The Glenwood post., 1906-11-10
HARNESS COL
ORADO STREAMS
Gigantic Electrical Power Project
will RevOluiiORize Western
Industrial Conditions
WALSH AND HtRRlCk, PROMOTERS


told the Scrip McRae Press associa,
tion of the details of the plan to har,
ness the Rocky mountain streams of
Colorado to secure an electrical supply
one of the greatest electrical pro.
iects of the age
Thomas +. Walsh of Denver, be-
fore his departure for New York and
Washington Tuesday confirmed the
story, but said details must be with
held for the present
In the interview Mr.. Herrick said
THE syndicate Walsh and | repre-
sent will have 50, 900, Oo0 backing 1t
is proposed to harness the mountain
cataracts and streams of the Rockies
and revolutionize industrial cond-
tiops in the west
The plans contemplate one of the
most gigantic engineering feats in the
history of the United States--the de-
velopment of the water power of the
mountains of Colorado for long dis
tance transmission. The deal has al
ituty bCOh VI
bankers and capitalists all over the
world having been subscribed TO push
the project to success.
1--WE are enthusiastic over the opt
has shown what can be done with the
Colorado streams. Fifty streams will
be harnessed and we foresee com
mercial development throughout the
west which shall bring electricity into
use among all the western rail- Dads
and western manufacturing plants.
For the present only territory
within a radius of 40 miles of the
central power plant will be embraced
Later general broadening out is con
templated until the whole middle west
is taken in.
The project has been under way
foI three years. Myself and Walsh,
al led by other capitalists from Europe
and the larger American cities. have
made a careful canvass OF the situa
tion and have invested money freely
in the scheme.
IAN investigation of the water
power possibilities at Niagara Falls
and in various European cities led to
the project.
"The deal has been financed and we
are now waiting Cor the completion
of certain electrical and engineering
plans before Incorporating the com
pany. Within the next six months,
weather permitting, extensive opera
tions will be in progress. John Hayes
Hammond one of the best known en-
gineers of the age, has been employed
Oh the intricate problems attendant
upon 'harnessing the water power of
the swift flowing mountain streams.
Operations will be commenced in
Colorado. considered the mosr advau
tageous point. 1t is the second high
est state in the Union and contains
the headwaters of more than fifty
streams. am sure that in the rivers
that flow swiftly down the slopes Of
the Rocky and Sierra Nevada noun
tains will he found source of power
that in time will supply practically
every western manufactory and rail-
road.
81 am enthusiastic over this pro-
iect, but it is what | call conserva-
tive enthusiasm. An investigation
has unfolded unlimited opportunities
~ predict that in ten years every
railroad company crossing the noun
tains will be using electricity. and
that the majority of manufacturers
will adopt it. The high price of coal
in the west makes the cost from S75
to 1925 a year per horse power to each
railroad company and manufacturer
With little expense for fuel our com
pany can furnish this power at from
$50 to $50 year per horse power.
The price varies according to the dis
tance power is transmitted.
"About 100. COO electrical horse pow
er generated from water power is now
being used with success in mining
camps and small factories along the
banks OF the streams COLORADO busl +
ness men are anxious for the consum
nation of this deal.
"The great Gore canon, the Grand,
South Platte, Kiowa and Bijou rivers
in the vicinity of Denver will be
utilized. The South Platte river has
it's source II, 176 feet shuve tide and
its fall in the short distance to Denver
is 8, 900 feet. Its average depth is
seven feet and the width about wen
ty five feet A canal from the Mag.