The Parker post., 1914-03-14
ONE MILLION
HORSEPOWER
GIGANTIC POWER PROJECTS IN
GRAND CANYON WILL DEVELOP
ENORMOUS POWER FOR ALL
OF ARIZONA.


now in process of development, and
which means more to northern Arl-
zona than the Roosevelt and Laguna
projects do i'm the matter of the de-
velopment of Salt River valley and
Yuma valley This great project
contemplates the placing of six great
dams in the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado river, five to be built on the
east and Muttiwitika wash on the
west, this being the only dam that
will be off the reserve.
That the dams are to go in is evi-
denced by the haste in which the de-
partment of the Interior finds itself
in the granting of the permit for the
dams along the river through the
reservation. The permit was grant
ed few weeks ago and the work on
the first dam is to be commenced at
once This dam is to be located just
above the mouth of Diamond Canyon,
all material and supplies to be haul
ed in from Peach Springs. With the
completion of this work power is to
be generated and carried to all other
sites to expedite the work and re-
duce the power costs The entire
series of dams are to be built
as rapidly as possible, a great force
of men being engaged on the project.
One of the best known engineers in
the State has been at work getting
out formative plans covering this
work, and the maps, and plats Of the
dams and sites have been submitted
to the department 1t is expected
that the building of these dams will
cost many millions of dollars, and
will develop nearly if not quite one
million horsepower,
Just what this great volume of
power is to be used for is unknown
at the present time, but it is our be-
lief that it will result in the electric.
izing Of the Santa Fe railroad from
Albuquerque to the coast, and will be
distributed over a wide orea of nor
thern Arizona. Enough power can be
developed along the canyon to move
every train and put in motion every
piece of machinery in the state, as
we'll as giving hundreds of thousands
of horsepower to neighhoring states.
At the various points along the carr
yon where dams are to be located
the canyon walls are narrower and
aigher than at any other point in the
whole three hundred miles of this
great gorge. At Diamond Canyon the
walls are close to 5000 feet above the
level of the stream, and Powell, in
his report. says that from the gate
of Ladore to Iceberg Canyon there is
no such depth as is to be found
throughout the canyon stretch from
the eastern to the western ends of
the Wallapi Indian reservation. AT
the west end of the reservation, close
to the ranch of T. P. Duncan, is to
be built the last of the dams, that
place not only being accessible, but
most ideal location for a damsite.
For many years that place has been
in the view of many for a damsite to
generate power to irrigate the Walla-
pai valley and to distribute to the
mines throughout Mohave county, but
1t is now said that the money
is ready for the enterprise and that
as soon as few minor details have
been cleared up the work will go on.
BY the early part of July or the first
of August at the latest the work will
be under way, the intervening time
being used in the placing of mater
ial on the ground and swinging the
orking bridge across the gorge.
Some of the dams will be so construc
ted that bridge for the use of an
electric line into the mining and tim
ber belts of northern Mohave and
Coconino counties can be carried over
it.
Not only will this great project
open up and develop the latent re-
sources Of northern Arizona, but it
will open to the world one of the
greatest scenic attractions on earth.
And while Mohave county will re-
ceive the greatest benefit the whole
of the state will feel the pulsating
throb of this great electric genera
tlon.-Mohaye County Miner
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