Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-29
NAY PUSH WATER POWER
Filing is Made at Lincoln on the
Loup River Project.
Deal d Said 10 Depend ON whether
the Omaha Companies Will
Agree to Bay Electric
Cnrrenf.

\ hung MADE Win the statc eittneci
Tuesday Of water rights on the Loup
river at Columbus by II. Z. Babcocs
was for Henry L. Doherty Of New York
and his associates. Doherty is not trying
TO buy the stock or plant Of the Omaha
Electric Light & Power company. as was
suggested. but is negotiating with the
company to furnish II electric current
from the proposed power plant at Co
iumbuA
Such are the new Developments on the
Loap river power situation and the
Omaha power and light situation. a.
stated znfhoritatively yesterday by those
In position TO know.
II Is said that an agreement has bean
reached by Doherty and Babcock and
others ar Columbus whenever he IL ready.
: u pohsrty can make contract with
1.-THE distributing agencies in Omaha and
Council Bluffs. whereby they win buy
electricity generated at Columbus. he
viii buy the Babcock holdings and build
a canal. dam and power plant costing
upwards OF 100000.
scheme Said % he Feasible.
+. DoEerty has had several engineers 80
over the scheme. II is said. and they have
4 pronounced 1t feasible and given Doherty
a figure at which he win be able TO sell
current 10 electric light and power com
panies in Omaha. Council Bluffs. Free
mont and other cities. Omaha IL the
biggest market. however. and n Doherty
can make q contract with the Omaha
Electric Light q Power company. the de-
veiopmer1t Of the Columbus water power
Is said 10 be assured.
y. A. Nash. president OF the Omaha
company. said recently that he would be
produced by I.oup river water power. II
he could get II fer less than his present
expense In producing II BY coal. lie said.
however. thai his own company had In
vestigsfed the Loup river scheme and had
given II up a. unfeasible. on the advice
Of cnKineerA
Before making any contract with tho
Omaha company. Mr.. Dohcrty will assure
himself Of the validity Of the company's
contention that its franchise has not ex.
pircd. or win seek arrangements with the
city Of Omaha whereby hls interests viii
be protested n ease the Omaha company
has 70 obtain = new franchise.
Prsnstins Cost Heavy.
H. 4. Bsbcock. who has the necessary
water rights on the Ioup. has spent ssv.
<rzl ysaru In an unsuccessful attempt Il
finance his proj<rs. Hn and hi associates
claim TO hare spent tsooO slrssdy In en-.
gineers' salaries and other cxpenses
According % lincoln dispatches Tues
days filings contemplate the biggest
water oower proj<ct ever developed IN
the west. Ws;er Il 20 BE- taken from tbs
Loap near Columbus through canal for
several miles. giving an enormous fall Of
water. sufficient 20 develop enough power
for Omaha aud several other eastera Ne
braska cities and hass some left The
filing fee was p.e'a.
NJ D. nsunstt Of New York filed Z
claim TUESDAY Il LINCOLN for wstsl
rights on III Middle Loup near Arcadia
cons distnncs vest Of Columbus. bu
4 whs<hsr this has anything 10 DO with IN.
Bsbcock- poherty s<hens q not pouitivel,
known here Bennett SID he reprssente<
New york capitalists VINO contemplate
the erosion u 5z94o@ hydro-eieetri'
plant 10 furnish current 10 Grand Island
Hastings. York and other towns.
Harry Trp<uff. closely associated will
uohersy. has b<en looking after poherty'I
interests In Nebraska He was n Lincoln
tuesday snd = expected back IN omAh'
IN : few days-'