The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
POWER CuMPAAY SPEND
/, InG,LARGE sum IN VALLEY

4 quarter of a million dollars is
being spent on the Arkansas Valley
Railway. Light and Power company's
transmission line down the valley. ;n-
cluding the Improvements and extern
sions being made at a number Of
points and the enlargement of the
power producing facilities for this
branch OF the work in Pueblo. Work
has already been commenced and is
being pushed rapidly toward compile
ton. +
Work will start within a short time
on a new transformer and car office
building to be erected on the site Of
the present battery room facing on
Victoria avenue. The present struc-
ture is to be razed so as to make room
for the new building. which will be
three stories in height and occupy a
plot of ground 24x14e feet. The build
ing will be modern throughout and
strictly fire-proof There will be no
wood work about the building. making
is absolutely indestrucuble.
The new building will be used to
house the immense transformer that
will send the electric current down
the valley on the new transmission
line. Offices for the car department
Will be located in the front Of the
building. The building will be taken
up mainly, however. by the trans
former and powerful switch board and
other apparatus necessary to furnish
current for the valley. The estimated
cost of the building and its contents
is $4,000.
The generating capacity of the local
plant has been increased 1900 kilo-
watts by the addition OF two large tur-
bines and other apparatus required 4
the manufacture OF electricity. The
new transformer will have n capacity
OF $4,000 volts and will transmit the
current over high tension wires that
enter the plant through this building.
Underground ducts already Lave been
laid, bringing in the cables to the
terminal.
Everything is in readiness for be-
ginning setting the s0-foot poles from
the plant aeress the c stree, viaduci
into the Grove where It will conneci
with the Transmission line being COZ
structed from down the valley. worh
is being pushed in the line now at ,as
rate of two miles day, large force
OF men being at work between Fowler
and Manzanola. coming toward Pu-
eblo.
When this part of the line is I'm
ished, a force of men will begin on
the construction at La Junta and
work toward Manxanola. The reason
work was not begun at La Junta, the
proposed terminus of the transmissior
line. was due to the fact that power
plants are already located at l.
Junts and Rocky Ford and these were
considered sufficient to furnish cleo
,rical current to supply these towns
The line when COMPLETED will connec
all points in the valley as far down y
la Junta. with Pueblo as the eentra
station.
As soon as the line is finished al
towns in the valley as far east as th'
present terminal. will be supplied
with electricity for domestic and com
mercial use and will mean much e
this section OF the state. 4 high ten
sion transmission line between Puebl'
and the Canon City district is alread,
in operation. This will make com
plete system from La Junta west t.
the mountain region. where it is con
nected with the Victor and cripp.'
Creek mining districts. forming th'
largest single chain OF power plant
in southern Colorado and one OF IN
most gigantic in the whole state. =