Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-12-12
Com. Club Committee Report.
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Description of Plant:

This plant is water power cleo
trio. The water power is located
on the Little Wood river. do
mcstic and irrigation stream, being
spring water supplied by Silver
Creek. The town of Shoshone
has not single we'll.
The power plant is situated Ia
miles down and west of the town.
Power is obtained by taking out
a short canal parallel with the
river, beginning at point at rs
foot falls running on down and
past several rapids until fall or
the power wheel is obtained of. ~
feet. This great drop is made
necessary from the fact that, as
above stated, it is an irrigation
stream and from about the 1st of
May until the 18th of September
or later, wing to the heavy with
drawal Of water for irrigation, the
volume at the power site is small.
Hence owing to small volume of
water a great drop had to be used.
The water is dropped onto LeffeI
horizontal twin wheel, direct
generator and gives 22o h. p,
/ thence carried into town for light
and power purposes This part of
the plant cost approximately $32,
600.
Water System.
In the town near the river is To-
Gated the pumping plant, which
t1nas capacity of 500 gallons per
minute. Water is taken from the
river at about a distance of 700 or
80 feet. 1t is raised from the river
about / s feet and the supply pipe
is about level to the pump, when
it is elevated IS feet into a steel
tank which holds $4,000 gallons.
1t is about SO feet from the ground
to the bottom of the tank and
gives about IS pounds pressure OF
81 pounds with the pump on.
Water is taken in an inch mair
OF about $500 feet and distributed
through 5000 feet of inch laterals
; and 5000 feet of a inch laterals
the laterals being put through the
alleys and tapped both sides into
, the lots.
The pipe used is fir wood, wire
bound, and gives satisfaction
where there are no dead ends. Thi:
water system cost S1s, 900.
The village has placed and own.
IL 4-inch MIGRANTS. This plan
costs about $500 per mouth to oper
ate.
The manager, who is an cleo
trician, keeps the books, does tn,
; collecting and soliciting and il
paio SIPS per month by the com
panies, but gets $50 month
from other sources, making a sal
airy of $175 per month to keel
him. This is a practical, pains
cost OF producing each 10 c. D
light. He has installed quite
number of automatic devices which
materially lessen the labor or oper
: ating cost. AS an illustration
the pump is four or five block
4 from his office. We should hav
stated above that he employs
man and wife at the power nous,
to whom he furnished house an,
. fuel, together with money amount
j ing to about SIS a month and EN-
p'oys boy also. None of these err
; ployecs are near the pump house
Now, from the list of April to tn
lst of October, the pump is run
practically "a hours each day, and
as IT is the aim to keep the suppl,
tank full or nearly SO all the time
: so here is where the automati
, device comes in. BY the arrange
4 ment of float in the tank the cur
rent is shut off when the tank i
full and the same device turns
on again when the float reaches
y certain point; hence Ct does no
require that an employee remain
there to start and stop the pump t
keep the tank practically full
This plant has not shut down sine,
4 last January and then only for
few hours. About 20 h. p. is al
that is being used up to the pres
cnt date.
We were unable to get a cop
, of the franchise in force here. Tt,
: town uses / s 2 M c. p, Sc calle
arcs, and the rate for the first ST,
: is 81 per month and SO for each ad
o. '