Meadow Lake, Wash.—The Washington Water Power Company will build a
power-house.
Eugene, Ore.—It is reported that the Willamette Valley company which
supplies Eugene with electric light and power is soon to install an
entirely new equipment of engines and dynamos in the generating plant at
this place.
Republic, Wash.—The county commissioners granted to Arthur Phillips and
H. D. Merritt franchises, each for a period of thirty-five years, to lay
water mains from Deer Creek to the town of Orient, water pipes throughout
the town, and for a pole line and wiring lighting the town and furnishing
heat and power.
Twin Bridges, Mont.—Henry Pankey, superintendent of the Easton and
Pacific mines, above Virginia City, has returned from California and will
at once push matters connected with the erection of an electric power
plant at Blaine Springs, which is intended to furnish electric power for
the lighting of the county seat.
New Westminster, B. C.—Managing Director Buntzen, of the British Columbia
Electric Railway, held a conference with the city council recently to
discuss the necessity of erecting a new dam at Lake Coquitlam. Mr.
Buntzen agreed that it was necessary, the present one being but a
temporary affair. He will recommend the erection of a dam of the best
construction to be put up this year.
Cranbrook, B. C.—The mining and general industries of southeast Kootenai
will be vigorously stimulated by the fact that Wisconsin capital has
now been secured to put through and fully equip the undertaking of the
Bull River Power and Light Company on Bull River, near Fort Steele.
The enterprise involves the production of over 10,000 horsepower of
electrical energy from the river.
Lewiston, Ida.—Development of power on the Clearwater River at Lewiston
is at last to become a reality. Work has begun on a power plant within
the city limits of Lewiston, which will eventually develop more than
50,000 horsepower. The North Coast Power Company, represented in this
field by Engineer Frank McKean and George W. Tannahill, is the concern
undertaking the work, and it is understood that the power so developed
is to be used for an extensive system of interurban lines connecting
Lewiston and vicinity with Clarkston, Asotin, Anatone, Cloverland, and
Pomeroy, and extending into the Craig Mountain timber belt and to the
cement, lime, and coal deposits on the Snake River above Lewiston.
Tacoma, Wash.—With the granting of a franchise by the county
commissioners to Donald Fletcher, the electric power plant to be
established on the Teanaway River, at Cle Elum, in Kittitas County,
is expected to be a reality. The franchise calls for the beginning of
work within two years, a completion of one-fourth of it in five years,
and operation in ten years. By the franchise, permission is granted to
Mr. Fletcher to string his electric cable along all of the roads in
Pierce County. The line will also have to pass through King and Kittitas
Counties. Mr. Fletcher’s plan is to build his power plant below the
government dam on the Teanaway River, where he believes that at least
110,000 horsepower can be developed. The current brought from the river
will be used in supplying light and power in Buckley, Puyallup, Sumner,
and Tacoma, and other cities in Pierce and King Counties, according to
present plans.