Show tOI lt The Tho city of ot Innel Canada pro proposes poses 1 to tn supply electrics power for Car manufacturing and aIm lighting purpose t I its JI at Rt a reduction of ot about one n third of the u present cost coal of nt pow r ev even n to In small users user In III 1906 1101 the city derided decided to tD undertake the erection of a plant for tor generating electrical energy enemy HII to supply apply Its Ilia it needs need 1 upon the th expiration of ot the franchise now held by the Winnipeg Railway Rail company A careful examination was at once mails made of oC the hydraulic resources of ot the Winnipeg River and the Ih report of th the engineers engineer having been followed by the voting of nf 3 t plans plan were vera begun In 1 19 some Home delays were wera experienced which only preliminary work was WAIl prosecuted but hut early In III IMS lP 11 contracts were wet awarded and their vigorous ex lilt edition begun Bhe lilt JIb site alte ite of ot the generating station which has hA a ft capacity ca of horse hares horsepower power t Is on the Winnipeg about K IC muse mile by b 1 rail Nil II or 71 11 miles mIle mil by b trim trans transmission mission line northeast of Winnipeg The location Is la I Ideal At A t a point where wh the Winnipeg River hr a sturdy stream of 1000 1 yards width la I narrowed by a It I of Its Ita eastern tern bank batik to a channel o fourth mile mil wide wid the river has baa ha beset been damned by a wins wing wall II of ot con concrete crete and tend a rock nil fill The Tb water 11 thus thu checked above bon the spur aur of ot land lanti IM Is I re is through a canal cut across croell this Ihl spur At the end eDd of oC this canal Is Ia I the tb power house h tUN The Thu power house b ua Is I to 14 I be very 1 com coja compact IR pact lot 1 of or the tb latest la l at pian plan sad and built of concrete Consul General Jones of ot that city gives given v the following details dt ot of the undertaking Cl 1 A horsepower generating station operating under 4 41 to in 44 41 4 feet teet f t hydraulic heed head Important features feature are a There is I a large I lake laJ e adjacent to the head bead gates pi with consequent favorable operating conditions condition b there are an rock foundations foundation for all II con constructions on c e there I Is la a difference of level which will tv h practical Iy I i and d 4 the water WilIer Is I free tree from mi mi all it or other objectionable mat matr mati r i 2 A 77 mile transmission con coti In nr f 4 i phase circuits circuit I carried on oni I i 5 0 M ii 11 H oC if f steel etsel towers towe I Mth S It h on 00 rt routings II I 1 A terminal M ill ii I at lit the h i ity at which the pres p or ir r r f tv th tI transmitted will be b r 1 cj ti n volts voila 4 An under round cable ll distribution to all sub nub allon whore hor the thi voltage will be re is to Ir 2200 oo volts ti A secondary y anet in 1 a t I M til v hip nf of f tta tIn appear t I ho h making Bs sa u In III several parts parta of Dt the Dom Doin |