The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-04

Tum General Electric company
Il viii start work on ihe 100000
300 Priest Rapids electric project a.
once. Il was said WEDNESDAY The
federal power commission Tuesday
authorized development
Priest Rapids il situated on the
Columbia river. midway between Sc
attic and spokane The prolce, IL
one Of tbe largest ever planned IN
tho United States. and tho entire
state q Washington, seattle and
Puget Sound ports win receive
golden food q benefits.
firt thlnE 20 b. put Ira viii BE- the
bigEesi dam In the world II viii
cost $4,000 900 and give employ.
mont 20 hundreds o. men The dam
will b. two miles long and % feet
high Then "A $1,000. 900 plant and
equipment viii solioN Thu eompany
already has spcat $4,000 600 AZ the
site. In surveys and preliminary
work.
What u Planned O, Prizes; Rapids
is model electrical development
while The Uniicd states has bcsn
ahead n Europe In production u
glcciucifY. n has fallen behind IN
applying power 90 various Industrial.
chemical and meinllurEical processes.
Many Of these wers developed during
the wpr IN Europe. Since the var
Europe has further developed them.
WILL IN MODEL
PRODUCTION CENTER
Tho g. Z. haa bought some of
these processes. including the ital.
ian Caselle process Of nitrogen pro
ducilon. This. With others. will be
used al tho rapids. utilizing power
produced on tho spot
In other worns. American has
used power mostly 20 make wheels
50 around. now she ia turning 20
power in connection With chemicals.
metals. glass and their production on
the spot the power Ia produced.
Priest Rapids Is 10 be a model pro
duc;ion center q this type.
100. 900 ACRES TO
BE IRRIGATED
In connection with the power
dam. about 1000 acres In South.
ern Washington viii DO irrigated.
General Electric already controls
about half this land. on the other
side Of the river Il il proposed TO
build tho Industrial city and plants
The company already controls 800
acres for plant and townslte.
II Is planned TO produce 100000
primary horsepower, with 800. 900
secondary horsepower from April to
October. The high water period In
the Columbia comedies. luckily. with
tho time the water Is needed for
irrigation.
u is figured that Seattle can be
supplied with 100. 900 horsepower at
low rates. by n transmission line
over the Cascades. This would re.
inforce Tacoma and Seattle plants
during tho low water season, when
steam plants must he used.
The irrigated lana VIII grow.
tests have shown. cotton. flax. bar
ley. tobacco. soy beans. wheat and
other valuable crops. The climate
Is warm and mild.
WIDE VARIETY
or PRODUCTS
The plants arc 20 produce pix
iron. elHss. abrusives, wood pulp.
metal alloys. paper, cement. calcium
carbide. many chemicals. ammonia
phosphate. flour and so forth. Elec.
trochemical and Observation-Disclosures
processes VIII DO employed.
Seattle viii benefit. because thru
her gateway to the Orient. most OF
the production viii DO shipped.
The Washington Irrigation and
Development company Is the sub
sidlary that VIII handle the work
for the @. E. Henry J. Pierce, OF
Semitic, Is president. He IS here In
connection with the project.
The centre plan Is the worsS OF
tho late Charles p. stelnmetz. "elee.
trical wizard OF General Electric