Capital journal., July 28, 1925, SALEM SURVEY EDITION, Image 4

TUESDAY, JULY V&, 1925,
"PAGE FOUR
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
Oregon Has Vast Stand of Timber and Mighty Water Powers
CERTIFIED PUBLIC
MOTOR CAR MARKET
of Salem, Oregon
GUARANTEED USED CARS
Best of Terms Sure We Trade
One-half Block North of Postofficc
Commercial Forests Hold 450,000,000,000 Board
Feet or One-Fifth in All America
$30,000 a month
for Salem pockets
The Water Powers Will Eventually Be Far More Valuable Than the Timber and Will
Have Mighty Influence for the State's Prosperity If Wisely Guarded and Administered
Astonishing Possibilities of the River Energy of Oregon and the United States
By Richard L. Rowe
GIDEON STOLZ CO.
SALEM, OREGON
Plonoor manufacturers of Puro Apple Oder Vinegar, Carbonated
Beverages and Fountain Supplies; also Llmo and Sulphur
solution.
QUALITY AND SKIIVICE Our Watchword.
Look for the "G. S. " brnnd.
rhono 20.
Box 113
Removal Of
Auto Top Shop
Will occupy the new building at 245 Clioniekcla slrcet,
wlioro wo will be prepared to serve our old and new
customers on a larger scale.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Call on ue.
F.W.Bliss Auto Top Co.
Staples
Fits Your
Eyes
Staples Optical Co.
Portland Corner Slate and High, Salem
Oregon has the greatest Commercial Timber Resource of any State in America, perhaps scarcely matched
in the World. President V. J. Kerr, of the State Agricultural College, has endorsed the claim of over 450,000,
000,000 board feet as being correct. That is One-Fifth of all standing Timber in the United States. "With
prudent logging and systematic reforestation, the supply should last forever. It includes fir, spruce, cedar,
hemiock, alder and some oak.
The other Splendid Resources is the Power that may be developed from its streams. That this River Energy
will eventually exceed the slate's great Timber stand, in value, is a reasonable probability. ,
The United States Geological Survey engineers calculate the gross power that any river site may develop, and
usually deduct 30 Per Centum to get the net force that can be used on work. The figures quoted in this study will be
the net working energy.
The engineers also determine the amount of power that can be used 90 Per Cent of the time practically contin
uously and that which may be available in much larger volume for 50 Per Cent of the time. Here is a table that
will show the various summaries for four big power states of this Northwest country:
TABLE 4 Horse Power Capacity Potential Horse Power
of Existing Wheels Available 90 of Time Available 50 of Time
OREGON 20G.8G5 3,605,000 6,715,000
Washington 480,356 4,940,000 7,871.000
Idaho 270,918 2,122,000 4,032,000
Montana 345,040 2,550,000 3,700,000 .
Totals 1,303,179 13,277,000 22,318,000
United States 9,086,958 34,818,000 55,030,000
Eventual U. S. Potential ' 72,000,000
It will be seen that Oregon has 3,665,000 horse power that may be used almost continually, the year around. For
about half the year, when the streams are at high flowage, it can generate 6,715,000 horse power. When storage
facilities are made to conserve the streams' power to the utmost, those figures may be almost doubled as is shown
by the eventual potential of the United States, which simply means that the powers will be multiplied by reservoirs
to hold the high run-off and with dams to duplicate the power as often as is practicable.
Before the World War, the Geological Survey estimated that about $100 per horse power per year was the average
rental value. Except in case of a few publicly owned powers,it certainly is not less now.
At $100 per horse power per year, the continuous (90 per cent of the time) volume that Oregon streame can
develop lias a potential earning value of $366,500,000 each twelve months, or TEN PER CENT ON $3,665,000,000!
And with full conservation of all the energy of Oregon's streams, the eventual earning capacity may be DOUBLE the
mighty sum stated, of $700,000,000 or more per year representing capitalization of $7,000 000,000 more than equal
to nil the property values in two or three of these Northwest states at this time!
Big and Growing
Production in 1903:
.25,000 hoard feet daily
Production in 1925:
140,000 board feet
daily.
Number of Employees :
300, or 11.3 per cent
of Salem's industrial
population.
Spent for Improve
ments this year,
$50,000.
Building Material of
All Kinds
'HAT'S ?3CO,000 a year that goes
out of our office Into the- pay en
velopes of Salem residents nnd
from them to Salem merchants
and banlis.
Bigger payrolls in Salem mean
greater prosperity for Salem. Add
your Influence for larger payrolls
by Insisting on products of local
manufacture. Support Salem en
terprises. Buy Salem products.
Tho Spaulding Logging Co. oper
ates n sawmill, a planing mill and
a box factory in Salem. Besides
lumber, we manufaoturo all kinds
of Interior finish, doors, windows,
flooring, nnd built-in fixtures. All
our products are superior in qual
ity and workmanship, reliable in
use, and fair in price.
Estimates cheerfully furnished to
dealers, builders, contractors and
home owners, on any quantity for
delivery anywhere.
"Everything from cellar to roof for building.''
ChasKSpaulding
"Douglas Tir Lumber
Wewberg
Woodbum.
JMminnvflla
Independence
ULRICH & ROBERTS
Real Estate Loans Insurance Exchanges
Our Specially
North Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon Phone 1354
rElectric Power Developmentn
Some idea of the electrical development
that has taken place in Salem and vicinity
during the years 1914 to 1924 may be had
from our records of the investments we have
made in that period for additions to our
plants and equipment:
Transmission lines $ 39,973.00
Additions to buildings 14,359.00
Electrical nnd Steam machinery.. 180,222.00
Distribution poles and wires 242,960.00
Transformers 92,268.00
Meters 68,895.00
Street Lighting equipment . 11,010.00
Telephone Lines 1,553.00
Miscellaneous - - 1,811.00
653,051.00
Approximate proportionate
share of hydro-electric plant
construction on Clackamas
River nnd steam electric
plants in Portland 810,000.00
$1,463,051.00
The above statement shows that we have
spent over One Million Four Hundred Thous
and Dollars in the above stated period in the
development and upbuilding of Salem and
vicinity.
In the same lime we sK'iit in
the operation and nminten
nuce of our properly and
equipment in Salem nnd
vicinity .$1,192,97 1.00
The following gives an idea of the increase
in our personnel and payroll:
Rlav May Increase
1915 1925 in
No. of employes. .. 05 128 97'
Amount of payroll $4,904 $1 1,782 198
Prior to 1917 wc had but one transmission
line supplying power to Salem from our.
hydro-electric plants. This line extended from
our Oregon City plant to Salem via the Ore
gon Electric Railway. ,
In 1917 we extended another transmission
line from our hydro-electric plant at Estacada
to Mt. Angel into Salem to provide duplicate
and additional capacity to increase the re
liability of our service.
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1. I-'., r. Co. Ilydro-Mwrllc lowvr riant Near K$tnen(1n, Orc(ron.
We arc now building, at a cost of $150,000,
a third transmission line from Salem to New
berg via Dayton, and rebuilding the line from
Newberg to Portland to connect with the
steam power plants there and the ten: trans
mission lines that extend into Portland from
our hydro-electric plants. ,
When this new line is completed, 'Salem
will have four sources of supply of electric
power and is very fortunate in being so ade
quately supplied," as reliability of supply is
even more important to manufacturing plants
and other users of electricity than its cost.
In addition to the above, we removed our
old steam electric plant at Salem in 1922 and
erected another, representing an investment
of $175,000.
"VVe also have under construction in West
Salem a high tension switching and trans
former station, and a transmission line from
that Station to our Salem Station, at a cost of
$55,000.
This, when added to the cost of the new
transmission line, makes a total of over
$200,000 in one major improvement for the
year.
We have extended many miles of distribu
tion lines into the rural districts during the
last few years, and are now supplying nearly
800 farmers in this vicinity.
Th following data shows the growth and
developmnt from the standpoint of number of
customers and quantity of electricity used:
In the year of Increase
Number of 1914 1924 in
Customers 3,693 9,095 146
Kilowatt hours
sold 333,710 2,634,692 557 .
Due to the increasing use of electricity in
the home for cooking and other uses, a very
interesting and marked reduction in the av
erage rate per K. W. H. paid for service is
shown in the following figures:
In the year of
Average rate 1914
per K. W. H. paid
by customers for
residence service.... 8.6c
1924
4.3c
Decrease
info
50
Due to the tremendous quantity of electric
power used by the Paper Mill, which was es
tablished in the period under consideration,
and the resulting very low rate earned by it
and the low rates earned by other large power
users at the present time, the average rate
per K. W. H. paid by all customers shows a
corresponding decrease:
1911
In the year of
Average rate
per K. W. H. paid
by ALL Customers 2.6
' 1924 Decrease
in
1.7c
50.
We feel that all of the foregoing figures
indicate that we have been doing our part in
the development and upbuilding of Salem
and vicinity by providing adequate electric
power facilities, which is a very important
factor, and that our rates are low and of such
a scale as to give the community the benefit
of still lower electric power costs as its use
of power increases.
PORTLAND ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY