The Glenwood post., 1909-12-18
SAYS LINE IS
QUITE Sufficient
Central Colorado Power Co.
Brands as Hoax Story Of
Transmission Line
TROUBLE But SLIGHT

; A report which was recently printed
| in the Denver Express and copied in
| the Gl.nwooj Avalanche to the effect
| that the power transmission line of the
Central Colorado Power company from
| Shoshonc to Denver is q failure and
would have to be rebuilt is positively
| denied in a letter from General Mana
ger G. II. Walbridge to the Glenwool
Springs Board of Trade, under date OF
! December Z.
| The rumor concerning the inadeguacy
of the line created but little comment
was thought to be from the first, bat
one of the many reports set afloa.,
either through misapprehension of TIL,
facts or downright desire to in some
way jiscredit the company which has
| given the state this great power pro
| ject which has been the wonder of the
west and which has accomplished sue
cessfully that which the doubling ones
were but Yesterday saying was impos
! sible.
| 1t is no small thing to carry trans
| mission line of copper wire stretched
from steel towers from near Glenwood
across the great Continental Divide
and to the city of Denver and there
use the Juice in driving the big
Tro
! pany. But that which has been done
! wonderful as it may seem.
The line crosses Argentine Pass, at
an altitude of 1896 feet, and the only
serious difficulties encountered were on
the pass. although the line runs fof
many miles at almost equa'ly high alt''
tudcs Substations along the lines,
| equipped with recording instruments
and manned by linemcn, keep the lines
| open. and as an additional safeguard,
| riders are employed to patrol the route
| followed Three copper transmission
cables and an iron ground cable in
tended to protect the TRANSMISSION
wires. are strung along the route from
steel towers that hold the wires high
above the level of snow or slides, and
are strong enough to withstand the I'm
pact OF slides.
! Mr. Walbridge's letter OF erplan"-
! ton concerning the report Is as fol
| lows:
| .In October the changed conditions
| of temperature altered the relation OF
| the ground wire and conductor cables
| to each other and number of swing
f. ing shorts followed, during several
days, which resulted in disturbances on
the circuit momentary in duration. The
troublesome points were located and
the trouble easily remedied and since
| that time our service has been perfect.
! '.There is absolutely no necessity for
rcconstructing any part of the line of
| for relocating it in any other position
| The line was not constructed by New
| York contractors. but by our own
| forces. and the engineers who designed
/ if were fully aware of the difference
between conditions in the Rocky noun
tains and the Allegheny mountains
The work we have done has been pio
neer in its character There is only one
| other 10000 volt line in the world,
which was built in Michigan under the
most favorable conditions. The mo-
mentary swinging short circuits result
| ed from the combined results of cold
weather. heavy sleet and excessive
winds which occurred simultaneously
on Argentine Pass, have been easily
remedied as soon as located.
! "No other transmission line in the
world is subjected to conditions as Sc
we're as are encountered on Argentine
Pas. and the fact that no serious trou-
BILE has been encountered Is matter
for congratulation. The troubles that
have occurred are of character that
are inherent to trying out and tuning
up a long distance, high voltage trans
mission line. If with the knowledge
obtained through experience we were
to duplicate our present plants and
lines, the design of both would follow
so closely the work actually done thav
the difference would not be perceptibie
to experts"
The "ground'' cable. intended to
protect the transmission lines, was the
cause Of the trouble. 1t is strung above
the transmission lines and is there TO
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