The daily sentinel., 1908-04-11
Work on the Great Power Plant Generate Power for This Entire
Section to Start by July st--$7500OO to be Expended
Lands Under Proposed Canal Can Soon be Watered--
Conference Of Big Men Here Monday
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Last night George B. Trip, chief
electrical engineer of the Central
Colorado Power Company, which is
putting in the great power plant at
Shoshone, arrived in Grand June
ton, and his mission is one that
means much for the growth Of this
city and the development of the rich
valley of which Grand Junction is
the commercial center.
Today w. C. Allen, consulting en-
gineer and field engineer of the
Fruit Belt Power G Irrigation Com
pany, arrived.
Tomorrow morning Mr.. II. K Dey-
ereux. president of the Fruit Belt
Power & Irrigation Company, will
arrive from Colorado Springs.
On Monday J. Arthur Connell, the
president of the Colorado Title &
Trust Company of Colorado Springs
and director in the Fruit Belt Power
& Irrigation Company, and Thomas
G. Curtin, well known Colorado
Springs capitalist, will arrive in the
city Also on Monday Mr.. L. A.
Sunderlin, director of the Louisiana,
Arkansas & Gulf railroad and secre-
tary and treasurer of the Fruit Belt
Power & Irrigation Company. will
come to Grand Junction.
Charles e. Noble. formerly treas
urer of the Colorado Midland Rail-
way Company, will reach the city to-
morrow night. He will have charge
of the right of way work for the
Fruit Belt Power & irrigation Com
pany.
These men are to meet in Grand
Junction for the purpose OF holding
a conference regarding the construc-
of rlu LOT af
power plant to be erected in the
Grand river near DeBeque, accord
ing to the plats of the company,
which were placed on file with the
local county clerk some time ago.
This afternoon the Sentinel man
had an interview with Mr.. Tripp,
who Is personally interested in the
Fruit Belt company and who is one
of the best known electrical engin-
GERS i'm the country. and learned
from him many of the plans and in
tentions of the company which are
here made public for the first time.
The Fruit Belt Power e Irriga-
tion Company is capitalized at ST.
100000 and has been organized for
the purpose of developing the wat
er power of the Grand river at a
point not far from Grand Junction,
rigation purposes and other uses
where electrical power is more eco
nomical and stable than steam. In
fact the scheme is one of the big
gest developing propositions ever
started in this section of the state.
The company will have sufficient
power to furnish water for over 3d.
600 acres of land. besides retaining
surplus supply for commercial us
es. 1t has been figured out that wat
er for irrigation purposes can be fur
nished by electric power at cost
equal to less than one-half the cost
of pumping by steam.
The company, at a cost of $780,
900, expects to construct dams and
canals sufficiently large to provide
water for both developments of pow
er and to install water wheels, cleo
trical machinery, transmission lines,
etc, sufficient to generate about T.
500 horsepower.
1t will be so arranged that If the
need arises. the capacity of the great
plant can be doubled in short time.
The company will be able to fur
nish power for lighting the towns of
Grand Junction, Fruita, Palisade
and all other small towns In the val
ley and furnish power to all rural
consumers located in this section.
Cover Great Territory.
The company will be able and pro-
poses to transmit the current to be
generated from DeBeque clear down
to a point below Mack, embracing
the entire area of this. valley and
many outside sections.
II Is also planned to transmit pow