El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-27

2 power ar the three power pants ana
the probable cost per kilowatt hour Of
I operating these plants, assuming in
I terest at 6 percent. and a so percent
I load factor during the time Of opera
Z ton.
For the next five years at least
Z water can be run during the nonirri-
I eating season for power purposes. as
but a portion Of the land in the pro-
{ ject win be in cultivation before that
4 time. A steam relay plant viii not
I be required during this interval. and
when IT becomes necessary. the steam
plants Of the power company and
cement plant may be used for some
years, If proper arrangements can be
FOR tire first development OF 5000
horsepower at Elephant Butte, the
cost Of sthe plant, including power
house. machinery. transformers, pow
er line % FL Paso and stepdo1Tn
. Transformers at Las Cruces. Dfesilla
Park and the small towns along the
ine. viii be about s2.00Ra00 The
operating cost per year. including de-
probation on the plant and S percent
on the investment. would be about
s212.000 per year.
Cost Under Half Cent Per EfIovTatt.
The kiloWatt hours which could
be delivered with a so percent load
factor would be about 45.000.00O. and
hence the cost Of generation per kilo-
watt hour delivered would be Just
under = cent
The cost Of the cement lined canal
from a point near Tortugas dro1 has
been roughly estimated at S1.050 900.
and the Dsnstoek. power plant, etc,
ct 100000, making a total Of $780,
co. This plant is expensive per kilo-
watt installed. but the direct value
Of building a lined high line canal.
thus reducing seepage, adding ma
terlally TO the area available for ir-
rlgauon. increasing the water supply.
and improving conditions near Dona
Ana and Las Cruces. taken in connec-
rion with the fact that the plant viii
deliver power in FL Paso. after pay
ing 6 percent interest on the whole
investment, for IS cents q kiloWatt
hou-. with a so percent load facter.
justifies its favorable consideration.
ANY increase IN the load factor VIII
Increase the profit
The Camille Plant
The cost OF this power plant, IN
Guiding the lined high line canal lead
ing TO It. viii be about sL-300,000- The
operating cost, including interest and
depreciation. viii be about Sos. 000.
III 100000 kilowatt hours can be
sold. this plant would deliver power
at FL Paso for 2 cent per kiloWatt
hour, and would pay operating ex-
100000 kilowatt hours at I cent per
kilowatt hour, or = cent per horse
power hour. The total investment
required for all three plants win then
be q little under s5.o00000. and the
total operating charges, including in
lerest and depreciation, about $780,
tup- The present yearly demand for
power Of the local power company,
the cement company. and the city Of
Fl Pas0 is about 5000 600 kilowatt
hours, OF not much more than one
half tie possible output Of the three
plants operating at but 80 percent
load factor.
This represents a yearly use per
capita OF about $50 TO 500 kiloWatts.
Los Angeles and Los Angels county
use $50 kilowatt hours per capita per
year.
Based On a use Of SEQ kilowatt
hours per capita at Fl Paso alone.
the yearly usa in 1920 would be about
58.0o0-o00 and fl 1925 nearly 100000
900 kilowatt hours. at the present
rate Of growth. and the present use
per capita by 1920-21 the power
plants would be earning a nice profit
above their interest and Operation
charges, and by 1925 should be net
ting, above all those charges, from
100000 to 100000 yearly
for cheap power, the first plant
10 be built should be The one at the
dsm- For a liberal and cheap water
supply Il Is 70 the interest OF the
city Of Fl Paso to-build the C-anutilla {
plant first For the good Of the pro-
5ect. and hence Indirectly the cities
within the project. all three plants
should be built Seepage would be
reduced, more land added 70 the pro-
3ect. surplus OF chap power made !
available FOR small useIs and operat-
ing costs reduced within q few
years. and probably within the time
Of construction Of the plants. the de- I
mand for power would Increase far
beyond the present use The yearly I
demand Of the power company has
learly doubled in the past four years /
Water supply OF FL Pas0.
The present population OF the city /
OF Ell Paso IS about 5000. and the
present daily use OF waler runs from I
100000 gallons to II o0a.0nD gallons. /
The source OF the present water /
supply OF the city Of Fl Paso Is in /
and the cost OF supplying |
water from the deep wells on the /
mesa makes IL necessary TO charge a /
very high rate per 1000 gallons. The
PEI capita use as q consequence Of /
the high rate, Is very low, and the j
city Of Fl Paso has lacked in flow 4
srs. trees and lawns.
From information obtained from /
various sources. the population OF. the I
e.Iy Of u Paso from 1880 to 1917 has
oeen obtained and plotted on a curve
accompanying this report. This curve 4
shows approximately the population /
Of FL Pase for the past p years and,
5y exterpolation. the probable p0pu-
iation up to 1925
FL Paso PopouIation Anticipated.
5 Some OF the data furnished is I
probably Inaccurate. but the mean
carve is reasonably accurate. The 4
curve shows that FL Paso viii prob
ably have a population Of about
$4,000 in 1920, and a population Of 4
10000 ia 1925.
If a more adequate and cheaper
source OF water supply can be fur
alshed the city OF FL Paso, the dailyi
per capita use viii unquestionably
argsly increase. An average yearly