Evening journal., 1912-09-14
MAMMOTH DAM
AT CONOWINGO
Pennsylvania. R. Co. BelieV-
ed to be Back Of New
Electric Power Plant
CURRENT TO OPERATE
TRAINS THROUGH TUNNEL

BALTIMORE. Md. Sept i4.-From |
Conowingo. small village on the
Cecil shore Of the susquehanna river.
comes the announcement that all the
residents of the town have been not
ifed to vacate their dwellings
This is the first step in construe-
ton Of second dam across the Sus-
quehanna river and plant 10 gener-
ate electricity by tho Susquehannn
Power Company.
All the houses and land in Como
wlngo arc owned BY the Power COM
many. which acquired The property
by first purchase and under con-
demnation proceedings right grant
ed By an act OF the legislature of
1900. Il is only a question of time
before the village will rest at the bot
tom Of huge damned lake that viii
convert the now noisy cataract into
q quett, deep pond.
The construction will cost SlO.OOO,-
600 If the cost OF the McCall's Ferry
dam and plant, a few miles above the
new enterprise. he accepted as a
guide While the SusQuehanna River
/
from the McCalls Ferry Company, OF
which ]. +. Aldred is president and
which supplies a greater part OF the
electricity distributed by the Consol.
idated Gas Electric Light and Power
Company, OF this city, the two com
o. panies are closely related through
s. identity of capitalists who have large
o. ly invested in both.
!, Tho new dam will be erected JUS
m below the new bridge which CROSSE
d. the Susquehanna River at Conowlng'
n and which is owned by the state, hay
ing beeen purchased for about $50
= 600 by the State Roads Comlnisslo
during the administration Of the lat
- Governor Crothers.
y To Electrlfy Tunnels.
Financiers and engineers who haY
watched the plans OF the Susquehan
ID ma Power Company declare that on
of its chief hackers is the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. which, It
generally understood. has been seel
ing electrical power with which
ss operate it's trains through Baltimor
ry including the two tunnels. Practici
he railroad men declare that the Phili
:, delphia, Baltimore and Washlngto
." Railroad Company. which Is the L
lrt cal name for the Pennsylvania RAJ
or rod Company has reached the limit
capacity of the tunnels In -handlir
A.. the enormous passenger and freig
~ trafic. which promises to be large
Is increased by the traffic OF the Wes
Inc ern Maryland Railroad Compai
ISIS through the Union tunnel. The on
on, relief is the construction Of two a
Nc ditional and parallel tunnels, Viii
nry are said TO be practically impossil
nes or tho abolition OF smoking LOGON
lis tives by the substitution OF elect
motors.
During the agitation in recent YET
before the General Assembly for
Tor abatement Of the smoke nuisance
du- North, Northwest and Northeast b
the timore by the railroad company
cht promise has been held out that ol'
M tricity would be substituted for stei
as motive power as soon as the pI
ticability Of electricity for traeti
purposes was satisfactorily demo
-. strated. It was also stated that
railrod company's engineers W.
- awaiting the result Of the introdI
ton Of electricity as a motive po
er in the company's tunnels unt
Hudson and East Rivers and un'
New York before installing electric
'Ab in the Baltimore tunnels. The
- pertinent I'm the Hudson and ID
or River tunnels proved to be successi
rear II is now claimed that there IS
'ody obstacle to the company's plans TO
ana crease the capacity of the Baltim
this tnnnols nv snbstitntine electricity
IN steam, thus eliminating smoke.