The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-24
IDAHO WATER & ELECTRIC CO.
Files Applications with State
for Water Powers.


the public waters of the st. Joe and
the North Fork of the st. Joe river
were hled with the state engineer by
the Idaho Water Il Electric Power
company and constitute the largest
filings ever made at one time In the
engineers Office, the filing fee alone
amounting to $1,000.
1t Is reported that the power which
Is to be generated from the st. Joe
river and its tributary Is to be used
by the Milwaukee 4 st. Paul railroad
In hauling its trains over the Bitter
Root mountains. II this proves to be
the case II is probable that electric
cars will be put on from a point in
Montana before the climb of the big
mountain range 10 begun and probab-
ly will be run we'll into Idaho, near
~ crossing the state. Electric cars
are being put into use by other roads
on mountain Climbs and It is con-
sidered that they will be a big Inn
provement over steam.
The applications include 10 dams,
which will vary In cost from s28, 900
to 9l25, 900, and will furnish as, OLA
horse power. Dam No. will be
located near the mouth OF Little
Falls creek and about three miles
above aud east Of the town Of st. Joe,
The others will be further up the riv-
or and three or four of them will GROSS
the North Fork. It 10 expected to
utilize the entire river at each dam
and the total amount of horse power
possible will be generated. At the
point where dam No. / will be locat.
cd the river has a summer flow Of
1866 cubic feet per second.
l. N. Smith of Lewiston, attorney
for the Mi waukee Il st. Paul, made
the filings. The applications state
that the company was incorporated
May Is, 1907, with capital stock of
$500, 600, 010, 900 OF which has been
paid in and the entire amount has
been subscribed. The directors nam.
ed are J. L. McClear, p. j. scallon
and Maude Thornton, all of Occur
d'lens, which place is named as the
principal place of business Of the
company.
Five years was set as the time the
works should DO completed, with an
additional four years In which to
complete the application of the wat
er. The applications state that the
water 10 to be used for mining, pow
er, manufacturing and transportation
purposes
The estimated cost of the works
and dam at dam No. / Is S65, 600.
The dam will be 10 feet high and 545
feet In length, with a flume Ga fet
wide. Dam No. 2, which will be
located at the lower end Of Cotton
wood island, will be the same sire
and Of the same cost as dam No. l,
and each of them will furnish 2720
horse power.
Dam No. 3 will be little larger.
1t will be- 81 feet high, 736 feet long
and will cost $50, 0OC. 1t Is esti.
mated 4S46 horse power will be gem
Grated there. Dam No. 4 will be
80 feet high, 3s2 feet long and will
cost ss6, 600, and 664O horse power
will DO generated from 1t.
The largest and most costly dam of
the entire number will be dam No. s,
from which 604A horse power will be-
generated. II will be 40 feet high
and $40 feet long and will cost Sl25,
600. Dam No. Q will furnish AZ
much power, but will not be quite as
long and will cost $40. 900.
Dam No. Z, which will furnish
1882 horse power will be 20 feet high,
S2l feet long, and will cost s62, 600.
Dams No. aud will each cost
$40, 600, but dam No. 8 will be lit
tic larger and will furnish 1860 horse
power to the others 1862.
Dam No. 10 will cost only e2s, 600
and will furnish 2ll6 horse power,
while dam No. IL will cost S42, 900
and will furnish 1866 horse power.
IL will be located about our.tenths
OF a mile above the North Fork.
Applications for dams IL and Is
state that they will be located on the
North Fork Of the'S Joe river and
the plants located at the dams will
utilize the entire flow OF the river.
Dam No. IL, which will be II feet
high and EOS feet long, will cost
Sas, 600 and will furnish 2142 horse
power, while dam No. - will furpiah
2O2I horse power and will cost SAL.
900. 1t will be % feet high and
l62 feet long.
The other dams on the North Fork
are numbered l, ?, and 3, the frat
81 a.