Show BIo BIG COTTONWOOD TEST After years of patient toil and struggle e R. R M. M J Jones one th the file originator and guiding g genius of the Big Rig Cottonwood power powel e enterprise had the satisfaction ot yesterday of seeing the wh wheels gt go around The water was turned into the big pip pipes s. s projected upon the big pelton w wheels heels which in turn con collected with th the four 75 J horse power generators and aud everything g w. w worked like a charm Mr Jones said he lie was somewhat nervous at first as to the result but everything worked so well that lie he was wab more than than satisfied In fact the test surpassed his expectations and andt t the whole system was in in such ilIch perfect working order working order that the company could haye have begun supplying the current yesterday yes yes- if it had been needed Th This s will not be required until the distributing ting station back of the Knutsford hotel is is is finished When that is done dune the big wheels in the canyon will revolve again again Mr Jones told the Tribune about the turning turning on of the water with as modest an air and matter of fact a manner as if he he were discussing the opening of f an irrigating ditch What little enthusiasm he showed was over tl the great steel pipe which is one of ol the engi engineer engineer e r wonders of 01 the co continent For Forever over 2300 fee feet t. t this Nuke hUie itee pipe literally winds its length for forin forin forin in in spite of its ils immense diameter fifty inches the line follows the confor confor- conformation conformation mation of the ground making four hori huri- horizontal horizontal and three vertical curves The steel plates of which th the e pipe pipes is s made vary from rom a q quarter lIart r to a half inch n thickness and the laying of thirty foot fOOL oot len lengths of such was vas no child childs play The setting selling of the curves and md the he joining of the different sections were evere st still I nicer operations yet jet all was done so perfectly that when the bulk of the Big d waters was wa turned tumid in in for the first time tine the great gnat metallic serpent did lid didlot not lot strain stran stra a a coil oil or weaken a a Joint Scarcely a leak of any arty size size occurred iii m the whole length land and the jus pressure betrayed not a in in the casting The big bi steel conduit did what it t vas was put there for and answered answered every erv ream ement At the upper end this thie p pipe line pe line connects with the wooden pip pip- ing- ing ng also ilso inch fifty inch tubes lubes which from rom the intake alike to to the tile reservoir where the connection is is made is 14 to io feet long the lie water niter was turned into into- the wooden pipe th three e or four days day a ago o The s system stem stems i is s so arranged that the ste steel t p pipeline pipe p c cm cur receive water either from rom the wooden wood wood- en pipe ppe p pe or from rolls the reservoir Just before in ht Sunday Sund ly night the first flow low of u water iter was turned into the steel teel- pipe Only Dilly a little was allowed at first for or if the full force Coree were turned on at once the force lorce would le lie dai when daylight came yesterday morning the was increased gradually until by v noon Dig Cottonwood creek was was flowing lowing through Mr Jones Janes steel pipe Then the big water ater wheels were c coo coo- con con- u- u with the station and in in a a short time ime the four gant giant lightning mach machines were humming away as freely and ard with withas as little noise as is is possible with such us energy Mr Jones says sa there here was no vibration noticeable in the station tation the jour four our machines working at once and in perfect order C Considering g the he fact that they were d ring nag th the om- om ined work of horses this tills is the highest possible tribute to lo the engineering engineer engineer- ing ng skill that designed them then and the solidity solidify with wl which ich they were built The water was turned on an and off twice the he mach nelY being started as many different times When it was evident that that hat everything was in m good working order the water was shut off again and will vill not be tuned tattled on until the comple- comple t ton on of the distributing station here gives the he signal for tor starting starting the transmission of oC the current currert NO o more whatever w Was was s made by the rival riv l power lower companies companie below the Big Cottonwoods Cottonwood's Cottonwoods Cottonwood's Cotton Cotton- woods wood's works yesterday as learned The usual number of oC me men l were about and and watched witched the proceedings with I app apparent rent interest but without doing anything any any- I thing lung out of the u usual uil ull Tribune line |