The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-16
Power Stations and Transmission Lines Of the Puget Sound Traction
Light Power Company, Subsidiary Companies and Connections

The Puget Sound Traction. Light
q Power Company. and It's allied and
subsidiary organizations. operate In
the power. electric hght and street
railway field Of the Puget Sound
basin from tho Canadian boundary To
Olympia.
Its most ncwthcriy hydro-eicctric
station In on tho north fork OF the
Nooksack River at Nooksaek Falls,
about tan milcs northeast Ut Mount
Rak0.
Its most southcrly gcncratang sta
tion Of hysiro-elcctrtc power II at
Eicctron. On the Puyaiiap Havcr. In
picrcc County. . little southeast 81
Puyallup.
Tho finos COVER . rcgicu Of mcre
than i2S miles air linz from north
IN south. and serve most az the tsn-
rortane communities on the eastern
shores Of Puget Sound.
tn Cumrsny docs an electric Hight
and power business I'm about 40
communities. including all the larger
cities and towns In the counties ct
Whatcom, Skagit. snohomish. King.
Pierce and Ihurston. IL II ono Of the
largest taxpayers In the state.
In addition TO the power generated
m its own hydrc-e,erfric md steam
plants. II has a connection with tho
stsvc Lake plant of Rrstish Columbia
~ Sun,as.
Its hydro-elccsric stations arc To-
enteti IT Nookssrk Falls In whateom
County. ~ snoqua1mic Falls In King
County. ut Dcrtngev. just south Of
Auburn In Fierce County. and at
Electron. On the Tuyallup River In
Fierce County.
There are two units IN the plant .;
enoQualusSe Falls, and there arc fhrcc
units. with . combined capacity Of
about $4,000 horsepower. ct tho
White River OF Lake rapps plant At
DerTingcr.
The accompanies chart and map
shown tho indicated horse power nt
al tho hydr0-eaectric and steam
plants.
no Pusss soand Traction. Light
= Power Company opsrsens IN . ter
E1tnry cOsering apyrogtuaeeay e.7ee
square Wtlcn, and tsansacfs business
- stx eo1ps3ss.
Il ssrves With powsr, nghL steam
90 e1euGS1e1ey . tneA1 of aDpeox1-
ulnoel0 -. O00 enseomers. and . popo-
s1n11pn - ahume 50ounoo pesssns.
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pOwR - Nv So1nA pUwes paa.os.
U1eh . tntnl eaUac1ty - nprs than
aoey0oo-hsrns pswes.
Mnss p0wsr plants oun@aHed s0a.-
o16.S46 kflowate hoaFS of electric
ensTent IN the year 1917.
Il Storage basins IN connection with
~ power paaats have . eaparify Of
1A45O, 900 900 Salons u water.
~ De ysar 1917 the company and
IT. anxflfastcs paid In taxes into the
pablo Treasury . total Of eS10 .0O6.O
Daring tho psse ycar the company
Aczeased the capacity of Lake Tapps
hydru-eacctric station and the George
town stsam station %. 400 additional
bosSe power. Thrse additions were
made 70 servo tie Industrial needs
II 6snft1a. 1acuwA and contiguous
territory.
A new unit was Installed At Lake
Tapps for the purpose Of taking care
OF the demands Of the electrified
Weseeru Division of the Chicago, Mil.
Tho White River. o. Lake Tapps.
Development IL the largest power
projcct tn tho Northwest. IL y do
veDoped TO . little more than 30 per
cent Of it, possible hartman ca
pse1fy.
This plant 10 crnaidercd one Of the
most remarkable projects In the West,
remarkable from the results obtained
and from the Topography Of the re-
Gim which made tho development
possible.
IL = bpcated midway between Ia.
coma and Seattle, and WINS made ny
diverting the flow Of the White River
~ q high point In fts channel into
three natural lake beds lying high
on tho plateau overlooking the White
River Valley.
Twelve dams wepo construefet, IN
create . reservoir, and . channel cut
from the upper river 70 this reservoir.
Before this work was done. the
company had 70 purchase 90 miles Of
RIPARIAN rights. extending on both
sides of the stream from the point
Of divergence - miles down tn the
point where the water again enters
tho river bed.
BY this means two and a half bill.
Hon cubic feet of water h impounded.
Tho statton u located on the valley
level Of tho lower river, and the water
enters the pcn-stocks from an outlet
on top Of tho high ridge or plateau
on which the lakos-Tapps, KirkIey
and Church, now all ono body Of
wate-Aro located.
Tho project has . head Of 40 fect
and II capable Of still larger develop
ment because Of its great storage ca
pscfty.
Tho Company owns 20. 900 acres Of
land In tho stato Of Warrington.
At the time tho last firurcs war.
eompflcd. there were 22O, OB8 bor.e
power in mining. electric RAILWAY.
manufacturing and other motors d..
pending on tho Company's service.
IL lights nightly about 1 .OOO. 0oo
incsndescont lamps, and has nearly
oOo,oOO hosso power connected To The
system representing the equivalent