Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
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After Mr.. Stannard personally In
xestigated and went upon the dam and
damsite and made an examination of
the location of the dam and power
house In his report, dated September
IL, 1922, he advocated the construC-
tion of the powerhouse just below the
dam. So that the plan Of the system
to be submitted to the voters con-
templates the construction of the pow
erhouse below tine dam, thus elfminat-
ing the item of 100000.
Upon further consideration Mr..
Torpen concluded. after consultation
with Mr.. Stannard, that the item Of
$50. 900 for Roads and Clearing"
should be eliminated, because that
would be absorbed in the cost OF log
.ging the timber, II the city logged the
timber, or would not be expended, If
the timber was logged by the Simpson
Logging Company or the timber sold
and lofged by some other concern.
Mr.. Stannard and MIR. Torpen then
agreed that this would enable the city
to construct a distribution system
within the city of Aberdeen at an esti-
mated cost Of $350,000.
Original Plans.
The charge that the original plan Of
development was a dam of ITS feet
and not 200 feet, as contained in Tor
pens original report iS disproved by
the fact, that the application for the
permit to the state hydraulic engineer
shows that the original project con-
templated dam 200 feet high.
The intention of Mr.. Torpen and
MIR. Stannard is that the dam shall be
constructed at a height of 200 feet
until there has been a market for
the full developed $1,000 h. D before
the height of the dam shall be raised
to 24O feet. 1t is also the intention Of
these engineers that the equipment
in the power house shall only include
such as is necessary to develop $1,000
horse power.
When the market demands more
than $1,000 horse power the net earn
dngs from the project will be so
great. that the dam can be raised the
additional 40 feet and the additional
installation in the power house made
out of such earnings without any
further bond issue.
That is the reason that these two
items Of Dam and Spillway, $780,
O00," and "Powerhouse and Equipment
100000" apear in both of Mr.. Tor
pens estimates, although the first is
for $1,000 h. p. and the second is for
$4,000 h. p.
Cost Of Project.
The total cost OF the project, exclu-
sive of engineering and interest
charges, as estimated, Is only $780,
900, In the first estimate Of Mr. Tor
pens he included the further item Of
1870 contingency amounting to $212,-
900. Upon further consideration it
was determined that 1870 should cover
the engineering and contingency ex-
penses.
In his first estimate was included
1870 engineering and $50 Interest one
year $4,000" By deducting the $50
engineering from that item and in
GLIDING it In the 1920 contingency"
item, would leave $50 interest for 2
years, instead Of one year, $212,0O0.
The first figures made by Mr.. Tor
pen, which were quoted in the World
were made before Mr.. STANDARDS re-
port and before Mr.. Watkins report
They were made before 1t was de-
termined to build the power house just
below the dam and before it was de-
termined that the dam could be built
to a height Of $40 feet
After these reports had been made
Mr.. Torpen then made the following
report:
Revised Cost Estimate-Wy nooche
Power Project.
Rights, lands, and rights of
way .,-.-.......-.---.----..--...-... 200 900
Dam and Spillway, FL. 7OO. 100000
PowerhOuse and equipment,
$1,000 b. p. --.----.-.-......-.....--..- 100000
Transmission line to Aber-
deem ........-......,.......--........... 5000
Distribution system in Aber-
deem .--.--.......-............. $4,000