The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-10
DIABLO FAVORED
AS NEXT STEP
ON SKAGIT
Engineers File Report OF
Survey With Council
OUTLINE 25-YEAR JOB
Total Cost $28,550,OOO for
$4,000 Horsepower

TliE SkaEit engineering survey
4 commission submitted itA 70.
port 10 the council late Monday.
recommending s2s. $4,000 mum.
clpal hydro electric program extend
ING over the next rs years. 20 dc.
velop $4,000 horse power,
with this action II formally clos.
ed eight months study OF seattle'A
skngit power possibilities II cost
tho city sac. 900 90 pay the com
mission and learn that It's ideas on
tho skAglt arc similar 20 those eS'
pressed last week by J. ID, Ross,
city light superintendent. when he
asked for a $500 900 appropriation
10 start development
Summarized. the commla sion
recommended that tho council adopt
thrce.plHnt policy, with power
plants No the Gorge, Diuhlo and
Ruby, instead or the earlier plan
N consolidating tho power plants az
tho Gorge and Diabio.
n declares Lake Youngs water
reservoir power facilities are not
economical and should not DO built
The commission. Joseph Jacobs,
W. Chester Morse and Sterling u.
HIN. found that the skngit promises
all the power needed by Seattle IN
ulo next 40 years and outlines a
ycar.by.yehr program 20 develop a
e67. 900 kilowatt power output by
1851.
This program follows
1896 Construction OF Seattle.
Tacoma tlo line Of 10000 volts and a
capacity Of IS 900 kilowntts. $500. 900.
Construction Of the third Gorge unit
or 10000 horsepower. 1d50,0o0, Raise
Gorgr timber crib dam rs feet and
change mechanism. 800. 900
1928 Construct Buihell switching
station and 2sis mile steel trans
mission line from Bothcll 10 the
south substRtion In Seattle. capacity
1876 600 volts. 100000. Extend the
railroad from Gorge 10 Dlahlo dam.
site. 80 miles. and erect Diahlo dam
to 200 nt elevation. s3,soOOOo.
FAVOR DIiBL0
DAM POWER HOUSE
1850 Construct Diablo powe
house and FIRST unit Of 1000 lilo,
watts, il.2sB 600, Construct 9aamilc
transmission line from Dlablo TO
Bo,heli switching station, 1876. 900
volts, 100000.
1889 Construct second Diablo unit.
Is. 600 kilowhttE. Ssso.O0O.
Construct third Diablo unit.
$4,000 klowatis. and extend power
house. $4,000,
Construct masonry dam az
Ruby or Hpups 10 i.5oofoot eleyp-
ton. $500. 600.
1885 Extend piablo power house
and install fourth unit OF % 900 idlo
watts. SsG5,o
1870 Extend Diablo power house
and install fiflh unit. 2g.o00 lilo.
watts. as spare unit. 1866, 600.
1884, Extend Boihcl switch sta.
ton and construct third steeltower
transmission line from Dlablo, 30
miles 100000.
Extend Gorge power house and In.
stall fourth unit Of 10000 kilovatts.
$4,000
is45 Construct Ripraps Rubyl
poworhouss and first unit OF 10000
kilowatts ito be designed 10 furnish
Is. 900 Nlowntis when dam IL raised
20 l.s0o-foot olevauonh Si.575.Ooo
Extend third Diablo.R ipraps trans
mission line Of 81 miles. l65. oOO-volt
capacity. $4,000
Install second Rlpraps ruby unit
OF 10000 kilowRtts 90 be $4,000 when
dam is raised. i7ss,0O0
la47- Extend Ripraps powerhouss
for two additional units and install
third unit 10000 hlowatts. ST.
$780, 900.
i94a Install fourth Ripraps
Rubyi unit OF $4,000 kilowatts 90 be
rs. 900 kIlowatts), $4,000.
195l-Raiss Ripraps Ruby dam
90 i.sOo.toot elevation. s4,sa5 900.
Change first two Ripraps units 10
2s.o kllomntts capacity, $4,000.
Capacities OF tho three reservoirs
will be ms follows, according 20 Coun-
Gilman Philip Tindall, chairman OF
tho utilities committee which en-
ployod the commission:
Ruby, 100000 aero feet; DiabIo.
$685. acre feet; Gorge. 6,OOo acre
feet
Tho report was turned over TO tho
council utilities and finance commit
tee for study Thursday and Friday
In connection with Light Supt Ross
reanest for $500, 600 20 start skaKlt