The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-02
POWER PROJECT PLAN REVEALED
 BY APPLICATION
Cameron Syndicate Sets Up Detailed Plans for
 Paper Mill Power

Three power houses, one pow
 CT substation, 26,120 feet of
 tunnel, 5 miles of transmits
 sion line, including four miles
 of cable, and three transformer
 stations, constitute the main
 items on the power project pro-
 gram of George T. Cameron
 and associates in the develop
 inent of their local paper man.
 ufacturing enterprise here, &C.,
 cording to the statement filed
 by MT. Cameron with the Fed
 eral Power Commission in mak-
 ing his application for final li-
 cense for developing Long, Cra-
 ter and Dorothy Lakes.
 The plans for the power project, which have just been received by district headquarters here of the United States Forest Service, call for the expenditure of approximate ly $4,100000 for it's completion. Work will start within six months from the date permission to pro- ceed is given by the Power Com mission.
 Projected to Thane
 While no definite location is giv- en for the paper mill, the trans mission line data shows a termi- nation at Thane It is there, also, that the program has provided for the erection of a power substation. But the only location specified by MT Cameron is near Juneau"
 In his statement to the Power Commission relative to the plan of development, MT Cameron said "It is proposed to develop the project by first developing to their full capacity the waters of Long Lake. Crater Lake and Dorothy Lake projects will be started and carried to completion concurrent- ly with additional power require ments of the paper mill. The equipment necessary for the pre- liminary and permanent construc- tion is to be used for the work on Long and Crater Lakes and then moved to Dorothy Lake when the power for that service is needed because of the proposed successive enlargements of the paper mill
 Ready in Six Months
 "The machinery and works neces- sary for preliminary construction can be placed in operation within six months after permission to pro- ceed has been granted The first step of permanent construction to be started will be the tunnel, $500 feet long, to tap Long Lake. h. cluding the break-through, it is estimated that we can average PIC linear feet of tunnel per month Assuming this progress, it will re- quire at least 3.4 years to con- plete the tunnel. "As the time necessary for driv- ing the tunnels is the controlling factor in determining the comple- tion of construction of each project the factor of 210 linear feet per month divided into the total length of the tunnel to be driven will give the time necessary for the comple- tion of each unit"
 From this statement, and the de- tailed plans submitted, it is evil dent that the syndicate will start development at Long Lake, in the Speel River area, within the next few months, depending on the time required for the Federal Power Commission to act on it's applica- tion for final license. Engineering examination and report, required by law to be made, will be begun by J. c. Dort and Asst Regional Forester B. F. Heintzleman within a few days. The former is due in Ketchikan Thursday.
 It is their intention to expedite their work as much as conditions will permit. The field work will be done as rapidly as possible and the report written here.
 Tunnel Large Size
 The tunnel at Long Lake will be $500 feet long, 10 by g feet in dimensions. As it is estimated 1t will require three and four-tenths years to finish this work, it is ap- parent that actual construction of the paper mill need not commence for possibly 16 or IS months after the driving of the tunnel gets un- der way.
 It is estimated it will cost S2l2,o0C to drive that tunnel. An additional s2O.OO0 is set up for concrete lining of some of the sections where the rock strata is not solid. Breaking through will cost an additional s5,OO0
 On this project 1850 feet of eight foot pipeline will be installed. one powerhouse and one transformer station will be built at Speel River to serve both the Long and Crater