Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-08-19

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Three great power plants which
have been conducted as subsidiaries
of the giant parent-the Nevada Cali
fornia Power company, are now in
process of amalgamation for the pur-
pose of facilitating transfer of power
whenever one line or another may
be crippled at the source of gen.
GRAFTON.
The work is now in progress and
will be finished before the next
SHOWS fall on the Sierras. This
means that the system from Wonder
to Aurora, Rhyolite to Manhattan and
Tonopah to Riverside, California, will
be linked in elastic bonds that may
be swung in any direction for the
convenience of patrons. The last
link in the chain will be riveted
in few days when Lundy Lake and
Bishop will be hooked up. By this
fusion of interests there will be no
danger of repetition of the shut
down that tied up milling and min
ing on all lines using the hydro cleo
trio current from Mono county. This
happened twice. Once when the gen
Grating plant was carried off by a
snowslide, and again when the recla
nation service prevented the com
pany from using a narrow strip oi
land for the erection OF a pole line
In the event of a complete shut
down of the water power then tn,
whole system can be supplied will
juice from steam generating station
at Riverside which is held as a re
serve for emergencies,
The mining interests dependen
on electric power are too importan
to be subjected to the caprices G
weather or accidents For instance
the Bodie plant supplies the A
stamp mills at Wonder and Faii
view, the 100 ton mill at Rawhid
and the 100 stamp mill under col
struction at Aurora. BY the ne'
interchange method these propertie
cannot be isolated and deprived {
! power. A simple switch at Bisho
will regulate distribution so powe
may be diverted to any desired are
: President Delos Chappell announ
: es the extension and consolidate
. plans of the interested companies.
The building of the line betwee
Bishop and Lundy lake will come,
the systems One line is being co
structed from Bishop to Long Valle
by the Silver Lake Power compar
and the Pacific Power company vi
construct its line from Lundy lal
: to Long valley, making the come
ton.
Plans have been completed for Il
!. extension of the transmission lin
, of the Silver Lake Power and Irrie
= ton company's projects on the o
. ems river. The Pacific Power co
pany will build it's plant on Lun
lake to a connection with the Silv
1t Lake Power & Irrigation company
Long valley, thus connecting t
~ great systems of the Southern Si
ras Power company, the Nevada-C
ifornia Power company, the Paei
Power company and the Silver La
Powe rand Irrigation company
the exchange and interchange
. current.
, The Southern Sierras Power &C
/. pany operates from Bishop, in II
|. county, to Riverside by way
|. Owens lake, johannesburg, Kran
! Randsburg, San Bernardino and {
! ton. From Cotton its lines bral
! off and Corona, Elsonore. Perris,
! Jacinto, Lakeview, Moreno and
: erside are served by the same Iii
. Thousands of acres of the best ia
a ing and citrus land in the st
= are being developed as a result
a the minimum cost Of power for pu
a ing plants.
3 The Southern Sierras Power c
. pany generates its power on Bis
. creek, where it has chain of
. hydro-power plants in operation.
a plants are built in the canyon