Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-03
TWENTY MILES or
ELECTRIC LIN f
ARE R0JECTEO
MAN ENGINEER
OF AMBITIOUS SCHEME
Forest Power Company'S Plans
viii Mean New Era in Min
ing Camp Transportation in
Grant County,

a. ID. Coleman of this city has per
fected the plans of the Forest Power
( company for an electric plant. trans
mission line and electric railway. from
Silver city 30 adjoining mining camps
Mr.. Coleman, engineer of the com
pany, has been a resident of this city
for some years, where he was secre-
tary, treasurer and manager Of tho
Southwestern Electric and Construc-
tion company. He is at present tn
principal member of the Kinsley
Electric Light and Power company NJ
Kinsley. Kas. He has been connected
with other electrical projects in the
southwest and made the report which
has resulted in the pushing of the
county enterprise. The latter
is n of the most important projects
Of its kind in the territory. The Off
GERS of the Forest Power company re-
Gently Incorporated, are +. l.. Woods,
president and general manager; w. s.
Cox, vice president: II. II. Barnes, see
retarv. ana j. w. Carter. treasurer.
The directors are Messrs. Woods. Cox.
dauef, all prominent people of Silve:
City.
The business of the company Is 10
generate power for transmission to the
principal mining camps in Grant
county. also to construct and operate
in connection dherewith twenty miles
Of electrically operated railway pa-
tween the power plant and Silver city.
via Pinos Altos. with passenger and
freight service between the ella for
est reserve and Silver city at a MINI
mum rate. Very cheap power is
promised owing to the cheap fuel
available, thereby reducing the eN-
pense of mining operations in the vi
entity in which power is available.
The fuel will be principally the
waste product of the timber cut by
the Continental Lumber company, To-
Gated on the ella forest reserve. Fuel
available AT this saWmill is sufficient
to generate 1000 horse power cOntin-
uously. the power plant being located
500 feet from the saWmill. Convey
viii be erected so that fuel can
be obtained at "a minimum expense
The most efficient and durable gen
Grating equipment will be installed 50
as TO get an the energy contained in
the fuel that is possible TO obtain, The
company also has permits from th"
government permitting them TO cut
and gather any timber on the reserve
with the exception of pine. oak and
juniper trees grow on the resetVe IN
unlimited quantities. The cost of cord
wood laid down at the plant cannot
exceed 81 per ord or the equivalent
of the best coal al 81 per ton.
The generating equipment is to con-
sist OF. High pressure water tube
suitable for iI5 pounds pres
sure, all 70 be equipped with dutch
oven fronts So as 70 permit Of taking
! large noun OF fuel into the fire.
boxes.
The prime movers will be direct
connected steam turbines coupled TO
.hrce-phase siXty-cycle alternating
generators. All generating
Equipment will be operated i'm connec-
ion with surface condensers. thereby
increasing the efficiency of h units
and producing the power with a mini
mum of fuel.
The switchboard viii be of the most
modern and approved construction.
.quipped with the best instruments for
Indicating and registering the output
IF the bower plant. equipped with
.-ynchronizing instruments 50 that tn
otal output of the individual gencr-
ting units may be delivered over one
transmission line.
The transmission line't extreme
ength for the present will be thirty
with the Burro mountain min
ng camps on the distant end. The
carried on transmission lire
will be $4,000. volts. So that the whole
output of the plant could If necessary
,e Transmitted to the distant end OF
line with a loss of less than 10 per
.ent.
Current will be generated at tho
,oWer plant at a pressure Of 800
'olts. The current is then changed
o 10000 volts for 'transm ission over
he line by means of suitable transfer
neis placed In connection with tho
switchboard al the power plant. Tho
urreHt at the receiving end Of the line
3 reduced bv another set Of transfor-
ners from 10000 volts To 10. 220 and
40 volts for secondary distribution.