PAGE 4 SUPPLEMENT NO. 1; THE CITIZEN, F1UDAY, DECEMIIEH 8, 1011. i y X J t" f SPRUCE LAKE, PRESTON TOWNSHIP. AYNE county is noted for its many beauti- Wful spring water lakes, several of which are located on the higher elevations in the county and are especially situated to be advantageously developed for the pur- pose of supplying electrical energy lur the upbuilding of the industries of Honesdale and Wayne county. Much thought and anxiety has been given to the industrial future of Honesdale and many plans have been formulated and suggestions offered for the betterment of this condition. It seems impossible to secure any con centrated effort, subscription of stocks or voluntary con tributions for the encouragement, fostering or financing new or our present industries. It is a well-known fact that our present industrial establishments have been al most entirely built up to their present successful state through individual effort. The industrial future of Honesdale and in fact of Wayne county depends largely upon the natural resources of this county. Among the hills of the surrounding country are numerous lakes formed in the depressions of the earth and their overflows fall down to meet the rivers in the valley below, and in their descent furnish the un developed natural resources of Wayne county, or approx imately 20,000 mechanical horse-power. This great power can be advantageously harnessed in the interest of our home industries. Little do we appreciate the great value of the power that has been allowed to go to waste in the centuries past and although comparisons are in this case we can only use comparisons to enable the investor and manufacturer to appreciate the great values that can be cheaply attained by the utilization of these wasted powers. Good engineering practice for small industrial plant is about four pounds of good grade steam coal for each horse power per hour, and in a majority of our industries, owing to the inefficient methods, the consumption is nearly six pounds horse-power per hour, or at the maxi mum consumption is nearly $25.00 per year per horse power for fuel and after adding labor, depreciation and other cost, brings the cost per horse power per year to nearly $75.00. Within 10 miles of Honesdale we have an undevelop ed water supply that aggregates 20,000 horse power, that can be developed economically and advantageously used, ' and has an equivalent to 120,000 pounds or 60 tons of the best steam coal per hour; 350,400 tons per year which at the prevailing market price of $2.50 per ton, has a value amounting to $850,000 per year. After giving the figures careful consideration we have no reason to envy the Wyoming and Lackawanna coun ties their natural deposits of anthracite coal. The anthra cite coal deposits underlying the five coal counties arc limited, and must, according to the best available statis tics, become exhausted within the next eighty years, and naturally will become more costly as the demand becomes greater and the supply grows less. Only a small percentage of the anthracite steam coal used is freshly mined and the remainder of the coal used has been taken from the gigantic culm deposits of seventy-five years of mining. Within a few years the surplus supply will be consumed and when this time arrives we must expect to pay as much for steam sizes as we pay for manufacturing size, for it is not reasonable to suppose that the coal operators would grind up the large sizes and sell for one-half the price that they receive for the large sizes. Before the coal operator derives any income from his deposits, it is necessary to expend approximately one dollar a ton to develop his holdings, and when his coal is exhausted must charge his entire expenditure for develop ment as almost a total loss. With the initial cost of a Hydro-Electric development and a very small deprecia tion cost there is no particular reason to consider the future cost, for as long as Nature distributes the moisture over the land just so long will our water power plants continue to turn the wheels of our industries and add wealth and prosperity to our community. The maximum horse power used in what should be " Greater Honesdale " at the present time will not ex ceed 1,000-horse power and support a population of 8, 000 people. At the same ratio our undeveloped 20,000 horse power would support a city of 160,000 people. The minimum selling price for power is one cent per kilowatt or 1000 watts for a nine-hour a day operation, which is about $30.00 per year per horse power and with the development of the 20,000 horse power of unused en ergy would give a return of $600,000 per year and by the utilization of the power for the remainder of the 24 hours would increase the gross earning to more than $1,000,000 per year. The power cost of a manufactured article is one of the principal costs that the manufacturer has to consider, and by the construction of a Hydro-Electric plant we could reduce to cost to present manufacturer at least one half and have inducements to offer to new industries sec ond to no other town or community in the country. The cost of development of the water power of Wayne county would depend largely on the purchase price of the power and the lands for storage purposes, for the cost of the hydro-electric machinery and dam con struction is a simple question of figures. When the development of the Hydro-Electric plants become a reality we will add many millions to the amount of manufactured articles produced in this county, and by the employment of a large number of people we can do much toward the upbuilding of the business and property interest of the town. We have in Wayne county no lakes of which E. A, Penniman has listed the principal ones, with their acreage WILSONVILLE FALLS, SITE OF NEW DAM. and elevations and we reprint his list to demon strate the immense storage capacity of these lakes. r ' ' "':(.. ': - 1 V '''I V ' 'K'' Lake Town. Acreage. Elev'n. Oak HONESDALE LOOKING SOUTH FROM IRVING CLIFF. White Elk Swamp Cajaw Clemo Winter's Collins' Lodore Keen's No. 4 No. 8 Beach Adams Huff Little Beach Chestnut Twin Lakes Starlight Adams High Nabby's Henry Ariel Wildwood Belmont Rock Stevenson Clinton 358 1375 " 184 1420 55 1375 Cherry Ridge 94 1295 ' . " 81 1350 15 1280 " 30 1050 ; Canaan 300 1400 " 108 1320 63 1460 " 30 1500 Berlin 125 1320 80 1285 75 1300 " 60 1260 . " 5o 1340 . 4"75 1000 Buckingham 40 1350 " 35 1250 70 1400 " 20 1400 Lake 300 1500 " 325 1425 50 M25 Mt. Pleasant 214 1950 " 86 1700 98 1550 WAYNE COUNTY' Lake. . Miller Bigelow Mud Upper Woods Lower Woods Niles Rose Carr Duck Harbor Laurel Rose Cline Galilee Silver Swago Baird's First Second Third Long Upper Wilcox Lower Wilcox Day Spruce Lovelass Penwarden Wrighter's Underwood Eastern Spruce Western Spruce Como Summit Five Mile Spruce Big Hickory Little Hickory Poyntelle Town. Acreage. 97 60 liiev 15 T71 I 15 "5 95 32 60 30 550 75 75 40 30 40 85 80 50 45 5o 153 77 65 25 30 25 75 175 85 35 75 95 95 80 79 53 57 109 I Lebanon I I, I 1 Damascus I I I I Dyberry I. I I Oregon I I I I Preston I I I I I 2 2 I I I Lake. Independent Chehocton Sly Long Seven Mile Coxtown Upper Twin Lower Twin Long Purdy Lackawack Eureka Goose Daniels Woodside Alpha Hiawatha Peet Four Mile Island Waidler . Star Ridge Swamp Bunnell Upper Perch Lower Perch Randall Adams Fort Mountain TV A 171 Preston 20 1 1 1 Paupack Salem Scott a a a Palmyra Texas Buckingham 1 1 1 80 80 80 85 75 100 80 70 45 3 50 20 75 20 25 25 90 15 90 60 20 30 100 60 60 30 25 15 40 20 1 1
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers