Show ELECTRIC POWER FOR ROCHESTER silver state winnemucca nev W H leffingwell chief engineer for the nevada valleys power company is in winnemucca today tie he reports work progressing satisfactorily on the companas comp anys power line between lahontan and rochester the post holes are dug as far as granite point eight miles west of lovelock and wire is strung to parran thirty miles west the work is progressing at the rate of three miles a day it is estimated that the line will be into rochester about the of next month although the contract does not require the work to be finished before the the plant at lahontan was used by the government in constructing the dam at that point and when the work was finished was leased to the nevada valleys power company it has two machines furnishing together 1333 horsepower A third machine of equal capacity is being constructed by the general electric company and when finished will give the plant a total capacity of approximately 2000 horsepower however the company has leases on other water rights so that it will be able to add to its capacity as occasion may require |