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THE OHEGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, .PORTLAND, SUNDAY I.IORNING, DECELIBEH 21, 1Z22. ; ;; ONE-THIRD NATION'S .POTENTIAL HYDRO-ELEOTMC POWER IN. COLIBIBIA DRIVER AND 11IBIJTARIES; ; v HROJECTS for nalization of the Columbia arc being pressed before congress and among civic arid official bodies" of Orego Washington and Idaho for the purpose of using the WestY great river -for power, irrigation andniviganohw All streams of United States together have some 60,000,000 potential hydroelectric horse power. Columbia river system alone represents more than 20,000.000 potential horse power of hydroelectric energy. UmaUlIa project alone would generate from U.UUU to $00,000 horse power, enough to make'electricity cheaper m Portland than any other form of light, fuel for heating or energy for manufacturing plants.; Power dam would canalize river to mouth of Snake and divert water tor irrigation of more than 200.000 acres. Views show where Hill lines to Central Oregon cross Columbia on bridge above rapids at Celilo; entrance to CelUo canal, for which government spent $5, .(XW wimout attempt to use by-produa of electric energy, and scene, near Mosier giving' idea of effect from canalization. ' ' ' - '" e ' - - ' -j- . ' - : r' y " " ' ' ' - ' - ' i ' ' 4 1 1, c ' i 4 ...... - "'11 - " " ' 1 gy''ZwITii i ".?.. " ' 'S ' " ' ,- J r --r - - . i ,1 ( ' . . . . - 1 .-v"" I " 1 J : i -r'- - it- ' ' '- , " i ' . ' - v s ,- I I . ... -"- ... ,, . , - :- 7 . .J'fw -. tl ...........u....MU.M.iilau.ii.li.fUH.iiaHn.il.u.li.lllll.lllimiUUlllllllllfllIUIIIMIIItnlllflMnllMlllllllllltlUIHIIII , v , x v ' -J imiiiiinnnii.iiii - - - - m 1;!, - . -' f II ' . la i j. - , a r Spent for Power Oregon Has Biggest System Major projects In IaetricAl drel-1 optnent In Oregon during the year Just Closing, from the construction stand point, are the initial work by the Portland Railway. Light & Power company on a $10,000,000 plant on. the headwaters of the Clackamas, the erection by the Pacific Power tt Light company of an 8000 horsepower plant on tbe lower reaches of Hood river and the completion of a high power transmission system from Prospect, on the headwaters of Rogue river, to Springfield, at the bead of the Wil lamette alley. ? "s The completion of this system makes Interconnection between companies erring the Willamette valley on the north and companies serving Califor nia ' and Western '1- Arisona and Ne vada on the "south. LARGEST I2f WOKID This creates the largest; simultane- onsiy operated Vpowet y stem-An; the worid.. The Jine yfrm Springfield to rrospecc - was ouni ana is operatea by the California-Oregon Power co.ro pany. , It was constructed for the pur pose -"of selling electrical energy to the Mountain States Power company, serving territory between Eugene and Independence.' - '. ) - ',".' - . Plan are : already v under way v to connect the system in the .neighbor hood of Eugene and 'Independence to the system of the, Portland Railway. Light & Power company and aid all the electrical industry from . Portland as far east as The talles. Hood River and Wasco la Sherman county to the irreat Pacific coast trunk, transmission system." s v. .' : f" v'- The new plant being erected by the Pacific Power jt L4ght company on Hood river will cost, according to the estimate. S 1,150,000 and will have a capacity of 8000 horsepower. It will be modern and up to date In every respect Water Is diverted from Hood river at the mouth of Keal creek, bout two and - one half miles south of the city, and carried down the Hood river canyon through a large wood stave and. steel , pipe line to the power house which, is located adjacent to the city limits and within-sight of the Columbia river i highway - bridge. This plan is to be used by the Pa cifia Power eV Light company to sup ply wholesale power to Portland and also "for. the. - purpose of taking care of the . rapidly growing business of the Pacific Power Light company tn The Dalles-Hood River district. BITElOflSO HOLDINGS ' ' To -' enable . it to take ear of Its orer ; increasing peak load and keep pace with, the demand for power from the new industries of Portland, the Portland Railway, Ught Power company lias actively begun to develop Its Clackamas river holdings, a work which has been in contemplation for everalt years. The power generated at this plant will be added to the ex isting system of the company at the Cas&dere plant, - The plant will ulti mately consist of three unita with a combined production, of 100.000. horse power. It . will displace to a large extent-, the present steam : generation of the company.! ii. ' . The cost-of the first development la estimated at 84,700.000. The ulti mate expenditure will be approximate, ly 810.000,000 and the entire project will not be completed until July, 1924. An unusual feature is that the first stage of development is the construe, tion of a highway on which, to truck In supplies and material for. the plant. This highway, which will be on stand ard lines and grades, will be 28 miles in length and will cost approximately 11,000,000. The construction, which is very heavy, is similar to that of the Columbia river highway. Starting up .the . Clackamas . river from the present terminus of the railroad at Straight's flat the road will be built 20 miles to the power house site on Oak Grove creek, a branch of the Clackamas. From this point an additional eight miles will take the road - to the . diversion dam. The road will run through : heavy timber. A right of way 400 feet will be cleared for the , road and ' trans mission line. To clear the right of way will in volve the cutting of 20,000,000 lumber feet of timber. ., - W. The diversion dam will be 45 feet high and - ISO feet in width. . From the dam tbe water win be oar rled, for over- six miles through -a nine-. Too f steel ' pfpe' to a stand pipe on a bluff above, the power plant.- - The fall of the water will be 885 feet, the high est fall in the United States. Another step in the work is the dig ging of a tunnel three miles long from a point above the diversion dam1 through a mountain to tap another branch of the Clackamas. This tunnel will be 10 feet in diameter. A third step is the bunding of two storage reservoirs. One of these will be on the headwaters of Oak Grove creek ' at : Timothy meadows, near Clackamas lake, at an elevation of 4000 feet. ?;:.' ; "WATER 81JPPLT ! GOOD ; ' The other reservoir will be on the upper middle fork, of the Clackamas at an elevation of 2000 feet. These two impounding reservoirs will provide a constant supply of water and make operations Independent of - the low water stage in the fall of the year. The area ' of the two reservoirs will be approximately five square miles. At the power plant will be Installed a 35,000 horsepower waterwheel of the Vertical turbine type which will drive a vertical generator of 80,000 kilowatts. The energy to be transmitted from the plant will be at first 80.000 volt po tential to be later increased to 115,000 volts. -. The steel for the pipe will be fabri cated In Portland. . "The passage of the federal water power act will undoubtedly serve as a stimulus for future power .develop ment In. Oregon." said Lewis A. Mc Arthur, general manager of the Pacific4 Power A. Light company. -, ; - "Already a . number of applications have been filed on important streams, particularly on the Deschutes river. The Pacific Power at . 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House Movers A full set of the latest improved machinery for raising and mov ing buildings, boats and other havy work. : Brick Buildings a Specialty Office and Residence Phone v Yard 595 Gideon Street vv' SeUwood 1165-Phone Sellwood 2766 ; i tilllllHtnllllHIMttltMIIIIMIItlllllWIIIIIIIIIIIIHlnllllHIIIIIlllllUtlllltlllllllinUlllllltttllltllltllnMlllllllllllttltlUWIIIIIrf.. 20 miles south of the mouth of the Deschutes river. ' Guy W. Talbot, pres ident of the company, has announced that this plant is scheduled for early construction, and that : at the same time the platn is being' constructed a high transmission line will be built from The Dalles by the plant to Uma tilla, where it will connect with the line extending from - Kennewick. to Pendleton. " , .; .-;, - -r'i-, . "This important trunk line win not only tie together the two systems of the Pacific Power as Ught company, but ; will also - bring Into connection with the main Pacific coast transmis sion system the very large additional mileage of transmission lines. Includ ing all the lines of the . Pacific Power ft Light company in the Yakima-Walla Walla territory, the lines of the Chi cago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul railway across Washington, v a great network or power lines of the Puget Sound Power ? It Light company extending from Tacoma north to -the Canadian line, and also the -systems of the Washington Water Power company, covering a large part of Northeastern Washington. The connection con templated by the Pacific Power c Light company will add a great many hundred miles of new lines to the Pa cific coast trunk system. It is ex pected that the line from Kennewick to Pendleton will be built this winter. 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