The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, May 10, 1928, Railroad Edition, Image 54

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1928 THE EVENING HERALD COPCO'S HISTORY SHOWS PROGRESS IN HYDRO-ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN OREGON ' ' i 1 -" T I M W ssaesaa- . rrrrr rrj-'i. s- i 1- -LA 7 ; ri-U'F" C am ',V ' . kivTw a? - ,v'-a MIIr,-5 t- f . . v villi J j ' ' Jr -s II - r j . row of Illustration show aome lnterostlnir ronstrnctlon views of Prosorct So. 2. the liirtrmt hvilKwIeotpIr notrnr nlnnt In ! I I - in Top row of Illustration show aome Interesting ronstrnctlon views of Prospect So. 2, the lnrgeiit hyilro-elertrlr power plnnt In Oregon, lorntetl on the north frk of Rofrue river, near Profipect. Top left? View upstream of the diversion ilam, showing log sluire Bale and three radiid Rates. A ISO-foot Lakewood concrete tower rises above the dam. Thla view wan snapped iluring the course of the Ht;ltt I completed, with lite matrrlul for the acmml ple reslliiY hi the conrrete crndli. Top rluhtt The superstructur of th power plant In the canyon with the transformer platform In tin fon-Kn:uiid. turner right 1 lro"K--t o. 1 plant, constructed In' lttlt, Ilie se4oml unit In the present ( npetj system of twelve power plant. Lower ci-ittert Copm I Miwer house and dnin, located construction. Top center: The two wood stave pipes looking toward the fnrebay, or storage reservoir. A section of the pipe on ! at ox-o, t'aliromia, on the Klamath river. Ijower left: ljit side plnnt, lorati'il on I, Ink river, hliimaih rails, llregim, Br J. C. BOYLE Bfanager Klamath Division to furnish fire protection to the j 200 K. W. General Electric 3 city. The company organized as the phase, 60-cycle generator, result of this meeting was known I Expansion Begins as Baldwin & Gates, and bonds By this time the electric motor for $10,000 were issued for the: had made Its way into the field constrnction of pipe lines for a ! and users of power were quick water system, the city to guar- to recognize Its advantages, and lias been fntthfnlly demonstrated ; antee payment of interest on In a very short time It became here In Klamath Falls, where these bonds In return for the use apparent that more capacity was Progressive public utility ser vice is essential to the growth and development of modern com munities. This well known fact structed on the Rogue River near I mnnds for servit?e necessitated Prospect to take care of the in-further generating capacity and creasing demand. This plant j In January, 1927. work was com which had a capacity of 3.750 ! tnenced on the construction of a kilowatts is now known as Pros-! large, new hydro-electric project pect No. 1. j near Prospect, Oregon, the "larg. Shortly after the construction t e"' hydro-electric plant in the of the Prospect plant, the Rogue I ' Oregon." This new gon- Rlrer Electric company was' ac-! erating plant, wnicn was com Tho California-Oregon Power; of ten hydrants for fire protec-' required. It was now becoming quired by the Siskiyou Electric ' pleted recently. Is located on the rompany maintains division head- don. (It is interesting to note too large a proposition for the quarters of the Klamath division, at this point that at the present ' Klamath Falls Light Water ons of the four important sec-1 time there are over 200 fire hy-. company, and the aid of additlon tiona of the C'opco system. Tbejdrants within the city limits ofjal capital became necessary. In California-Oregon Power company Klamath Falls. ) S:me of the I the fall of 1907 C. S. Moore, hav bas proven a most important fac- first pipe installed failed to Bland i 'ntT withdrawn from the Klamath tor in the progress and develop-1 ;he pressure employed and the ' Falls Light & Water cWpany. ment of this entire territory in company was forced to expend became associated wl,n his broth the past, and it mar be depend- about 14,000 additional, resulting j er- R- s- Moore, and began t ed upon to keep up this good j m g delay to the water service ' election of a hydro-electric pow work in the future. Since The California Oregon Power company was first incor porated In 1912 as a result of a merger of numerous little pow er companies throughout south ern Oregon and northern Califor nia, It has grown and expanded until now It serves this terri- nntll 1897. The first electric lights. ever, were turned on November 1. 1895, the energy being gener ated at a small plant on Link he power j plant on .the west side of Link Power comoanv and in 1812 thei'"h fork of the Rogue River, company was reorganized and re-jnt far from Crater Lake Nation named the California Oregon 'al Park. The new Prospect proj Power company, this name being, t Is the largest plant of the chosen on account of the Inter-1 entire Copco system, which now state nature of the company, i comprises a total of twelve dlf The territory was divided Into fcrenlt hydo-clectrlc generating three divisions, the SIklyou ; a"" southern Oregon and Division comprising all of the ; northorn California, company's properties In Callfor-j The Initial Insinuation consists nia, the Klamath Division Includ-1 of itwo 22.000-horsepower units n0WJ River, taking water from thejng the Klamath territory and j with provision being made for canal bnllt by the Government Reclamation Service. This plant consisted originally of a 600 K. Wi Westinghonse 3-phase, 60- tory with electricity generated in j 100 roomB w II hydro-electric power plants, I . m ' -i-- TKIo Minns- t- n ,1 - n .e. w I . . . - """-"' cycle generator driven by a sec- of 360 sixteen candlepower lamps, i . . . ,..,. , . , ' , . . A . . . , , . i ond-hand victor turbine. Lines just about what would be re- ,., , .,,. i quired today far a hotel of about'. . .. lh lh . , in,n nf ater was received ! , D... a from the Ankenv caTinl thrnneh ... . nanv. compre- , , ' . , T competition entered into oy ine:- " ' t " " " " Mnoros wllh the KlaniHth Foils I he Rogue River Division i taking ' one additional unit of the same In the Rogue River Valley sec-'size, giving an ultimate dovelop tlon. . I ment of 66,000 horsepower. Al- In the foregoing has been l!t- though but twd units are ln ed a major portion of the plon-' "tailed at the present time, the eering work that led to the orga- major part of the general con nlzation of the California-Oregon . stru. tlon has been completed for Power company the eld com- distributed through UCIIsiw, buiucu njamiu ui ni,o- .. i .... 1 1 . mission lines. The slogan of j " . ...T LJ... Light and Water company. The The California-Oregon Power company. "Your Partners In Steps In Progress The radical reorganization of j lor pumping the said water. I -mn,nv. , meantime, the financial set-up of the com- The citizens of Lir.Kviile were had Increased their water service pany in.iazu. tne construction the final development, leaving It only necessary 40 add the addi tional unit when needed to take care of the rapidly increasing do mand. ( The new plant operates under sea ineir water service ......... .. ( t ,...,, Progress" 1. literally translated j J"" Drod ,hl 8 h'evement, , and buiit . 300.000 gallon res-, of Copco No 1 and generating 0i-m. nrn-ibe'ng an Isolated couniry many ; ervolr. as well as Installing a ! plant, completed In 1916. the rats- . u BAni.ij. , " - 1 , ... . . . , . ... , . , i i l ll u l me ufiHI 11 can is lien 1 j iiui gress, close cooperation with lo-j m"M V?,,,, , .L" , ' modern mot'"-drive" P11"10' and Ing of this dam and lnstallat on h Niagara Falls cal communities In civic activities otht;'; facilities of the cittside , a general betterment of their sys- j of a second unit In 1922, the!, con,1(Ipraby n)?her than the and In preferred stock offers In which nennln here are riven an opportunity to share in the com-1 Kast Side PUnt lluilt companies was desirable and In Abput this time the village of "r,n "l ""I ,,,B pany's earnings. The fact that over 4,000 people In this terri tory are shareholders In The California-Oregon Powct company is evidence that this company is ac tually In partnership with the communities which it serves. Kearly History Interesting The California-Oregon Power company's history In southern Oregon Is an Interesting one, wov en around the romance of early days when numerous small pow compnnles were pioneering south ern Oregon's hydro-electric dev elopment. Gradually these com panies were merged Into the pre sent company with combined capi tal assets representing an Invest ment of approximately 326,000, 000 and serving a territory of Over 20,000 square miles. As early as 1894 the people of Klamath Falls (then known as Lltikvlile) began to be Inter ested In electric light and after almost two years of planning, the sttbjoct took tangible form and a mass meeting In which Messrs. H. V. Gates, George T. Baldwin, C. 8. and R. S. Moore, E. R. Reames, Alex Martin and others formed themselves Into an asso ciation to undertake the enter prise. At this' meeting H. V. Gatoa also presented to the clll seaa of LlnkrUU a proposition t i,,icviii. innornnrstert j : acquired by.purchase all thoi inter-connection contracts made the name of the City of Klamath ! holdings of the Klamath Falls ; - .sslble through the Increased Falls. A company was organized, ! '''ht & Water company. C. 8 , Generating capacity of the corn known as the Klamath Falls Moore "umlng active manage .pany, the purchase of the phy Light & Water company, Baldwin : nt. The following April, with steal properties' of the Douglas & Gates turning their Interests "19 taking over of the combined County Light & Water company fn fhe Water & uZ company i r ""- (,he fmpqua division, In 1923- over to this corpora. ,. whereby i ,Power V!, CT,P a"yV n r ,hMa "! Bmong 'ha outliiidlf Gates became - pretirimt and gen-!" ?nA" lhe ioa of O.O. , factor. In the Copco of today .... , , , 8teele, then general superintend- To them, and a vast ama'int of c. B. Moore also became asso ciated with this company, and water and electricity were served on plant on Link river supplied the demsnd for electricity In Klam ath Falls for almost eleven yeaTS, the stock of the new corporation. ; , 'TI hl.'n i Le",er.. d.e?,!?.m0.1t. ,.,C.0P' ' a,,u, . - -- . j ireseni prosperous vuiiuiliou lar- the work of cementing the varl-,gey ,jue ous original plants Into one econ- ', ... , ,h. now uumuens, . Uognf Company Formed Mnanwhlla In thtk tine it a Rlvnr but by that time the growth ofjVa , 0regon, an electric the city and Increasing popular-, . j ni,, t. Ity of electricity necessitated the mak ,hat wa, apllnR(, trlbutlon lines and the construe first extension In the Industry. It ' ,. , ,k. tlon cf the Copco No. 2 plont or therefore became necessary for preneni Copco system. Dan Con-, ,he ,Klf mttt,hl rlvr "24' , f Uimi.u ,o i.rouure uuuu- dor owne(j tt m)ne on Rogue Rlv- clal assistance with which to er j,1Bt below the preent bridge build a larger plant, and through at Goid Ray. The Rays Dr. C. the efforts of Mr. Gates, the nec- R- Rajr an(J Colonel Frank Ray essary funds were obtained fori bought this property In order mat purpose, and in 190B a plant t0 get the power site. A dam was built across the river In 1903. This is now the Gold Ray known as the East Side plant be came a reality.. A low diversion dam was built, turning the wa ters of Link river Into a' 3,000 foot wood flume supplying water at 33 foot head to a 600 horse' famous Washington monumont which Is 666 feet In height. New Hervlce Instituted Here During the past year a new type of Copco service was In stituted by the company In sev eral of the communities In the territory through the establish ment of electric appliance sales departments for the benefit of Its patrons. One of these elec tric appliance stores was Installed In the city of Klamath Falls with a branch store located In Chlln qufn, Oregon. Office facilities were also Installed In Chlloquln to properly care for that rapidly i growing district. Both of thene j new stores were equipped with t Attractive electric slsns nf the structlon of the new mo.1-moton type, adding ma- plant In Klamath Falls the build- torla,v , , me,ropoman as- i..g Ol many u.iio. o. ...Ku in-jpwt of ,,.,, communities. Luring the year 1927 a new warehouse building was con structed In the city of Klamath Falls In order to safeguard and facilitate the proper handling of the large stocks of electrli nl and domestic water supply equipment necossary to take care of the needs of the Klamath division. This new warehouse, which is local oil In the Industrial section ! slon transmission lines and dls particular Interesf-to the Klam ath territory was the construction of line 18, a 66,000 volt trans mission line extending from Fall Creek. Calif, to Klamath Falls, a distance of 38 miles. This new line together with the comple tion of the now East Side plant on 8nrln, .,r.fl, . onMtnrT. dam. The power houBe was assured steady rename service , renforc),rt concrete structure, en built ' and the first electricity fcr 11,8 Klamath division at a!ljtr,y fireproof and thoroughly was transmitted over the wires times. modern In every respect. In so. In 1904. Prospect Plant Built , cordanC9 with the usual policy power Victor turbine, driving a la 1911 another plant was con- The continued Increasing da- of the company, local labor and 'materials were used (o the great- est possible extent. ' The California Oregon Power company now supplies electric j power and light to 66 communi ties In southern, Oregon and northorn California. Including the cities of Klamath Falls. Mod ford, Grants Pass and Rosoburg, Oregon, and Dunsmuir, Mount Shasta City. Woed and Yreka. California. Water service Is also supplied to a number of these communities. This territory comprises an area of over 18,000 square miles and Includes port Inns nf Jack son. Josephine, Douglas aqd Klamath counties In Oregon, and Siskiyou, Shasta and Trinity counties In California. This Is an area larger than the com bined areas of the states of Now Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Embraced In this territory are tho Rogue' River valley, I'm pa, us valley and Klam ath basin In Oregon and the Shasta valley and the Scott vBlley In California. The population of the territory served Is more than 90,000 and a stendy growth Is being maintained all over lhe system. Rich In Natural Resources The territory served by The California Oregon Powor com pany Is rich In natural resources, chiefly tlmlior and minerals, and Is already fnmous for Its agricul tural and horticultural products. This territory Is experiencing a rapid growth. Taken as a whole, this section might well have been colled a "midland empire." It Is reasonable to assume that It will develop at least as rapidly as the 'rest of the Pacific Coast terri tory, and In some respects It al ready shows signs of even great er development. By furnishing an ample supply of electricity to Industries and homes in the territory In which It operates. The California Ore gon Power company has had a large share In the development ot this splendid section. Another effectlvo means of building up this section of the Coast Is The Volt Annual, pub lished by The California Oregon Power company In the. Interests of the. territory served. This Is an attractive 16-pngo booklet telling of the splendid highways, the scenic wondnrs, rocreatlonnl opportunities and the homo-making potentialities of "Copcoland." Many thousand copies hove been distributed to tourists and visi tors throughout .this territory and requests for this Interesting booklet have been rocolved from many prospective settlors not wily throughout the United Slates but from foreign countries as well. Effective management Is con corned with operation on terms which assure cordial relations with all customers. it is felt company's offices will be tba that In this rcpect tho California 1 si-enn of the national gams a la Oregon Power company has been Co pro. Teams are formed within particularly fortunate. "The door the organization and ths weekly I of every executive Is qjien to all . games furnish amusement and icuKtnsters at all times, and sug-. topics lor considerable dlscus Igestions and constructive crltl- slon. . rlnna are welcomed. Faith In i Plcnlrs are another popular tne progress ana ruiure or the , diversion sponsored by the Phase communities served has helped relations club. During the winter The California Oregon Power there are dances and card parties company to furnish constructive, ' for the employes, progressive public service. j From 1923 to 1927 the nun- Many Own Prrferrel Htock her of electric connects In Klsra Thut The California Oregon ath has Increased from 1119 to Power company Is actually living j 4263. an Increase of slightly over up to Its slogan. "Your Partners ; 100 per cent, according to the In Progress" with Southern Oro- figures of the California Oregon gon ond Northern California peo-i power company. The company pie Is evidenced by the fact that for several years used the fliure over. 4.000 families count the of S.7 as the ratio of number of preferred stork of this company persona per connect. According to among their highly valued po-. this ratio, the 1923 population 0f sessions. Several preferred Klamath Falls was 7,140, and stork Issues have been placed on the 1927 population 16,731, The sale In "Copcoland" and the re- j company believes this figure to sponse on the part of the people be high, however, considering the of this district Is proof of the.lurge number of power connects confidence and regard with which In this section. they hold tho company and Its Ijirge Hcrvu e management. The California-Oregon Power I Iterunla Inillmte future i company serves extensive trrl- Orowfh I lory in Klamath county outside One way of estimating possl-,of Klamath Falls, Including Mor onities for tho future Is by a, rill, Mulln, Fort Klamath, Chllo careful study of accomplishments qulu, and - Bonanza, and Its fig In the past. A given territory ures tor tho total electric con with a record of substantial ! nects In the county shows growth established over a period! total of 6367 consumers of eloc of years' will grow at least as j trlclty In the county. There are fast In lhe future as It has In of course, large , territories as the past. yet loo sparsely settled to permit From 1922 to 1927 tho num-lof electric service.' her of customers, all classes, I The number of water services served by lhe company, Increns-1 in ed 44.6 per cent. Business serv ed, expressed In kilowatts In creased 109.6 per cent end an nual kilowatt-hour output gnlned 141 per cent. On this basis alone, the terri tory served by The California Oregon Power company, viewed In the light of operating stn- 1923 1553 tlstlrs of tho company, has be- 1934 '.......' .','. 1892 foro It a great productive future. 1926 ... 23S4 It need never Ing behind for Inrk 1926 S119 of adequate eloctrlc service the 1927 u.. ; 8376 life-blond of modern Industrial Tho cnmpaiiy uses Its electric- and commercial activity. Tho connects as a basis for computing California ' Oregon Power com- Population, but It Is Interesting pnny Is committed to a policy of to note that the growth of eleo- nxnanslon with tho territory It trie and water service Is exaolly serves the polity syhlfh chief-1 the same In 'a period of four ly responsible for past growth. yoars, bolng slightly dyer 100 per in lis doveiopment or the Kla math basin, the, California Ore gon power company has not ne glnetod the social welfare of Its employes, an Interest exemplified In the Copco Phase Relations club. Tho Klamath club Is one of n KlHiuut.lv;!! -has more than douWed'-duntrir the same nnrlnil of tltnf 193-27". The water counsels n..lhu year 1823 totaled 1561s HtfUfK.r-11127 Is 8376 ac cording to the power company's figures. Tho yearly figures are as tot-' lows: - 1 i cent In each Instance. COH MI1H IHVIOIt DHAINAUR IUHI.V .t,7iHMIOO ACRKtt The Columbia River, lb III course of 1,264 mlls"from II source to tho sea and the Snako river, In Its couras nf or.n n,n number of similar clubs fostered : to the Columbia, tneethee ih locally within each Copco dlvl- j their numerous tributaries, cover slon. Activity of these organlzs-:a drainage basin of 166 760 000 tions Is yeor-orotind. Just now acres or 296,000 square miles and tho omployes around the various'; discharge more water inm the departments are, In spare mo ments, talking baseball, and soon most any vacant lot near tba j Mississippi, - ocean man any other rlvor In the United States except ths