Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-19
Will Leave
For Fossil Creek
Today
ViIl Get Construction
Work Under Way
AT Once
From Saturdays Daily

prom Saturdays Daily
Preliminary work of Harvesting the
,.s,,alls If Fossil creek, fifty miles
r n here. will be started at once by
Arizona Power company and prose.
LH with energy until electric power
raly for distribution to customers
he principal cities, towns and min.
|, camps Of the country, which will be,
Management expects, early in 1909.
Ofca. of the company, who recent.
arrived here from New York and
/, Francisco will leave today for the
rs Of ,ae two proposed power plants
Fossil creek, where they will meet
consulting engineers and decide up.
Al details Of the work.
he Undertaking is the largest of its
ID 10 the United States and bears
}, Distinction Of being the largest en-.
Irr.e financed in New York in 1907.
Involve. an expenditure Of $4,000.
u 10 the installation Of the general.
4 machinery of the two plants and
building II transmission lines and
Flton.
road will he rushed TO completion
he pwer Fossil creek spring, where
be fr., aud largest generating plant
III BE- Installed. Work will also be
tar,el preparing the site for the ma.
bsinery and the management gave out
yesterday that the building of the
Transmission line would be started with
Phrte large forces Of men, one at each
\ I'd AMI one in the center. When the
|5Eer spring is harnessed and the trans.
fission line finished the plant at the
(fper spring viii be installed and con.
(s',ed with the other.
Some idea Of the stupendousness Of
r. project may be gained from the
pr that. according to the estimates
!: The company's engineers, 10000 bar
p # Portland cement will be used in
p foundation for the plants, which
fil comprise electric and hydraulic ma.
h'nery weighing 100000 pounds. The
f'tl towers will require 100000
FUNDS Of material in their manufact'
''s and the water conduit pipes will re-
pre- almost the same amount. The
ADMISSION line towers will be forty.
We feet high, set 500 feet apart, sup
p'tng two circuits Of three wires
a'h, carrying 10000 volts. The insul'
tor will be fifteen inches in diameter.
ae voltage will be reduced at stations
the different mining centers, from
'aieh wires win be strung to the
amps. According to the estimates the
Instruction of roads will cost 100000.
The transmission line will cross the
''de river, two miles above its con
renee with Fossil creek. Following n
'f'h""'terly course across Hueston
asn 1t will reach the summit of the
'ack Hills range at the head of Syca-
''" crock. which it will follow TO the
qua Fra river, containing westerly to
point on the Bradshaw Mountain
l.U1l between Humboldt and Mayer.
station will be built there, and one
% Will continue up Big Bug creek to
'Iand From Poland 10 this city it
]" touch the Mount Union, Cash,
.'iW loud and Senator mines, com
z u'r" by way of Groom Greek. From
.'e 1t will be built across Lonesome
HI'y and the Black hills to the plant
'Ae United Verde Copper company
Jerome. Another line will be built
ong The Bradshaw Mountain railroad,
iehIng Middleton and Crown King.
second station will be installed at
latter place, from which all the
iheipal mines and camps in the Brad
a" Mountains will be supplied with
Ner md light.
IL. onicials expect to return from
ISL creek in ten days and establish
mpany Offices here.