Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-11
STEAM WILL
 SOON GIVE
 UPRA|LROADS
EIeetrification of Lines in the East Has Begun Which Means Near Approach of New Era

Plans have been completed for the 1 elecrihcation of the New York. New l Haven & Hartford railroad from | Stamford, Conn. to New Haven, l continuing the line frcm New York | to Stamford. Work will be begun at | once on a power house on the Housa- tone river at Naugatuck junction on the main line. The new power house which will be cr the water front so that coal and other supplies can come by water.
 In two years all passenger trains | between New York and New Haven electrialxylk lyaily ly electrical ex- perts are unanimous in their opin- ion that the electrical operation be- tween New York and Stamford is a success. The shore line vision will ! be equipped to Boston as soon as ] possible after the work to New Ha- ven is completed.
 [. H. Harriman's Views E. H. Hartman says of the elec- trifcation movement as applied to
 railroads entering cities to eliminate
 the smoke nuisance, particularly the Illinois Central:
 We have received the preliminary report on the subject of electrifica- 1 ton to the terminals of the Illinois
 Central railroad in Chicago. and l may sum up my opinion thus: If the city administration is willing to
 share half of the expense incident to | such a stupendous undertaking it
 might be a go. Advocates of this ! electrification movement think all we need to do is to string a couple Of | wires and the terminals are electri-
 fled, and the smoke is forever, done away with. Students of the prob
 lem know differently.
 "The electrification of the term
 inals of the New York Central lines
 in New York City is cited as a req
 son why the same thing can be done
 in Chicago. Two engineers of the
 New York Central have worked fif-
 teen years on the problem, as have
 the engineers of other eastern lines.
 Is the identification as applied to the
 New York Central lines a success2
 Maybe it is, but they are still experi-
 ment.ng.
 Aristook Power Plant
 The Aristcok riser, in Northern
 Maine, has been harnessed and cleo tricity is being distributed over high
 power transmission lines throughout
 ArCostook county and to New BTuns- wick towns near tbe international
 boundary. The most distant point
 served by the plant is Houlton, 45
 miles away, and during the last six
 months there has not been a single
 Interruption of the service, which is . a distinctive record for a transmits
 sion line of 33.O0O volts.
 C. B. Pride, hydraulic engineer Of the CIrago. Milwaukee and Puget
 Sound railway. says that contracts will be awarded shortly for two electric power plants in the Bitter l Root mountains to furnish power for ! the operation of m'Te than 100 miles , of line on the Idaho division. between 1 St, Joe. Idaho. and on the Missoula ! river, 40 mIz s below Missoula. Mont. [ The grades are heavy, ranging from 1-2 to f per cent. Several other 5 eiles have been located, and if it is deemed advisable later on to install electrical operation over a greater | pertion Of the road, additional plants will be established.
 5 More than 150.Oo0 hcree power cleo [ trical energy is developed in and
 near Spokane, and there is at least 8 500. 900 horse powbr ylble and [ l undeyeloped The expenditure upon = electrical plants ani service amount g cd to S3.0OO 900 n 1908. The Wash ' ington Water Power company an s ucunces that s16,000, GOO will be ex e pended at the rate of S2,000,Q00 | r. year in extending its city and inter
 urban electric railways and light anC r. power pants, ard the Spokane ant
 inland Empire Electric railway sys e tenn, headed by Jay P. Graves, als' a has plans for extensive works in ad e diticn to the projects now under way s This company is surveying a line int | the Big Bend wheat belt.
 y There are numerous other electrB
 railway projects, one of these beini e a D assenger and freight line iron n Nighthaw to Brewster, Wash, by J the Okauogan Electric Railway con q pany. The building of this lin ie means an expenditure of S2,5O,0O0 n The Big Bend Transit company wi to also build a line to penetrate tn g wheat belt west of Spokane at cos
 of S3. 0OO. GOO. The Great Northern 'f company will build line from w re natchee. Wash, to the British Colun er bia line, and this company and tn 2 Milwaukee are projecting lsnes il Is l Central Washington tapping ric li- | mineral and agricultural belts. Tn | h. Railway company will extend it's lin
 frc7n Newp'it to Metaline, Wash. be niles.
 20 One hundred and twenty miles { al stICCL railways, or one mile for e be e5y LOCO population, are in operate a ia SIt kane, and 2S5 miles of electr ey lines extend into ,Ee suburbs and m far vest as Medical Lake. Wash,
 miles. and east to Occur d'Alene, )n miles. enc Hayden Lake, Idaho, of miles and south e Palouse and c n- iqx. Wesh. snd Moscow, Idaho, es miles. Tnis system will eventual ln- tan inc Snake River district WI Lewiston. Idaho, 147 miles, as t' ax ninal )0irt.
 be The Columbia, and Walia Wal en Traction company will build a Il mt from WaIlula to Dayton. Wash, ex- the beginning of network Of ell he tric railroads in the Walla Walla V Of l ley. It is given out by MT. Matthl to lthat traffic arrangements Will
 made with the Inland Empire s!