Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-05
HYDRO.ELECTRIC
POWER PROJECT
STARTED
FiyeThousand Horsepower to.
be Generated for Huge Hotel
and Cottage Colony Near Ala
mogordo


Especial Correspondence 10 Morning Journail
Aiamogordo. n NJ, Nov. 5.-The
Alamo water Power company. which
4 sbuilding q phant that viii develop
three thousand hylro-elcctric horse
power. has Just held a directors
meeting at High Rolls, at which II.
Ia salie, IN expert engineer ~ Ala
mogordo. was elected general mana
ger and chief engineer Of the com
pany. The president Of this company
Is Merrill n. Fisher, who ~ proprietor
OF the A%lamogordo Light and Power
company. MIR. Fisher first began the
preliminary work on this big project
..early two years ago, and about six
months ago fuceeedcd in financing
the venture. G L. Cory Of san Fran
cisco, a consulting engineer for the
Southern Pacific railway. Is also In
terested in this project.
Monday a force Of fifty workmen.
under the direction Of r. NJ Morton.
an experienced engineer. VIII begin
tfit NpflNlf NiilhN VI Alf lilft INV Aitf
conduit leading from High Rolls To
the brink of Box canyon, where the
wnter viii have a fan Of 1000 feet,
while the plant now under construc-
tion viii develop only 1000 horse
power. the conduit will be built for
5000 horsepower. and Inter the plant
will ha increased To that power The
new cottage colony and the big hotel
now getting under way at High Rolls
win be lighted by power from this
plant. 4 transmission line viii be
built to convey the power - Alamo
gordo and T%ulnresa, ana II wili be
used throughout the valley for pump
inr FOR irrigation purposes. In gem
oral usefulness and -far-reaching re-
suits II is one " the biggest enter.
priscs ever launched Ia this section
of New Mexico. The contraction
work wifi be pushed TO completion as
rapidly az possible.
The High Role Development come
pnny Is making plans ~ fast ana go-
ing about the work Ia 50 buslness-iike
.. way that there IL nc longer amy
doubt that tho big resort. comprising
e modern hotel and a colony o. 100
now cottages. viii be ready for oc-
cnpancy by the middle of next May.
Planners. lathes. sanders. saws. In
fact all the machinery necessary 70
equip % complete planning min and
work shop. were shipped Yesterday
from the mandatory This means
that every piece OF the lumber used
on the job viii he worked np on the
ground.
The plans and specifications. pre-
uared hy AN Alamogordo architect
have already been completed. A force
Of men Is now a. work. aud has at
ready gotten out ruffiri,nt stone To-
build the foundation work for the
hotel aud am the cottages As soon
az the planning mill machinery IS re-
cciStd the actual construction work
on tho cottages vii hc commenced
Instead Of letting out the work under
contract. tho company viii put cap
oblc suporiutendonts and lorcmcn in
chnrpc of the building
since such an immense quantity Of
excellent native Stone was found
available. IL has been decided TO-
build the hotel entirely ~ Stone The
hotel. however VIII not ho erected or
owned hY tho company This VIII Dee
financed bv Mcrlin ID Fisher and n
IA Sale. both or whom however. arc
interested in the company
w q Roe general superintendent
Of the Ammorordo Lumber company.
Carried the piaus into El paso "a few
days ago aud showed them 60 the
general ofncrrs ot tho El raso a
Southwestern They expressed sur
ftlsc aud admiration