Weekly journal-miner., 1910-01-26
PRESCOTT USING FOSSIL CREEK
 POWER
 Supply Was Tested And Turned On
 Yesterday Marks Era in Electric Service For This City. ',,,' ''.'' :.
(From Sundays Daily.l


 Yesterday morning connection was made by the Prescott Electric com pany's plant in this city with the Arizona Power eOmpany's works. on Fossil Creek. After adjusting of minor meehan- ism, the new service was maintained all day and night, without the least interruption whatever occurring. Al new era was established in power and lighting for the city, and it is be- lieved from what is prevailing att other points along the line of this company that the excellent satisfae- tion given in handling heavy ma chinery will likewise prevail in this city.
 F. L. Wright, president of the Prescott Electric company, unhesi- tatingly pronounced the new service decidedly satisfactory, and the uni formity of the current he specific ally outlined as better than under
 
 In the afternoon all attachments of the Prescott system, including the power for the street cars, were un- der headway, and the steam appli- ances at the works in West Pres colt were closed down and put out of commission for the first time in nearly eighteen years.
 In the evening but one small en- zine was pounding away under a head of steam, to supply power tenn porarily for a few arc lights in the 1 city. Motors are expected daily to take up this work, but otherwise the electrical service in power and lighting is being generated from Eos sil Creek.
 Reviewing the long years that have passed since electricity was first es- tablished in Prescott, MT. Wright | gives an interesting statement of the heavy expense and the inconvenience at times that has prevailed, to give
  ing and furnishing of power. Var ious commodities of fuel have been | used, but not until late years has oil been adopted. In the meantime the | cost of wood was heavy and irregular shipments at times threatened to 1 cause the stopping of the power. .n ha same lines.
 By changing to oil, the rearranging of the machinery was necessary, and ! oil burners were put in.
 Attached to this method of the fuel question, MT. Wright stated yes terday that during the past year he consumed over fifteen thousand bar rels of this commodity, and the cost to the company, delivered in Pres colt, reached $426 a ear.
 In the aggregate, over $22,OOO was paid in cost and freight for. this one article alone. MT. Wright is await ing patiently the cost the new service will entail, but believes it will be less.
 He has contracted for 800 horse ? power, and after the Whipple eonnec- tiOns are made in the next few months, when 2,OOO ineandeseent and twenty-five arc lights are placed at the post, the above figures will prae- tically cover the consumption for this city and the government. The force maintained at the works in F this city will not be affected through the substituting of the new power, and in case of an accident taking place along the line, an auxiliary plant will always be in readiness.
 Speaking for his company, R. s. Mason, the chief engineer of the electrical company operating the Eos sil Creek project, expressed his pleas ure at the current reaching this city. He was personally at the plant of the Prescott Electric company to in- stall the attachments, and after Eos sil Creek was reached with telephone ; and the signal given, the response was readily felt, ana from that mo- ment no interruption prevailed. He says that the voltage and frequency of the current was absolutely con . stant, excepting the voltage is in- I by the local wiring. The Arizona Power eompany en- tered this field and the first pick was struck in the ground on April l,