it could be develops
economically. Almost no Temporal
work is necessary; it can all pc dol
under faVOraDle cOnulClons, anu 'no y
have an outside estimate, OF the expens
J. cost. We do know that it will be
chean development and that we W
have no trouble in disposing Of t
! 1.-THE addition Of this power to t
/ city's available natural power M
mean a large new anufact9rlng &C
Germ for the city. Il we lind no or
to supplement the power we have, !
point is, we know we have power ,th
can be depended on most of the tin
> and that if we find no profitable mark
Il outside, we can use it to good adva1
ape ourselves. If some large consun
should come in desiring 81 fHgn te by pow
Elementary steam plant for use WI
the water is low will be added # nee
sary to furnish a constant service K
purchaser.
. GIVE believe that we will have po1
- 4 the greater part Of the time. For
u. stance, at present there is great
4 of water going over the apron IN
main channel, and on the east 81
With the present stage OF water
in the new plant. We are bound
eminent reservoirs in the upper ri
d. They are there to aid navigation,
N as our interests and those of navj
ton are the same with regard to wa
we are bound to be helped They
out Sending it over the falls, and ID.
~ will get a crack at it on the way; w
81 the river is high, power companies Z
steamers do not need the reserve
~ When it goes down and water is
out Of the reservoirs, we are both be
/ flied, tho the reservoirs are intended
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