The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-10

A. Kately, representing the Ken
mare Utilities Service, appeared be-
fore tie Boosters at their Monday
luncheon and laid proposition be-
fore the business men Of Bowbells
regarding the building of high
line from their plant at Kenmare
to supply electric light and power
to the citizens of Bowbells and vi
cinity.
Mr.. Kately informed the business
men that he had already inter-
viewed Mr.. Miller, proprietor of the
local plant, and that Mr.. Miller ap-
proved Of the Kenmare concern taxi
ing over the business here. Miller
finds that his plant is Inadequate
to take care of the, growing de-
mands upon it, and as the 1nstalla-
tion OF of q new local plant Is out
OF the question, he will be glad to
retire from the field as soon as the
service can be rendered by another
concern.
Mr.. Kately informed tho meeting
that electrical high power lines were
in successful operation in every
part OF the country, and referred
particularly to the big system at
Great Falls, Montana. This system
has Is plants interconnected, so
that If any one of them should fail
for any reason, one or two OF the
others can carry the load. This
plant has 400 miles of high line,
with q total capacity of 350,000
horse power. The two largest
plants, the "Rainbow' and the
volta" at Great Falls, have COM
bined capacity of $4,000 horse
power. The largest city getting it's
light and power exclusively from
these plants is Butte, with a popu-
lation Of 100000. The nearest
plant to Butte is the one at Madi-
son, distance Of Is miles. The
mountain division OF the Milwau-
kee road gets all of its power from
these plants. The two great smelt-
ers at Great Falls and Anaconda
use 80, 900 and $4,000 horse power
respectively. SIS
Mr.. Kately informed the business
men that they have plenty of ma
chinery at Kenmare to take care OF
Bowbells, so that all that has to be
purchased is the necessary wire and
poles. The building Of the line. q
distance of about IA miles, and the
{ installation OF station and trans
formers at Bowbells, would cost In
the neighborhood of $4,000. The
Utilities Service is prepared to raise
$4,000 Of this amount, and Bow
CELLS Is asked to raise the other
B $1,000, which is to be advanced to
the company in the form OF loans:
These loans are to be repaid out OF
the earnings OF the Bowbells plant,
SO per cent of these earnings to be
applied regularly on the notes un-
til paid. 1t is estimated that these
notes would in this way be entirely
cleaned up within a period OF three
years or sooner.
Mr.. Kately found a ready re-
sponse to his proposition. md Chair
man Jerry Donovan appointed 9
commi ttee consisting Of Mayor Geo.
Hansen, Attorney F.. 3. Heckel, A.
u. Anderson, Jay Johnson and N.
L. SimonsOn to give the matter I'M
mediate consideration.
This committee met the following
day at Attorney Heckeps cHce and
it was arranged to have Mr.. Kately
come up Immediately to make final
arrang ements. Secretary Anderson
OF the Booster Club INFORMED us
while the committee was in session
Tuesday that the money would be
raised and that the undertaking was
practically assured.
If the building OF the line pro
ceeds as tentatively planned. work
4 will begin as soon as frost is out ef
the ground, and the line should be
ready for service about the first OF