The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 26, 1925, Page 32

THE SEATTLE STAR rrr rrr ; Adds 40,000 Electrical ae Horsepower for Industry, - "05" Appliances and Light re New Puget Sound Power & Light Company Dam Higher Than 18-Story Building iD AKER RIVER is harnessed to add its age-old strength to the D upbuilding of the Pacific Northwest. - - The urge of 40,000 a |horsepower today augments the surging might vibrating in our transmission lines and serving 350 cities, towns and communities in Washington. : + + The investment of over eight thousand citizens of Western Washington in our securities has aided in making this plant possible. + + + It will be added to the taxable wealth of this state and will aid in reducing the taxes not only of the people of Skagit County, Suan ft ‘are where the plant is located, but of every taxpayer in the state. Just a few miles away is the plant Lapa 5 clade 40 edna Skagit County. of the City of Seattle, tax-exempt and tax-free. - + + The Baker River plant will not only light | Concrete dam 245 feet high. Parsee the homes and stores of the Pacific Northwest, but will furnish the power for new factories, ] Impounding 70,000 acre-feet of water. new industries, adding more payrolls and more taxable property to the entire Puget Sound | Creating “Lake Shannon” 8 miles long. District. - + + It is another step in the industrial progress of this state — additional proof that | Employed 1,000 men over a year. the Puget Sound Power & Light Company will always maintain an adequate supply of | World record in speedy construction. electric power well in advance of the needs of the district which it serves. Pi} 0 N A ing Baker River, White River, Electron, Snoqualmie, an Za) TET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY eect Maren tt) Spo harsebower Company's total hydro-electric development includ- We Are Known 1, SERVICE EAst-0013 1702 Bro,