Show THE SPARTA ELECTRIC PLANT john day oregon news work upon one of the largest electrical power plants of the northwest has been started at sparta a small mining town some thirty miles east of baker city 11 H Ai anderson iderson of fredericksburg va vice pres ident of the oregon electric power company is on hand to start the first crew the machinery has been shipped from pittsburg the draughtsman engineers officials and construction men are on the ground water will be secured from eagle creek the plant is to be completed by january 1 1904 the flume which will be five feet deep will t give horsepower horse power nearly 2000 feet of logs have been cut and 3 feet of lumber has been sawed for the construction st of the flume the plant will be constructed at a cost of it will furnish power to baker city la grande union sumpter the surrounding mining district and probably y some other towns of the surrounding section of country in order to reach all of these towns it will require miles of wire the plant w will ill consist of a number of 1000 horsepower horse power dynamos the generators will weigh about pounds each |