Show OWEN RIVER POWER PLANT i New Company to Furnish Electric I Power to Southern Nevada The Owens River Power company according to a dispatch from Tonopah Is planning to begin operatIons on an extensive scale under the direction of Leon M 21 Hall Hail the well known en engIneer engineer It is proposed to drive a tun tunnel tunnel nel through thorough what is known as the ck on Owens river opposite Roberts place In Round v valley and It will be easy to make an immense reser reservoir reservoir voir just above that point for nature has provided high granite walls which can be utilized in the enterprise The company has one of the finest bodies of water between Portland and ArIzona that is not utilized today The bonds issued by the company have all been subscribed for and the money is in the treasury Work on the system will be rushed and when it is completed power will willbe willbe be furnIshed not only to Tonopah Goldfield and Bullfrog but to San FrancIsco and other California cities as well The company will also install a telephone system between Owens river and southwestern Nevada cities The latter wIll wIlI certainly fill a long felt want |