The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-27

GENERATING.
CONCERN
NEW POWER PLANT PRO.
JEcT HAS NO
EQUAL
i
COLORADO EXCITED
OVER PROPOSED PLANT
t-ra~s-----r
Means Controlling Power Over
Entire Division Counties
Near Denver
Means Controlling Power Over
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llnier Mountain Special syndica,e.i
Denver, Colo. March 27--The great.
eet power producing concern Of the
world has fled it's prospectus IN thla
city, and capitalists behind the scheme
Are the saine muster minds who build.
ed the r'ch country along the Santa
Fe from m afla gsazIng plain into
the most intensely farmed community
III the world.
The project. embracing Irrigation
production OF power: building 4 net.
work Of electric railways. and enter.
lng into direct competition with Two
other concerns which already have
made the Boulder and Julesbusg dis
lrlcls Ike gardens, has aroused the
semi-arld capltallstle world as nothing
before IN the sensational history OF
rapid Developments OF new and fef.
tile and well cultivated domain.
Complete Plans flied.
Complete plants for a gigantic water
power organization, Intended 10 com
pete With thu Northern Colorado pow
or company'a works In northern and
caalern Colorado. were fully revealed
when George H. McFadden, engineer
iiled maps and specifications In the
state engineers office additional I'd
those filed one year ago.
The deal Is being swung by Denver
capital and is one Of the most amal
tious power company PROPOSITIONS eYeg
formulated IN this state. Only one
feature q the plans al submitted Il
ihe construction Of 4 dam q be located
on the Cache III Pondre river. ans
the total aggregate cost Of lhp thfer
reservoirs systema with iheir enrres
ponding pipe line and canal aystems
rs Si0,0st66i
The plans are flied under the gulsl
of an irrigation project. although ihi,
la known 10 be- The smallest part d
lhe enterprise.
phe prospectus Hg8taa thai the sys
TENS % De installed Wlll furnish lfli
cation for i4a.s00 deres 0f land Nj
lRrlmer Weld Logan. sedgWlek. Nor
gan. Washington Phillips. Yuma. Al
ans and Boulder counties.
The C0mpang Will store water arsl
IN the Roosevelt reservoir. the farlh
est up tn Caehe Ia Poudfe rlVes. Wa
ter win then be plped down ~ the
junction Of the Elkhorn and dropped
serpendltularlg In falls ON the Ming
ara plan adopted hy the Central Colo
RADIO Power eOlnpgny al lla ah0ahnne
works III this state near tilenwOnd ID
generate lla power The water vii
then be run down 10 the Stove pralele
reservoir and after leaving this reser
voig viii be used for irrigation par
poseR The canal end pipe systems
as lied yesterday III The state engl
neer'a Office are for power ereatInl
purposes. The company expects 4
build It's own canala and latarals fC
lrrlgailng purposes and supply with III
10000 900 900 cubic feet Of water $50,
900 aciea Of land In the course nf time
although Il does moi possess till
amount Of land The Central COLORADO
Power company. under the name o
the Eaaiern Colorado Power company
has entered into competition with tn
Northern Colorado plant already Will
ls plant near Boulder and the ne,
company will make the third blg CON
blne Ia northern Colorado. one o
the most Important developments fr1a
The competition Of the power c0mpaf
les. xsll probably BE- the lnlerlaeln
Of northern Colorado bg electric rail-
way lines said 10 BE- one Of the ct
ieets OF the new company,
COMPETING with ffthaea.
The lmmense dam 0f the Elkhorl
eeseryoi. VIII bn fine Iars0sl ever con
siructed Ii the world. being higher n
about inn feet than the 9taat govern
ment aHm 0n the Kh0sh0ne I'll Wy0l
lns. and higher by 160 feet. approSl
I mately. than the capitol building. 10
comparison Il miRhl be stated that th
! chensman aam Is III feet II helgni
The second diam on the Cache ID p0uo
n ga the Roosevelt reservoir dam. WI
De ssi fteg hlgf Tho oflgiael DIau
lAa. filed 5n 4hH state ehgIndafg oillc
cali Tor kilsdfma tH b. 206 fppf 4
n ShfHgTlle aekfesalb eapaaisy 3
! The lhree reservoirs, according g u
original l.lans. was 6.525.3e1. .s9S euhl
ieef4 en6 The additional plans rake sn
total aggregate capacity Il.3iel0es.ii
cubic feet
! Some d0ahl has beea a9pFnased q
Ipers0ns ii Denver Interested IL th
ulhe ploieei as 10 whether these daH
viii ever be built IN rs gigantic
Acale as Indicated but the eapiialla
IhohInd lhf project have money tt ahn
(, dance, Is Is sale 70 start he mtal {