The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27
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6GneRATiese PlANv.
NJ Usisea HyArs ESeetsie company
eisA . capital steek Of 1soe, 900, sled
lssae1sa - isessposatiss With the secse-
w q ssste - Aesdsy et this week
the iseespssseoss named in the docu
fBest beisg: Frederick p. Dewey.
eAassss J. Nicholas ssd Casper S Desh.
= cessgese~s; Jehs ]. Shervin. George
Z. 1iobsi. j.. ssd wiiiiao L. Bush Of
~ city. esd LAfsyette Hanchstt, Of
ea,s lAks City. The Office and princi.
~ plaee Il business 10 designated o.
osssgsssw,.
The sew corporation 10 . merger.
1bsnsa fos the purpose Of takisg over
~ electric plants. properties and fran.
e6iDes held By the U.ited Light and pow
= es0pssy: the Cascade Electric eou-
toay cad the Green aud Clear Lake.
cs0pssy. esd for the purpose Of acquir-
isg additional franchises. property and
Wasas sighta for the manufacture and the
sale a eiectrie light and power.
1te Usited Light and Power company
= espieai,ssd for SIS. 600 in I.4oo shares
II ~ ~ value Of SaS each. The Cas-
csAe Electrical company has . capital
izssass Of t6s.ooo. divided into $50 shares
u he par value Of Sioo each, and the
csees sad Clear Lakes company has q
eapissl stock Of $500. the division be.
ing $4,000 shares worth tro each a. par.
The Uui,ed Light and Power company
has $Ioo.ooo in bonds outstanding.
which will be assumed by the new cor.
pofatiOD and the new company will issne
an equal amount for the completion Of
the enlargement Of the equipment and
e8tesslon Of the generating plant and
TRANSMISSION lines.
The new company now owns or con.
1reas between 400 and 500 acres of land
in and surrounding the lakes in East
Argentine district above Georgetown.
Ths company now has seventy. five mil
lies eubic feet Of water in their lakes and
reservoirs, and when the dams and
wass sways now under construction are
eoupleted, will be able to hold an ad-
-diti0nal 5000, 900 cubic feet Of water.
The distribution is as follows: Clear
lake covers an area of ~ acres; Green
lake. IsI.2 acres; Silver Dollar lake. IS
acres, and Murray lake. IL acres. Sew
ersl miles of bitches and fumes have
been built aud several excellent reser-
vo,r sites will be utilized during the COM
ing years
The main power generating plant is
located in Georgetown and now con
tsins two 500 horse power and one Gas
hor,e-po~e wate. wheels, to which will
be added another unit of equal capacity
which has been ordered, and will be in
stalled as soon as received. The main
pipe line is 900 feet in length, and from
the intake to the power plant the fall Is
72o feet, SO that the pressure Of over 800
pounds to the square inch imparts tIe-
menduous energy upon the big water
wheels when released. The pipe line is
36 inches in diameter at the head gate.
made OF No. ] steel and tape1s to II
incnes iu diameter at the point Of dis
charge. where the steel pipe is three
eights OF all inch thick of double rlveted
boiier-plate. A parallel pipe lineis now
being installed giving the plant twice
its pres mt capacity.
Some three years ago the Cascade
Electric company secured franchises
through th- Glpln County Light. Heat
and Power company, to furnish light tor
the towns of Central City, Black Hawk
and N vadavl,le, and the current Is con-
veyed by TRANSMISSION lines from the
Georgetown plant fifteen miles away.
The company supplies electric power to
the Lamartine. Joe Reynolds, Sun and
Moon and Old Town and otner mines
in The lower end of the county, the
Cham Der lain. Dillingham; sampllng works
in Georgetown and other mills through
out the county, as we'll as electric light
in the county seat and in this city.
Mrs. NJ. X. ames departed Sunday for
4 months visit to relatives in Illinois.
rate Of ST. 10 to Denver and return
on account a, the Western Live Stock