El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-21
MEAN To SOLVE
FUEL PROBLEM
Commerce Chamber Men to
Talk It Over and Pro
mote Power From Dam.


To solve, If possible, the fuel prob
f lem so FAR as il affects mauuractur-
. ers OF FL Paso. a meeting of the man
Z ufacturers' committee Of the chamber
. Of commerce and other business men
VIII be held al the chamber Of COM
: merce Monday afternoon al 4 o'clock.
in addition TO the members OF the
manufacturers committee. tie fol-
lowing have been asked 10y John ~
Wyatt. president of the chamber OF
commerce. 20 attend the meeting l..
H. lawson project manager OF -le
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the reclamation service. -ll A.
smith, president Of tle III tas1 YALE
ley Water Users. association
Many protests against the l5-h
price Of 1uel have been made recently
10 the chamber Of commerce. AT
recent meeting OF the BOARD OF d.
announced that action w0uld be
taken immediately 10 secure relief. II
possible from existing conditions 50
tar as FL PasO's fue- supply IS con-
cerned.
May Generate Electric Power.
One Of the topics OF discussion
which viii come uq at the meeting
VIII De the alTlsa UlLry OF utilizing
The energy OF the waters passing
through the Elephant Butte dam Tor
The generation Of electrical force for
the manufacturers OF ii PasOs 10 re-
place TIE present steam power, which
requires large amount Of coal
am asking reseutItINes Of the
United states reclamation service TO T
meet with the users and producers .
OF coal IN order that they may Tell
US what the chances are for the pro- B
uuctlOn OF electric power at the Ele- .
phant Butte dam" said president I
wyatt SATURDAY -M hen the big
dam was first discussed, many years
ago, We dreamed Of the unlimited .
power which would be created by the.
waters as they fell through the pen
stocks OF the mammoth structure. /
This power was TO be used for the
purpose Of lighting the streets and .
homes and business places Of Fl PasO +.
ana OF the towns and villages along .
the whole length Of the valleys To be T
irrigated; il would furnish power for
trolley lines In FL PasO ana for su-
DurDan lines throughout the irrigated .
district and for countless factories /
which We hoped would be established .
mere We also dreamed that we would F.
be able 10 furnish power for the mines .
IN the organ mountains and in the
Silver City district
Nay Have Dreams Come True.
4 stiI believe these dreams may,
done the fuel problem will be easy -
solution Il is said that because the [
dam can be operated for IRRIGATION .
purposes but nine months in the year
from FEBRUARY / to November l.
inere VIII be but little uSa in Suaud- D
ing the 100000 which a power DIanr f!
at the dam and the necessary trans
mission lines would cost. as auxiliary
steam plants would be required for
l lhe generation OF power during the
lAlee months OF each year when the
water is not permitted TO flow over
or through the dam. There are great
beds Of coal at san Antonio and Car
image, 40 miles north Of the dam. An
plant could be built at the
mouth OF the mine and the current
generated there brought on short
| transmission lines which could be
hooked on TO the transmission lines
running from the big hydro electric
plant at Elephant Butte. This plan
would s@ye the freight on the coal and
would make an all the wear round
electric power plant a posi- bility. At
any rate, no harm can come of a dis
cuasiOu Of the matter bv the meet
ing OF fuel users which viii be held
next Monday afternoon at the cham
Der Of commerce"
says Action Must Be Taken.
1T has reached a point where
something must be done II the smoke
stacks which FL Paso now has are TO
continue to make smoke" said Craw-
ford Harvie- Prices of fuel are adj
yanciug rapidly. but that is not the
worst feature OF the situation, though
Il is bad enough Even at the adj
RANGED prices we are not sure that we
,an get the coal which viii enable US
10 keep up the fires under our boil
FRS. We should have meeting OF
,oal users and coal producers at
which the matter can be fully and
RELY discussed with a view toward
inding a remedy for the present very
unsatisfactory condition"