The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-10-20
lB LOCAL
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|0WER COMPANY
o(sn Water Power Company
Oyef Local Plant on the
pkst Of the New Year.

,1tement was made In tlt
{6nsn Review Of Thursday last
IL Washington Water Power
6ny. Of Spokane, one OF the lar
X rsporations Of its kind on tn,
~ Aad absorbed the Okanogar
nnr power company. The news was
= means startling, as It has beer
- secret that two electric power
1ao,ies have been bidding against
90 e(hsr for tae Okanogan property
~ ~ change may mean to the pat.
"a 4 the local company remains tC
~. but 1t is safe to anticipate
~ ~ service will be kept up to q
~ Standard and that the new opera.
" viii treat consumers vita fair
11oration. BY the purchase Of the
noCan Valley Power plant and
n the Washington Water Power
~ has secured one Of the best
power systems In eastern
1ington. Not only did the Okla
- Bower company provide for q
m horse power by the construc-
RI X ~ big dam above the falls oi
~ DInflhameen, but the volume Of
1lr h buch that the power already
1noa can be Increased many
x VITA this new accession to its
lplpe the Washington Water Power
uGnny controls a vast ramification
! electric lines throughout eastern
1enGlpa and Idaho and secures a
~ 1((fo Of water power that Will
11A nvorably in power units
vIA ~ water powers owned In other
5lcllnna The following Is the an
{ poon OF the transfer as taken
IN W Spokesman-Review, and Is
~ AZ interesting as covering the
1osAold over which power devel-
|01 n tAat company is transferred
- 1ttributed:
4cppgh stock merger annOunc-
{lsferday, the Washington Water
= company January l, will take
ne QkAnoean Valley Power COM
op6f7Jikk two hydroseicctric
~ plants with 100 miles of trans
- lines that supply light and
ceoe 20 towns and farming districts
1 ~ 0kanogan valley.
According to w. c. Sivyer, secre-
E4{roasurer of the Okanogan VAL
y fower company, the stockholders
{ ~ Okanogan company are to ac-
~ stock in the Washington Water
ggof company for the property. The
- OF valuation cn which the tras-
exas made, is not disclosed. but It
|)1enpounced as satisfactory. to the
De1A6lders in the Okanogan Valley
lnpany.
lhs Warrington Water Power
enpany will extend its lines into the
~ field to connect with the south
y 4 the Okanogan territory at Pa
~ on the Columbia river. 1t is es-
nnted t1at the connection will re-
olfe from S. to 20 miles of 10000
~ transmission lines.
1ugene Enloe is president, T. Ray
|lqd Enloe, vice-president, and w. G.
leyer, ecretary-treasurer, of the
Nnnogan Valley Power company,
~ general offices at W521 First
Sg1ne. Its power plants are on the
.oeAow river at Pateros, with 500
asye power developed, and on the
Milkameen river near Oroville. with
80 horsepower installed and ca
~ Tor an additional $500 horse
N when needed. The Orovilie plant
W modern construction with a, re-
osced concrete dam and improved
oeratlng machinery. Electric cur
- Y supplied to Oroville, Tonasket
nnogan, Bridgeport, Brewster, Pa
- Riverside and Mansfield, all In
Qkanogan region, except Mansfield
'a,eh is in the Big Bend. Mucl power
also used for Irrigation.
etockholders OF the Okanogar
'allg Power company are interested
Mrse other hydro-electric com
o1lee. The Grangeville Electric Light
D: Power company of Grangeville
no. has two plants with a capacity
tl.b00 horse power that supplies cur
70 Grangeville, Cottonwood, Oro
:e' Craigmountain, Nez Perce, Kan
q terdinand, Camas Prairie and tlt
'leerwater country. Two plants will
aeveloped capacity Of $50 horse
owef are owned by the DeschuteI
.oWk company In central Oregon
sppying Prineville, Redmond, Cul
~ Aetrolius and Madias. A furthe
svelopment of 1000 horsepower !!
1ned by this company 1t an earl!
Preliminary engineering wor]
- oeen completed and construction
expected to begin soon. The .hir'
h pany is the Enterprise Electric
pany in the Wallowa valley il
tern Oregon, supplying JOSEPH
erprise, Lostins and Waliowa. will
plants with ! developed capaeit.
5000 horsepower"
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