The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-11
SEEK TO DEVELOP
ENORMOUS POWER
Plan to Consolidate the Vast
Power Possibilities of the
Snake River.
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC
COMPANY ENTERS FIELD
Vast Expansion of the Original
Plans of Perrine and
HOlliSter.
Special 10 The Tribune.

| power development In southern Idaho
| says tho Statesman.
Ihls meeting will settle the details of
| q largo and somewhat complex deal by
winch the General Electric company will
secure possession of all or nearly all the
| important power sites on the Snake river
together with some plants already estab-
| nshcd or In process OF construction.
IL is the General Electric company
| with which ]. II. HOLSTER and l. b.
Perrlne and their associates are dealing
In seeking capital for the proposed
power plant at Shoshoae falls. they even
.uaHy reached persons connected with
the General Electric. When the enKin-
eers OF that company came out here they
found field that appealed to them, and
inc result has been vast expansion OF
the original plans and the taking on OF
contracts having no connection whatevcr
with the project presented by Hollister
and Pcrrine
The engineers saw at once there was
an opportunity To develop q vast
amount of power. Looking about. they
found there was a certainty that vast
demand for power would spring up. The
original project at Shoshone falls ap-
pealed to them. with some notifications
but after they had reported on the en-
tire field movement was started to take
far broader hold.
Acting through HOLSTER and Perrine
a large number OF sites have been
SuItu some or tncm h0d already oeen
located by the men named. and others
nave 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 Sho-
shone 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 further
nm, &c "a hA Ha
cured an option on the Brady plant at
American Falls and on several sites
above Idaho Falle. Mr., Brady is in the
East and II is understood he will be
present in New York on the 18th. will
Mr.. Perrine
1t has been reported tho company has
also approached the Trade Dollar COM
pany to secure Its plant at Swan falls
but tho statement cannot be verified
Further. 1t is the understanding that
pany contemplate furnishing power for
Salt Lake and other Utah places while
enterprises for the utilization OF power
Will be fostercd in this State. Introduc-
ton OF such power for all purposes Will
be encouraged
Tho recent rains and SHOWS In the
mountains will prolong the placer min
Ing season two or three weeks.
BODY Recovered.
The body OF Joseph Long. one OF the
two men drowned in tho Payctte May
10, has been recovered The body was
found In the river just below Leo Bunch's
5reSy ~ Tnose pas Tatey . ne oody OF An
The Reed and the Robinson Wood
placer claims near Placerylllo have been
Power company. The Reed is an old
claim, and Is known 10 be good pro-
ducer. The great handicap has been lack
of water The now company proposes
pass. twcnty-seven miles from here
There Is an old ditch extending hrtecn
and enlarged and the remainder-twelyc
milce-will be new ditch Tho ditch will
be made lnrge enough to deliver 100
inches inches at the e Reed claim. Il is esti
quircd to dig tho ditch and put the claim
In condition TO be worked. About TWEEN
ty-hye men are employed at present but
the force will soon be increased to sixty
or moro. Tho claims and water rights
together with the expense OF putting in
the bitches, represent an outlay OF about
The total expense OF running the Boise
public schools last year wac Sll5,9SO
New Bank.
A bank Is TO be opened In Boise July
Is by the lie Haino Brothers. associated
with George w. Fletcher. in the build
Clothing company on Main street. The
capital stock OF the corporation is Sl0J,-
0OO, with a surplus OF $4,000.
Il. II. Bcggs has gone to Rcd Rock |
Mont, to look after the new mail line he
has from Red Rock TO Salmon City. and
OF which he Will take charge on July l.
X. of P. Building.
Ivanhoe lodge No. 9. Knights of Pyth-
is planned TO build home for the order
in Boise. The tract OF land purchased
by the lodge is located at the corner of
Eighth and Washington streets, having
a frontage OF 100 feet on Washington and
122 on Eighth. The price paid was $500
cash.
made by the contractors on tho south
side canal Of the Boise Payette project
Conway & Willhito have made particu-
they were to have 6 per cent OF tho
work finished by July but when reports
up 10 May 81 were received In tho Office
OF Supervising Engineer Ross II was
shown "a 40 OF the work had then been
completed
Big Sheep Sale.
on Tuesday George V. Leighton and AL
bert Wilson OF Mldvalc sold to Colorado
parties 600 ycarling ewes and ycarlng
and two -ycar-od weJhers and thiTty-two
cars have been cent for loading them for
Colorado points, Tho prices paid were
The work OF raising funds for the four
teenth annual session OF the National Ir-
rigotion congress has heg1n. n,,, eth, The con.
8 to S. IT is expected that 1000 delegates
will be In attendance.
w E Pierce states tho steel bridge to
be thrown across the Boise river two
miles above Caldwell for the BoiEe 81 In
terurbnn line has been purchased Its
cost is between Sl 600 and $1,000. 1t will
be "A magnificent structure
Offices at Caldwell.
F.. r Place, general superintendent OF
the Butte & San Francisco railroad has
rented a suite OF rooms in the Lowell G |
steunenberg block at Caldwell and has
opened up permanent offices there. Cald- |
well has agreed to raise $4,000 in cash
and furnish twenty acres Of land for
depot shops. Offices, etc, and right OF |
way three miles each way from the cen
ter of the city Work Will be pushed on |
the road toward Wnnemucco first. AS |
quick as material arrives the road will |
be built to the Snake river so that tho |
bridge across that river con be con- |
structed The people of Caldwell are |
jubilant over the outcome OF the ncgo- |
tiations,