El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

taken there as easily as it is from Eeo-
kuz 90 ST. Louis. The Deschutes has
drainage area about as large as the stat
Of Massachusetts and Rhode Island com
bined.
Washington has a number OF great wa
ter powers including those which supply
Seattle. The power OF Seattle comes
from hydro-eIectrlc plants ln the Cas-
cads mountains. and that OF spokane
comes from the River Spokane Spokane
falls are right In the city and the power
goes by short trausr-lission lines 20 the
cars and electric Eght plants The Spo-
kane river. iu addition 20 the 10000
horsepower which it can generate IN rhe
heart q The city. has several million
available horsepower above and below
spokane IL flows for a distance OF 90
miles through gorge, where 10 has
fall q 1900 feet or more than twice the
height OF the Washington monument
The volume OF the fan is such the po-
tential power is said 20 equal that Of
Niagara. and the gorge is Of such a ma
ture that turbines could be put in at
short intervals along the whole 90 miles
of SIS course. and each set OF turbines
would have IAN OF about 40 feet
on four rivers in northern California
there is available 100000 horsepower, and
san Francisco gets power from electric
plants in the Sierra Nevada mountains
Los Angeles has great power plants
worked by water which is brought from
high up On the mountains through steel
and concrete pipes and conduits dis
lance Of $50 miles. and the fan is such
that the most Of BE- occurs within so miles
OF the city. It has potentially 100 900
horsepower OF electric energy.
Great Possibilities In Alaska.
There are enormous water power possi-
billties in Alaska For 1900 miles north
Of Seattle the coast IS lined with steep
mountains which have q heavy rainfall
and many OF tie Islands have high wa
terralls.
The Alaska Gastineaux Gold Mining
company. which has some Of the largest
established O. power plant az salmon
creek. about eight miles away The plant
can develop - 600 horsepower. and &c is
run so cEeaply that the cost OF mining
chinery is concerned is less than five
cents "a a ton. The pore OF Eetchikan.
the first one az which tho Seattle
steamers call iu Alaska IS lighted bv
falls just back OF the city. and the fan
u.s. enough power uudcveioned in south
eastern Alaska 20 grind its forests Of pulp
wood irto material for print paper. There
are many good water power sites upon
Prince william sound and the same SIS
true OF the kenai peninsula and Of other
parts Of the territory
white Coal" in Abundance.
Indeed. we have all over our country
an enormous amount OF white coal, as
hydroelectric water power is sometimes
called. and II it could be used u would
save hundreds OF millions OF dollars end
the labor Of hundreds Of thousands or
men now employed in the coal mines of
the country According 10 Hugh
Cooper. tho engineer who built the Keo-
kuk dam. the loss is enormous Estimat-
ing 20 at 40.0o0,000 horsepower Dc repre-
SCENTS a loss OF about 800. 100000 tons Of
coal per auuum- This az s. per ton. the
lowest government price, equals $500. 0o0.-
year out
Moreover. Mr. Cooper estimates that it
takes 600 900 more men TO convert that
coal into energy than would be- necessary
Tor tho production OF the same amount of