The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
NEW PLANT RIVALS NIAGARA
Company Furnishes Current for
General Purposes Mt Eight Cents
Per KfIosvatt Hour-FOr Concerns
Using Large Quantity the Rate -
a. Low as Two Cents.

! vored people Tire promoters and build
ers OF this power plant have the con
scioGsness that they have erected
monument to their pluck and energy.
Many industries wiT come 10 Oklahoma
because OF this cheapest Of all power.
/ generated by harnessing a medium that
runs on forever We have In Oklahoma
/ the land that few years ago was an IN
/ improved territory and now We are boast
I ins OF advancement that places Oklahoma
| factories on a level with the those de-
pending upon Niagara for their power
and the claim is not built on a frsil foun-
/ 5ation. Tor we are assured that 10 large
/ consumers this electric current win be
furnished as cheap as that generated at
! Niagara.
Wealth Lies In Cheap Power
Cheap power Is one OF the great ele-
ments in city building. and 70 obtain Il Is
the problem which confronts al enter
prising communities
/ In the cOal-producing districts Il would
seem that the problem IS solved; but such
/ is not The case, for the reason that com
+ bIuation among operations. strikes among
miners. Iockouts. and flooded mines result
I in keeping mp the price OF coal for local
+ consumption aboat the same as az the
markets 100 miles distant
J In the gae field the situation is different
and for q lime cheap fuel is furnished
( bur in the end the results are Far from
/ satisfactory. because a monopoly first
( controls the output and sQueeZes the con
sumers and In time the field plays out
and leaves the factories and power plants
/ az the mercy Of the coal companies
/ There IS only one practical solution 20
/ the proposition. that Of electric water
7 power. controlled By nature. not subjec;
20 strikes. lockouts. or fires. and not Il
able 10 give out That We Of Chickssha-
/ of Oklahoma. have to-day
Capacity Is InexhaustibIe.
The capacity of the washlta as a
water-power stream is practically mex
haustible. and within reach or Chickasha
enough power can be centered 10 run all
/ the wheels OF industry that may come 10
Oklahoma within the next half century
This company has secured other located
properties FOR power plants which il pro-
poses TO commence developing IN the near
I future. The street car lines and the pro
posed Chickasha. Pauls valley and Deni-
son interurban lire win take its power
/ from WashiIa River poTeT-houses.
Before the Chickashe Water Power
/ Company entered the local field the rate
{ for domestic current IN this city WAS %
cents per kilowatt hour. Since the com
PAM. commenced business the rate has
+ been reduced 10 s cents for domestic con-
sumption. and for other purposes a slid
/ ing scale is IN effect bringing the rate
/ down 20 a cent and half for manUfac-
turers. who use large quantities Of cleo
/ jricity.
ChickRsha Doing Well
ChIckasha started in Isos with over
/ 1850 population Il has under contract
nearly Sl.W3.0oo in civic Improvements
Two hundred and eigthy-three resi-
/ Gences have been erected in the past
three months. The Baptist church now
building IS valued at S5aooo The high
/ school structure % course Of erection VIII
cost So.00a The city hall and FIRE station
( in course Of erection viii cost S25,0oo-
/ Nine miles Of street paving are being
put down on a contract OF Si6eo0o. Con-
/ crete walks are going down IL all parts
/ OF the city. carrying out a general order
/ for uniform walks on all public thorough
/ fares A contract TO put the streets 10
grade IS being carried out.
Among the brick business structures
that have been finished this year are the
/ following. Thvee-story. double-front white
brick on Chjckasha avenue, between
I Fourth and Fifth streets. by Mcfarland
| & Rosenouest: thvee-story Del Monte
( Building. on East ChIckasha avenue. by
! 7 W. Speak: twO-stoTy building OF Fourth
street. between Chickasha and Kansas
avenues. two-story structure on South
! Third street BY John Brown: two-story
structure on Chickasha avenue. between
Fourth and Fifth streets. by Peter ISh-
inert. and Freeman & Dougsn bOJtllrg
works.
New Business BuildfnEs-
There are now in course Of erection the
following business houses: Double front
two-storv brick on Kansas avenue by the
Electric Water Power Company; double
| front two-story business house by Dr.
( Spinning on Central Kansas avenue two
story business house by A B. Cochran
OF North Third street: thTee-stOry bUsi-
ness and roouing house on Fourth street
and Kansas avenue. by Phillips Brothers;
three-story structure by Trimble & Harris
on South Second street. Rock Island
/ $4,000 eating-house; New Star Summer
! Theater. the largest in the State. and sew
eraI $500 10 S3o.a00 residences under
course OF erection.
Plans are out for a fye-story frepsoof
bank and Office building on the corner Of
CEickasha avenue and Fourth street by
Dr. r. ?. I've: four-Story structure on
| Chickasha avenue. between Fourth and
F:fth streets. by Elmer Terrell. a three
story double front structure joining the
Terrell building by J. II. Stine. brick auto
garage on Choctaw avenue, between
Fourth and Fifth streets, by the Buick
Chickashs Auto Company; Masonic Tenn
pie on Fourth street. between Kansas and
Colorado avenues. and a great viaduct on
Cboctaw avenue over the many tracks OF
the Rock Island.
Plans are in hand for a 5oo-barrel cot
tcn-seed oil refinery. 10 be in operation
for next seasons output
Takes in Four Annexes.
Four new additions have been taken
into the city limits since the first Of the
year.
Ia March the legislature located the
Oklahoma Girls College and Industrial
School az Chickasha
IN February the United States govern
ment purchased site al the corner or
Fourth street and Choctaw avenue for
seoe. COO Federal building
Several dam sites have been secured FOR
early development. one OF them planning
to be developed At once
The secretary Of the Commercial Club.
by following up the hog shipments to
Fort Worth from Texas and Oklahoma.
as reported In the Forth Worth Live
Stock Record the past seven months.
finds that foUr-hfths Of the hogs 20 from
within radius OF 100 miles Of Chickashs.
Among the new industries located since