Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-27
TO BUILD 100000 POWER
PLANT ON THE PECOs RIVER
J. P. Conner Conceives Gigantic Project
for Generating Electricity at
Small Cost
ALL PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED
PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS Co
Chicago Capitalists Ready Finance the Enterprise
Soon as Application for Water Rights
is Approved

John p Conner, well known resi-.
dent of this city, has filed an applica.
ton with Territorial Engineer Vernon
l.. Sullivan for a permit to appropriate
the waters of the Pecos river from the
quarter section corner between Sec.
|tions 20 and so in Section 20, Township
IN, North, Range u East, by means
|of diversion, all water in said river to
be conveyed to South Al degrees, 45
minutes east $3.50 chains. by means
of funnel and pipe line and there used
for power purposes, the water being
returned to the river at this point
The cost of the works Is estimated In
the application at 100000 and the
|amount of power to be secured is
200 horsepower.
Today, to a representative of the
New Mexican, Mr. Conner, promoter
|of the enterprise, said that he means
business and feels assured that the
proposition he has undertaken will be
la success.
81 have taken up the matter OF
finances" said Mr.. Conner, with Chi
|cago capitalists and as soon as | have
taken preliminary steps in the way of
surveys and secured the approval Of
my application for water rights, ETC..
the Chicago capitalists will come here
and investigate the matter. | have laid
the project before them exactly as 1t
lis. have given them the cost of the
proposition, furnished them with sur
veys and other necessary figures as to
the benefits to be derived from it by
the public as we'll as the profit max
ing part of it to the investors. The
parties are we'll pleased and say that
|if it is near anything like l have rep,
resented that they will be more than
glad to finance 1t. These gentlemen
are worth many times the money nee.
essary to complete the project and
when they take hold Of it they will
bring 1T to successful completion"
Would Furnish Cheap Power.
The proposition of Mr.. Conner is to
furnish power to run electric light
plants, street car lines, ETC., in the
cities of Santa Fe, Las Vegas. Albu.
querque and other towns within a
radius of $50 miles of the power plant.
He proposes also to furnish electric
power to run pumps for irrigation pur.
poses. Mr.. Conner says that the lay
of land in this country Is very favor.
able and that a motor Of one horse
power will furnish enough power to
nicely irrigate ten acres of land. At
this rate all the arid land in this sec
tion could be placed under irrigation
and land that is worth from two to
three dollars per acre today would
sell for fifty dollars and upwards.
The territorial penitentiary in this
city could be furnished with power
from this plant, according to Mr.. Con-
ner and this would be great saving
las for instance the coal used last year
at that institution cost the territory
$25,S0O and according to the state
ment of Superintendent John w. Green,
although coal for this year has been
contracted for at a lower figure than
that of last year, it will cost the ter
ritory in the neighborhood Of 100000.
The power now used at the peniten.
tiary is as follows: One hundred fifty
horsepower at the brick plant; 70.
horsepower at the electric light plant,
15-horsepower at the steam laundry,
besides the power used at the ice
plant which was installed late in the