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Show I THE I ! TURBINES ROTATED BY RIVER. ! i Immense Horse-Power of Mississippi ' Between St. Paul and Mlnneap- ' oils to Bo Harnessed. ' Tho unusual sight may soon bo ( witnessed of hugo turbines rotated by the water of tho Mississippi passing i from tho upper to tho lowor lovol of a great lock built originally by tho United Uni-ted States government for quite another an-other purpose Tho dnm Is ono of two erected to improve navigation on the Mississippi just above St. Paul, but an exhaustive Investigation Just completed com-pleted by n commission of government engineers, acting with local ofllcorB, city ofllclalfl or SL Paul nnd Minneapolis, Minneap-olis, and prominent luminous men, has demonstrated that 15,000-horno powor of olectrlcal energy can ho dovolopod there by tho oxpcndlturo of ' nn additional addi-tional $2GO,000, says Literary Digest. We quoto from a circular Bont out by tho Consolidated Publllcly bureau of St. Paul, which Bays: "Tho government makes tho unusun) proposition that it will permit tho use of power nt tho lock, provided tho two cities or othor Interests will bear tho additional cost. That the powor will bo used Is already sottlod. Whether It will bo UBcd by a prlvato powor company, or" used Jointly by tho atate of Mlnnusota and tho two adjacent cities, Is n question which will bo determined de-termined by n Joint commission composed com-posed of three metr named by Gov, Johnson nnd threo by each of tho two mayors. "Tho government has completed ono lock nnd dnm, and partly completed complet-ed tho Becond, or lower of tho two. To dovolop the powor tho Becond dam must bo raised 15 feet, utilizing present pres-ent foundations nnd tho work already completed. TltiH will provide a 30-foot 30-foot dam, raising n large head of water wa-ter and developing enormous powor. TE?mHb. s S. Yb!S1 iv i'jWW8pP''' vrfw v C? frTPM S&&$- S9Lr' RP Lower Lock at St. Paul. Tho Btnto Is already Interested nnd wishes n part of tho power for uso at tho stato university near the State Agricultural school, which Is ono of tho largest In tho United States, and tho stuto fair grounds. Tho government govern-ment requires 1,000-horBO power, nud the two cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis Minne-apolis have need of tho balance i "Tho government's proposition, whllo it doeB not establish a proco dent, Is unusual and tho proposed Improvement Im-provement will be thu first of its kind i In the northwestern United Stntes. Tho InvestlgntlniiB prove - that tho ; powor con bo "developed at exception- ally low cost, Tho most Important probloms now to bo faced oro tho dl-i dl-i vision of tho expenses nnd tho divt-' divt-' slon of power to be dovelopedNnB between be-tween tho govorumunt, Btnto and the cities. Tho partnership In power, whllo novel, has been proven feasible. ' Tho powor plant when built will be - only a short distance from Fort Snol-I Snol-I ling, nn Immonse military post, and - convenient both to tho state Intuitu-f Intuitu-f tlous and to St. Paul and Minneapolis t . , . Tho report of tho Joint commit) s slon will be made to the board of on-' on-' glncors, after which tho project will bo referred to Washington. Leglsln-3 Leglsln-3 tlon will bo required beforo St. Paul nnd Minneapolis will be able to par- tlclpnto in tho cost." |