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Show WILL SUPPLY POWER FROM SHOSHONE FALLS i "Within fourteen months the Shoshone Sho-shone Falls Power company, limited, will be supplying electric power in Salt Lake City at a great reduction of cost over that now prevailing here." The speaker was I. B. Perrlne, who with H. L. Holllster. organized that company which controls water rights on the Snake river at Shoshone Falls, Auger Falls and Twin FaUs. The transmission trans-mission system will cover over 170 miles. The two are at the Kenyon hotel and stated that the hydraulic end of the system at Shoshone Falls is practically completed. This has a capacity of 23,-000-horse-power. The company will reach Salt Lake by way of Burley, Ida. The power will be sold to street railways, rail-ways, smears and manufacturers at a cheaper rate than that now prevailing. The company now has a financial backing of nearly $4,000,000 from New York and Chicago capitalists. |