The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-01-13
Power at Chute To
Be Awarded
Proceeds Will Defray One Half Of
Cost of Operating and Main
tanning Our Project.

IL Is now up to the powers IN wash
ington whether one-half of the cost of
operating and maintaining this project
is to be paid for by the latent values
nor running to waste over the Truckee
canal chute into the Carson river, or
whether this energy amounting to from
$500 to 1000 horse power, is to continue
in its present unutilized coalition. In
addition to paying approximately one
half the cost of operating and main
tanning this project, the sale of the
power would result in the manifold con-
veniences usual in the wake of eleetri-
cal power development.
Monday afternoon the sealed bids,
recently advertised for by Project En-
gineer Thomas H. Means, were opened
at the reclamation offices in this place,
and three different concerns were rep
resented by five bids for the Truckee
chute power. They were the Nevada
Wonder Mining Company, through its
manager j. B. Daniel; the Truckee
General Electrical Company, through
its agents, and the Spreckels people Of
San Francisco, through their agent,
Captain Matson.
The bids were all couched in different
technical terms, and summed up the
annual incomes resulting would vary
according to the figures prepared by
the project officials from sl2. 900 year
to maximum of $50, 900. The former
figure is the amount that would result
from the sale of the power to the,
Spreckels people, while the highest bid
was received from the Nevada Won
der Mining Company, the terms of
which provide minimum payment of
S2l, 900 annually. and under favorable
conditions, the sum might reach $O,-
900, should the flow of water permitthe
development of the maximum amount OF
horsepower. The Spreckels people
make no agreement relative to the dis
position of the power should they Sc
cure the award, but it is generally sup
posed that the development of theJack
Pot mining property az Herculei, in
which they are heavily interested would
require large portion of the enrgy.
j. B. Daniels, on behalf of his COM
pany, the Nevada Wonder, agrees to
commence work upon an adeluate
power developing plant at the cute,
Immediately upon the acceptance by
the proper government officials q his
stipulations, which seem to iirlude
many things of more that ordinary
local importance. Among other things.
he binds himself to sell electric over
in Fallon and vicinity for SIS per orse-
power per month, and in Wonde and
Fairview at 81 per horsepowe per
month. He agrees to construct COIN
cident with the installation q his
generating plant, about seventy miles
of transmitting line and to sere the
interests of the project along witt those
of Wonder and Fairview. Inclued in
the Nevada Wonder Company's plans
is the immediate installati IN of
modern ore working plant in pnder,
an innovation that has been. bid in
allegiance pending the securig of
power for its operation. In themean-
time, this mining company his pur-
chased water rights in the mantains
east OF Wonder which assures lrntiful
supply of water for future mine
working.
The Truckee General Electri Com
pany, the corporation that has 1solute
control of the Lake Tahoe Quilt, SUBJ
mitted bid that would carry maxi
mum return into the project hnd of |
S21, 900 and under unfavorabld condi-
tions, might be as low as $13,p0 per
annum. This company has greay over
sold its product and it is given ut that
should it secure the award that is pos. I
sible that the energy would be iverted
directly to Yerington and Virginia
City, for the disposition of tn power
under its auspices is not touchd upon,
in it's proposals. This is mtter of
the most vital interest to this project
for ultimately, the furnishing { power
to this valley, will be of moreimport-
ance than any yearly income tat may
revert back into the project reasury.
In connection with the bid of the
Truckee General Electric Company, it
is pointed out that this outfit having
complete control of the flood faters of
Lake Tahoe, might by divdting the !