Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-07
GIGANTIC
ELECTRIC
ENTERPRISE
Report That the big Trust
is About to Harness all
of Snake River.


will be held in New York that
will be of great importance in its
bearing upon the future of electrical
power development in southern
idaho.
This meeting will settle the de-
tails of a large and somewhat COM
pick deal, by which the General
Electric company will secure poss-
cssion of all or nearly all the inn
portant power sites on the Snake
river, together with some plants al
ready established or in process of
construction.
1t is the General Electric COM
pany with which ]. H. HOLSTER
and |. B. Perrine and their asso-
ciates are dealing. In seeking cap
ital for the proposed power plant
at Shoshone falls, they eventually
reached persons connected with the
General Electric. When the engi-
necrs of that company came out
here they found field that appeal
ed to them, and the result has been
a vast expansion of the original
plans and the taking on of contracts
having no connection whatever
with the project presented by Hol-
lister and Perrine.
The engineers saw at once there
was an opportunity to develop a
vast amount of power. Looking
about, they found there was GER
tainty that vast demand for power
would spring up. The original pro-
ject at Shoshone falls appealed to
them, with some notifications,
but after they had reported on the
entire field movement was started
to take far broader hold.
Acting through HOLSTER and Per-
rine, a large number of sites have
been secured. Some of them had
already been located by the men
named, and others have since been
taken in. These include a string
including the following: Twin
falls, Shoshone falls, Augur falls,
Upper Salmon falls, Lower Salmon
falls, and the Malad falls, with
perhaps some others. The danger
of shortage of water at Shoshone
falls at especially low stages of the
river has been looked into, and some
plan is being sought by which it
may be overcome.
Reaching out along the river far
Their up, it is understood, the COM
pany has secured an option on the
Brady plant at American Falls and
on several sites above Idaho Falls.
Mr.. Brady is in the east and it is
understood he will be present in
New York on the 18th, as will Mr..
Perrine.
1t has been reported the company
has also approached the Trade Do.-
lar company to secure its plant 1T
Swan falls, but the statement can
not be verified.
Further, it is the understanding
that the plans of the General Elec-
trio company contemplate furnish
ing power for Salt Lake and other
Utah places, while enterprises for
the utilization of power will be
fostered in this state. Introduce
ton of such power for all purposes
will be encouraged.
In brief, this great company ap-
pears to have grasped the fact that
&c oh -
waste in the Snake and other
streams sufficient to supply the
demands of a dense population for
all possible purposes. It's idea
seems to be to make the development t
of the resources of the Snake river
valley and the surrounding noun
tains electric, and, controlling the
supply, place it wherever it can be
used to advantage. Statesman.
General Weaver has been in New
York for some weeks past, and the
opinion has been expressed that he
was there on this big consolidation
scheme, as he owns one of the most
valuable water power rights on the
river, in connection with his gold
dredging and electric railway
propositions. If SO he has not told
any one here with whom he is ir
close touch in a business way.
Some time since it was his inten-
ton to return to Mountain Home
by the 10th instant, but this matter
may delay him until after the 18th.
The General Electric company is il
reality the electric trust with many
millions of capital at its command
There is no enterprise so gigantic
that it could not finance and handle
mechanically.
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