The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-04-25
AN IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT.

! Tuesday, Eugene Enloe, of Spokane,
| president of the Okanogan Valley
| Power company, Raymond Enloe, his
son, vice president of the company.
| ID. j. Broderick construction engineer
and l.. NJ. Simson, VINO is associated
| with Mr.. Enloe in power develop
| ment in Idaho, arrived in Oroville
| from Spokane in Mr.. Enloes big Will
| ton car.
The purpose of the visit at this
| time is to locate the necessary build
ings side track and grading to be done
preparatory to the proposed dam the
| company has planned. W. F. Brough,
engineer of the Great Northern rail
| road, with two assistants. came up
from Marcus Monday, and set grade
sfaFes for the two side tracks needed
fol the construction job jon Kier
o the Diamond Drill Contracting ,om-
ppny of Spokane, has just completed
the diamond drilling thought necessary
t; king out over 200 fet Of core from
tie bed of the river, the deepest hole
be ing 80 feet. The lrill passed through
ali solid rock, establishing good
+, updation for til dam. The drill was
set up on barge improvised by
c. c. Hedger, local superintendent OF
the compaEy. and operated with COM
pressed air. Such is the preliminary
work necessary for carrying on the
very extensive improvement of greater
power for the Okanogan Valley Power
plant.
1t is the purpose of the company to
put up the necessary buildings and get
the construction machinery on the
ground as soon as the side tracks can
be built Nearly all of the machinery
will be shipped from Grangeville, Ida
ho, where a dam similar to the one
planned here has just been completed
by Mr.. Broderick for the Grangeville
Light and Power Company. The ma
chinery is all especially adopted to the
work and some idea of the amount OF
it may be formed when it is stated that
its value is $4,000. The dam will be
the falls and will be So feet above low
water, making total head of about
80 feet at the power mouse.
The above information was obtained
from Mr.. Enloe, and it is indicative OF
the extent of the improvements tina.
are contemplated by the local pjwer
company The Orovill, dam is to be
counterpart of the liam AT Grangnvi,le
Idaho which is sal TO be one Of the
best examples of that class 1f con-
ssruetion iptbe-Yest and is bull upon
! plans that insures permanency. 1t
will give the company greatly increased
| power and remove all danger of shut
downs from high water or ice which
| have always been a menace to the
lsteady operation of the plant at the
! falls. The magnificent power that can
be generated by this Improvement will
| enable the company to add unit after
| unit to the plant and produce energy
to supply the demand for power in
| this country for years to come. The
| construction work is another OF the
| several improvements that are to be
carried out in this locality this summer
that will give employment to many
men and require the expenditure Of a
very large sum of money. The company
| has had the construction of dam In
contemplation for a long time, but only
| this year has those behind the enter
| prise felt in a position to assume the
| heavy cost. Actual work of construc-
| ton cannot commence until after high
water in May and June, but as soon as
the volume of water is reduced to the
! normal summer flow big force will
rush the work. But time is required to
get ready for the dam making, as there
are side tracks to he built, necessary
| buildings to put up large amount OF
material to assemble and 1t will keep
J the company pretty busy from now
until low water mailing preparations.
| Having tested the foundation upon
| which the dam is to rest with diamond
/ drills it has been found that the struc-
| ture is to rest upor solid rock, with
solid rock banks to work from. Bet
ter conditions for this purpose could
not be asked for and when once in the
dam is there to stay. During construc-
ton Raymond Enloe, vice president OF
the company, will make his headquar-
ters at Oroville and have general
| charge of operations.