New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
TO MOYE GREAT RIVER.
LOup WW Cross Other Streams and
Furnish 2OO.O0O Horse Do7cer.

Omaha, Aug. To bring the greatest river
in Nebraska one hundred miles overland. cross
ing other rivers and streams en- route, at cos,
Of 100000, is the plan for which construction
contracts have already been signed with a con-
struction company The object OF the great
work is the development of force to the extern,
Of 100000 horsepower for the use of the grea,
packing houses and flour mills Of Omaha All
plans have been made the scheme financed and
contracts let Sub-contracts Will be let during
August and actual construction work will begin
in September
The stream which is to be carried overland 10
the Loup. the river having the largest flow Of
water in Nebraska, and, according 70 the United
States Geological Survey. the stream having tho
most uniform few Of water in all the world,
droughts or floods seeming never 20 influence it.
The Platte River, commonly known as the larg-
est in Nebraska, has not the strong flow O.
water possessed by the Loup.
Practically The entire Loup River will be di-
verted from its present bed and conducted across
the country on an entirely different level than
the one given the river by nature In its new
course the Loup Will cross the Elkhorn River
the fourth largest stream in the state OF q
great concrete bridge high up in the air Tho
same course VIII be pursued in crossing smaller
streams and depressions too large to fill
1he DIG plan which has just been financed
~--N il@acS LuOilC cohteInplateS GiVerting the
Loup from its present course at Genoa Neh
Here the stream flows eastward bu, the new
river will be conducted northward seventeen
miles, to vast natural reservoir. seven ruE-,
long. at the lower end of which a dam, 10 feet
high. will be constructed
From the top of this dam penstocks will lead
the water 70 waterwheels, 12O feet below where
$4,000 horsepower will be generated and sent 70
Omaha over copper wires.
After leaving the dam the water will con-
tinue in the new channei provided for il FOR
twenty miles when another natural reservoir Is
encountered, and fall Of eighty feet obtained
At this point, near Schuyler. Neb., 90 coo horse
power is 70 be generated and sent onward 70
the big packing houses AZ Omaha.
Again the river will be made captive and
conducted along its new channel to the Maple
Greek Valley, were another plant is 20 produce
10000 horsepower.
Near Fremont stIll another plant will generate
10000 horsepower, and then the last stage OF
the artificial river IS to be begun Between
Fremont and Omaha, about forty miles the
greatest engineering feat of the development is
planned This is the crossing of the river high
up above the Elkhorn River. which traverses
deep valley. The Loup vii be conducted over
this stream on a giant concrete bridge, the
largest in the country. From this point 20
Omaha the new river will pass through hills
bordering on the Missouri River, and finally will
plunge the very crest Of the highest Of
these into the Missouri. in 4 cataract seventy
five feet high, generating $4,000 horsepower
The total energy generated at the ive falls viii
be 900 horsepower.
There is no coal mined in Nebraska. and every
pound Of energy must at present be generated
from coal. on which lous freight rates are
paid. the cost of generating being $50 2S horse
power a year compared with the SIS 81 for
which the same power can be purchased after
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