The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-02-22
SALMON RIVER
POWER PLANT
Portland Parties Buy Horse
Shoe Bend Site to In
Stall Plant.
Word has been received that

Word has been received tina
A. Welch and r. B. Montague
of Portland, operating under the
name of the Lewis County Pow.
er company, filed power site 10.
cations on the Salmon river to.
day covering the big project at
Horseshoe Bend where locations
were made several years ago by
the Lewiston & Southeastern Flee.
trio Railway company. Engineers
and electrical experts represent
ing Messrs. Welch and Montague
have been on the Salmon river
making surveys and investiga-
tons and the filings were of
fered as soon as the surveys and
necessary papers We're completed.
Announcement is made here
that the development of the pow
er project will be commenced this
spring and at least 10000 cleo
trio horse power will be developed
at the beginning. The PROPOSE
ton is pronounced by engineers
to be the biggest power project
in the northwest today and when
fully developed will provide 1885,
200 horse power and represent
an investment of approximately
100000. The name of the
site, Horseshoe Bend, is taken
from the course of the Salmon
river at this point and the driv-
ing of 1000 foot tunnel will Sc
cure drop of over 200 feet and
dump the overflow in the river at
a point nearly seven miles from
the point of the intake.
The river at the point of in
take is only 200 feet wide and
the plans provide for the con-
struction of a dam 10 feet above
the low water mark. Two tun-
nels through the mountain will
be driven to develop the maxi
mum power but at the begin
ming but one tunnel will be used
and this of sufficient size to de-
velop the 10000 horse power to
be used by the company in its
initial operations.
Mr.. Welch and associates be-
came interested in the prairie
country about year ago at
which time the Nez Perez Power
& Light company with power site
on Lolo creek was acquired
from q. A. johnson. Since that
time transmission lines to serve
Vollmer, Ilo and Kamiah have
been constructed but the plans
for utilizing the power to be gen.
Grated by the Salmon river pro-
ject have not been given out.
The Salmon river site was
first located by the engineers of
the Lewiston & Southeastern
Electric Railway company about
seven years ago and at that time
complete data as to plans and
cost Of development were Sc
cured. The filings by this COM
pany saved the site from with
drawal by the department of the
interior at the time the blanket
withdrawal was filed for the Sal
mon river section.
When the prairie investment
was made by Mr.. Welch and
associates, statement was made
that extensive power development
in the central Idaho country
would follow and representatives
of the company have investigat
ed practically every portion of
the Clearwater and Salmon rivers
with a view of locating a plant |
that would develop sufficient pow
er to make the investment an in
-viting one to the interests en-
gagged in electrical enterprises.
The report of the engineers
shows the cost of developing the
Salmon river project will not ex-
coed $24 per horse power, this
cost including the construction
of the dam, the driving of the
tunnels and the installation Of
the electrical equipment.
-O--
DR.. and Mrs. Jesse Rains are
visiting Lewiston relatives this