Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-22
you PRESS THE BUTTON;
THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
Use Of Electricity In the Home, Office, Shop and
on the Farm Requires Complex Organization
Of Men. Machines and Resources.

company's power houses on the riv-
er.
The outlet canal, from the lake to
the river, is the means by which the
stored up water is carried back into
Bear River.
To augment the work of this out
let canal the Utah Power & Light
company has this year constructed
on the edge of Bear lake a large
pumping station known as Lifton.
This pumping station is a notable
piece of work, as it is built on the
edge OF the lake where no solid
foundation exists. There was moth
ing but quick-sand and clay for miles
around and the foundation for the
heavy machinery of the station and
the enormous suction and discharge
tubes had to be carried down in
this soft material to depth of about
As feet. The caisson, which was
used for sinking these foundations,
was the largest open caisson in the
world and is about / 2 times the size
| of the average open caisson used for
lowering bridge foundations and sim
liar under-waterworks. The Lifton
pumping station has five electrically
| operated pumps, each driven by a
| 760 h. p. induction motor and each
| capable of pumping 800 second feet
| of water. Power for these pu,r
is supplied by a transmission q
/ from the Grace power station on Be-,
river. The power is transmitted at
$4,000 volts and stepped down to
2, 800 volts for use in the motors.
1t was the dredging Of the canals
connecting Bear river and Bear lake
by the Utah Power & Light company
in 1915 that enabled sufficient water
to be drawn from Bear Lake during
that year to save the crops in Cache
| and Gentle valleys, and the construc-
tfon of the Lifton pumping station
therefore constitutes an extra safe
guard in the years to come, in the
assurance that a sufficient supply Of
water may always be sent down Bear
river for the irrigators in the terri
J tory contiguous thereto.
The company during 1915 also re-
placed the old timber and rock dam
! which served to divert the flood wat
. ers OF this stream into Bear lake
with a modern concrete dam which
insures the diversion of all the flood
. waters of Bear river above this point
into Bear lake.
4 New Unit at Oneida
One OF the new. large hydro-eiee-
: trio power stations constructed by the
Z Utah Power & Light company since
its organization is the station at
Oneida on Bear river in Idaho. Dur
n ing 1916 this station has been com
o pleted and a second unit put into
Il service. Each of these units have
d a capacity of II ,070 KVA. The wat
e er wheels of these two units are, un.
q der present conditions capable of de
T. veloping $4,000 h. p. of electrical
IL energy and the station is built witt
d provision for installing a third uni
L at a later date. The Oneida station
" is at this time one of the most mod
N ern and complete hydrO-electri'
a. plants in the entire country. Thi
g. station Is many miles from the near
y. est town and the company has there
: fore built q modern village for tn
= operators. This village has some ad
= vantages not even enjoyed by tn
n most wealthy inhabitants OF tn
~ large cities. It is equipped through
out with electric cooking apparatu
~ and the quarters building and club
ae house for the unmarried men ar
he equipped throughout for eiectrica
an heating. An ice machine makes pur
ha and sanitary Ice for the operators 1
- hot weather and the waterwork
al system is supplied from springs /
M the neighborhood. which furnish sui
ficient water for all domestic pul
poses. fire protection and law
sprinkling. A well constructed sew
w. er system makes the village clea
and sanitary, and cement walks al
hu laid out in front of the houses TT
village also has a complete systel
ar Of electric street lights.
ne New Station at Cove
or The company during 1915 inau
- urated operations on a new pow
- station at Cove on Bear river, iu
-. below the Grace station.
ne This development consists of
n1e dam which backs the water in Il
~ river mp to the level OF the taiIra
- of the Grace station. The dam
- yerts the flow of the river into co
-, crete line of rock canal, which ca
- | rfes the water through a large fur
- which In turn carries it about 90
- feet down the river to a point whe
a. It enters the power plant. The latt
~ In capable OF developing 100
- horsepower and the plant has sever
an unusual features.
yer The K1ume Is constructed with
Iese fnferced concrete bents and a We
mir lining. The inside dimension
) to this flume are 20 feet wide
tied feet deep at the uT y end ane