The daily sentinel., 1907-03-20
COULD FURNISH ALL POWER
Strong Probability that the Colorado
Power Company viii
Come Here.

| alton backed by Ex-Governor Her
rick of Ohio. Thomas F. Walsh anl
other men of fame in the financia
world, has been in the city for sever.
al days past.
Some weeks ago the Sentinel con.
tanned an extended account of the
great power plant that is being erect.
ed by this company on the Grand
river, at Shoshone, near Glenwood
Springs. This gigantic plant is to
utilize the waters of the Grand Riv-
er in generating electrical power and
it is reported that they will be able
to generate something like 10000
600 horse power or in fact enough
to supply every power plant. factory
and irrigation scheme, large or small
private or public, in all of western
Colorado. \ great force of men are
employed at the Shoshone plant and
it is rapidly being completed. The
company is backed by capitaliza-
tion of S22,OO0.OOO promoting big
power plants and projects through
out the state.
While Mr.. Humphreys declines to
talk for publication it is known that
he is here looking over the city and
valley with a view of ascertaining
how much business the company
could expect to handle should it eN-
tend its power lines to this city and
valley 1t is known that Mr. Hum
phreys has Travelled extensively over
the valley during the past few days
and has the situation here pretty we'll
in hand As far as can be learned
Mr. Humphreys is not here in connec-
tlon with any particular local scheme
such as the proposed electrical rail
way.
The principal desire of the Central
Power company, it seems is to furn-
lsh electrical power for all kinds of
irrigation plants. This is their strong
feature. Should they extend their
power lines to this valley they would
be able to furnish power for every
ranch in the valley and experience
has proven that irrigating by the
means of electrical power is highly
successful and satisfactory and at the
same time inexpensive. In late
years electrical power for irrigation
schemes and plants has been employ
ed in many sections of California and
has proven immensely successful.
Electrical power is able to easily
bring water up to the high lands
and mesas and with its use a great
acreage of the high land in this
county could be brought under cul-
tivation.
Doubtless it would take a great
amount of business to justify the
Central people to run their lines in
to this city, it is very probable that
the cost of running the line from
Shone to this city would run in
to hundreds of thousands of dol
lars Should the company decide to
come into this county It would prob
ably let its pwoer line follow the
Grand river. from Shoshone to Grand
Junction, erecting, as it has in other
sections of the country, power sta
tions at intervals all along the line
OF course the initial expense of get
ting in to the city and county would
be the heaviest expense for the com
nanv The Sentinel should think If
line is once established the expense
of keeping up and operating it would
not be so great.
should they come into the county
the company would be prepared to.
furnish all the power necessary to
operate an electrical line such as.
proposed for this city and It's suburb
on lines. 1t will also be in shape to
furnish every ranchman desiring 1t
with power for irrigation and could
supply every other demand for pow
or II is to be hoped that the com
many will see fit to come in to the
valley with its power The Sentinel
believes that it is only a matter OF
time until it will do so. lhe ue-
mand for such power is certain, in
the course of a short time to be
great.
The Central Colorado Company is
oIe of the greatest power companies
in the world and its source Of supply
has no superior in any section OF the
country. The vastness of its power
nroiect at Choshone is hard to com
nrebend even by men Of long exper-
ience in the business.
Mr.. Humphreys is out in the eoun-
trv again today making inYestisa-
lions He spent one day this week
ON orchard Mesa. His headquarters
are in Colorado Springs, Mr.. Hum
nhrevs has Travelled where irrigation
Is employed most extensively. he
is a most pleasant gentleman to meet
and is ready to converse on most
onv subject outside of the plans OF
the power company and along that
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