Show SOME MORE LIGHT ON THE PROPOSED LIGHTING PLANT in tho the first mass mooting held estimates tini ates were presented to tho the taxpayers based on oil a water low flow in tho the beaver river of 25 26 cubic feet per second and which la is now scaled down to to ac 16 cubic feet per second this cornea comes very much nearer the minimum flow of at the stream but yet it Is too high and since tho the proposed development of power should always be based on tho the minimum or lowest low flow of the water aval available lable I 1 find on per persuing suing the annual flow sheets prepared by tile tho II 11 S geological survey for the years front from 1919 to 1925 which show low that the flow of tile the river as recorded by the government guage in the deaver beaver canyon drops as low ns as 13 cubic teet feet per second in order to make this matter clear to the taxpayers I 1 have compiled a table of dally daily discharges as indicated below and which shows show tile the number ot of days in each year as tile the flow was wag recorded automatically by tile the guage below see sec ft 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1920 35 19 23 31 14 9 7 12 1921 16 1 1 7 19 7 5 14 2 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 ga 1 18 1923 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 5 16 1924 8 4 11 3 9 38 8 34 1925 52 ac 37 18 20 13 7 5 jbf total ai ft 1 11 1 4 40 01 72 ai I 1 62 2 62 13 9 the tha ta table Is shows t that at for ill lays days in the six year period that tile the flow of the river had fallen below 16 cuble cubic feet per second and down as low as 13 cubic feet it is always reasonable to figure that there is some attendant dally daily loss in the transmission or delivery water from the place of measurement ment to the place of use and I 1 think it would be very conservative to estimate the loss in our case to he be at least 2 cubic feet per second this thia being admitted and I 1 do not believe it can bo be successfully contradicted then on the days when tile the guage shows 13 cubic feet of water only 11 second feet would ho be delivered at the plant tilts should be the constant upon which tile the amount of power can he be developed remember now that I 1 nm am using ures urea and from the same nut authority hority as those presented in the me eting with such a small flow ot of water to ho be depended upon it seems that tho the logical thins thing to do would he be to look for toro more fall for the water for our proposed plant in order that tile the c city it Y needs could he be mot for some years to come this being the case then tile proposed site at tile the woolen mills alilis would immediately appeal to the taxpayers for with tile the following dally daily flows the power developed there would be indicated in tile the table hero here given Kill wats at 11 cubic feet per see sec at 12 cubic feet per see at 13 cubic feet per see sec i at 14 cubic feet per see ace at 15 cubic feet per see sec at ag 16 cubic feet per see sec at 17 cubic feet per see sec at IS 18 cubic feet per see sec at 19 cubic feet per see sec at 20 cubic feet per see sec at 21 cubic feet per see sec at 22 cubic cable feet per see sec at 23 cubic feet per see sec at 24 cubic feet per see sec at 25 cubic feet per see tile the figures given drops frac tr actions tiong while it if I 1 remember aright the estimated tinia ted cost of a plant at this site would run ran about it to me it would pay us greatly to devote our energies in this direction and while we can not accept such a proposition at this today under our bonding power the revenue would be so much more from the additional power obtained as all to justify the added cost another material factor is tile the saving 0 of f pow power er lost with the longer transmission as it now stands from the present plant to town this proposed site would bo be right in the city and would also save about a mile of power line and poles to maintain and surely is worthy of our consideration we were informed that the present plant Is generating as high as ac kilowatts this being so with a little repair and the installation of an improved polton pelton water wheel this production could io bo materially augmented and put us over from 5 to 10 years at which time our bonds would be practically all retired and place us in financial condition to install the larger plant from tilts this reasoning it appears appear that thoro there Is no need of hastily jumping into the building of a new plant on the threshold of our coming winter and it ft would be much more safe and sane to think this matter over and discuss it from all angles at least until spring and know exactly just what chrit we are doing before spending our money yours for more afore light WILLIAM HURST |