The Glenwood post., 1907-10-05
sHosHoNE POWER FOR DENVER.


Denver, Oct. 1.-The Central Colo
RADIO Power company has placed its en-
gineering corps on surveys to locate a
route into Denver, and it was stated
by Henry Hine, general manager of
the company this morning, that the
company will have its line into this
city by the first of June. The big
power plant now under construction
at Glenwood Springs will send its elee-
tricity into this city in competition
with the Denver Gas & Electric com
pany, and 400 men are now in the field
surveying the route, erecting towers
to hold the line and making other prep
arations to supply customers in Denver
the minute the current is turned on at
the Shoshone plant next spring.
The announcement that Denver will
be invaded at once by the Central
Colorado Power company upon the
completion of a portion of the big Sho-
shone plant is looked upon as accepting
the challenge of the other power com
panies now constructing plants which
are associated with the Denver Gas
and Electric company through William
J. Barker, its president.
new concern called the Summit
Power company was incorporated few
weeks ago to erect a big plant in Sum
nit county to supply Dillon, Breck'
enridge and surrounding towns, Of
which Barker was the head and asso,
ciated with him was Henry L. Dough
erty, f. W. Frueautf and representa-
field was considered by the Central
company as belonging to it and it was
surprised when the incorporation of
the new company took place and it
was learned that contracts aggregating
100000 had been let.
This was followed by the announce
ment by the Central Colorado Power
company that it expected to get its
share of business in Summit county
and now comes the announcement that
the company is going to rush its line
into Denver, the headquarters of tho
company, the very first thing
1t is stated that the Central company
has the towers up as far as Leadville
and that its line is already surveyed
from the Shoshone plant through Lead
vile, Dillon and Breckenride to George.
town and the surveyors are now en-
vile, Dillon, Breckenridge, to George
town into Denver.
The magnitude of the fight which
may be involved can be seen when it
is realized that Barker, who is at the
head of the Summit company and the
Denver Gan and Electric company, is
also president of the Northern Colo
RADIO Power company, which has just
completed a big plant at Lafayette,
and that behind these companies stand
the big Westinghouse interests and
the McMillin syndicate. On the other
hand the Central company not only has
large individual interests associated
with it, but is backed by the General
Electric interests.
The announcement that the big Sho-
shone plant will be used to furnish pow
er for Denver, means that the plant
now being erected in Boulder canon
at Nederlanf will be free to supply the
districts which were originally in the
plans and that the power from that
plant will not necessarily have to be
used for Denver except in emergen-
ccs. The Shoshone plant is the one
RADIO Power company, which has just
being constructed and where almost
as much power will be developed as is
now used by the entire city of Denver.
The fight between these various pow
er companies which have a combined
capital of about $25 100000 will mean
that Denver and the entire state of
Colorado will secure power at an un-
usually low rate which will serve as an
impetus for the development of manu-
featuring interests on a large scale.