The daily sentinel., 1907-04-20
THAT GIANT PROJECT
Hard to Realize the Immense Posi-.
bilities of Power Com
pany.

i'NS 4nto Nrdhu junction and the
Grand Valley as spoken of on several
occasions by the Sentinel. has Great
ed much interest and any information
along the line of the plans and move
ments of the great concern is receiv-
ed with eagerness. The following
statements indicate the immensely
OF the project as well If not better
than any statements that have as yet
been made.
Within year the public utilities
of Denver will be operated by pow
er supplied by the Central Colorado
Power company which is building i'm
mense plants in several towns of the
state at a cost of $4,000, 1000. The
Denver Tramway company will buy
its power from this concern. and the
Denver electric and Gas company
will also be supplied by it. The
scheme is the most gigantic ever con-
ceived in the west and contemplates
the furnishing of power to all the
towns In central and northern Colo
rado and even extending into Wyom-
Ing.
Confirmation of the company's
plans was obtained at the Offices of
Curtis and Hine in Colorado Springs
yesterday. The firm Is the directing
agency for the company and Leonard
E. Curtis and Henry Hine are the
men at the head of the big corpora
tion.
Speaking of the gigantic power sys-
TEN, Mr.. Hine said, says the Denver
Times:
Boulder is ideally situated with
reference to Denver, A transmission
line would be less than 20 miles in
length and would traverse a COM
paratiyely smooth surface, entailing
less difficulties in its construction
than other transmission lines that
are included in the plans of the COM
pany Hine did not hesitate to state
that work on the Boulder end of the
scheme would be rushed, and that the
plant with capacity of 15 900 horse
power would be ready for operation
early next spring. At the same time
the Shoshone Falls plant, will be COM
pleted with a capacity of 1000 horse
power and transmission lines and the
plant in Gore canon of 10000 horse
power will be nearing completion.
This will give the company $1,000
horse power for operating purposes in
the next year or two, and while the
ultimate plans contemplate a system
of plants of 100000 horsepower ca
pacity. operations in several parts
of the state will be under way next
year.
within thirty days we will have
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tunnel" said Hine, by the first of
August there will be $500 men on
our payroll working in Gore canon,
at Shoshone falls and at Boulder. It
is our intention to rush the work at
these two places in particular, al
though other points in the state
where we will build transmission
lines will be given immediate atten-
ton"
The situation at Shoshone falls is
interesting. The plant of
1900 horse power is for temporary
use only. The company at this point
is Harvesting the waters of Grand riv-
er and diverting them from a point
above Shoshone falls through the
The tunnel of 5000 feet
which is now being constructed will
eventually be extended ten miles to
a point below Glenwood, where a.
plant of $4,000 horse power-the
largest of the system will be built.
The building of the tunnel alone will
entail an expenditure of S2,5O0,O0O IL
will require from three and a half
to four years to complete the project.
The temporary power plant will be In
operation next spring however, in
with the Boulder and
Gore canon plants.
Work is to be started Immediately
on the reservoir in Gore Canon. I'll
will be built on Williams Fork at a
cost of 100000 and will store about
4 100000 cubic feet of water. The
tunnel at this point will require about
two and one half years to build It,
The transmission lines of the conf
pany will form perfect network and
will be so constructed as to insure
against any shutdown affecting any
section of the state. The lines Will
extend from Glenwood to Leadville,
from Leadville to Denver and from
Gore canon to Leadville, from Boul-
der to Denver and thence into Chey-
enne wyoming from Boulder to Geor-
getown and from Leadville to Grip
Pile creek. supplementing each other
and forming the most perfect system
nerh aps, that has ever Deen concelN-
ed for such large territory. The
magnitude of the enterprise is appar-
ent when this net work OF transmits
sion lines is considered and the state
ment of Hine that the company even
tually expects to furnish power to all
towns In its territory may be taken
at its face value. The mines. railroad
and public utilities of northern and
central Colorado will be operated by
this syndicate of unlimited capital
whose plants are now engaging the
attention of the best experts In thel
world.
By making power in large quanti-
ties the company Will be enabled 1t IS
figured to supply power to the indi-
yidual concerns of the state at a
nrice which will make competition
ont of the question. 1t is safe to pre-
dict that the company's operations
win revolutionize conditions In Colo
RADIO and will open up a vast terri
torv that has heretofore been unex-
nIoited In an electrical sense. Be
tween five and six years will be neees-
sorv TO complete the project in It's en-
tiretv. but within the next year opera
tions on a large scale will be going on
In several parts of the state and es-
neciallv in Denver.