Electrical news and engineering . il and part of the load in Rosslandis transmitted on 3-phase, 60 cycle, 20,000 volt lines, andstepped down at Trail to 550 volts (which is the voltageadopted there for all motors), and stepped down at Rosslandto 2,000 volts, which is the standard voltage to practicallyall motors installed there. The Boundary country is con-nected to No. 2 power house by two 3-phase, 60 cycle,60,000 volt lines with distributing stations situate at GrandForks, stepping down to 440 volts: at Phoenix, steppingdown to 2,000 volts, and at Greenwood stepping down to2,000 volts. The C
Electrical news and engineering . il and part of the load in Rosslandis transmitted on 3-phase, 60 cycle, 20,000 volt lines, andstepped down at Trail to 550 volts (which is the voltageadopted there for all motors), and stepped down at Rosslandto 2,000 volts, which is the standard voltage to practicallyall motors installed there. The Boundary country is con-nected to No. 2 power house by two 3-phase, 60 cycle,60,000 volt lines with distributing stations situate at GrandForks, stepping down to 440 volts: at Phoenix, steppingdown to 2,000 volts, and at Greenwood stepping down to2,000 volts. The Cascade plant, which is a 22,000 volt plant,is also arranged so that an auxiliary service can be put upat Grand l-orks. Phoenix. Greenwood and Boundary Falls. The West Kootenay Power & Light Company haveactually installed ready for operation, water wheels andgenerators having a total output of 23,000 The totalmotor and lighting load connected to the companys circuitsat the present time is approximately 20,000 In 1897. Power House No. 2—Thrust Bearing and Deck ofone of Main Units the total steam power installed in the territory now coveredby the lines of the West Kootenay Power & Light Companydid not exceed 2,000 , so that this should give a fairidea of the progress made in the mining and smelting in-dustries in Rossland Cam]), and the Boundary (.ountry inthe past ten years. The average cost of electric power throughout the areacovered by the lines of the West Kootenay Power & LightCompany does not exceed one-quarter (;4) that of thecost of steam power. The power supplied to the differentmining and smelting industries is used for the operating ofhoists up to 2.)0 li-ii,; two stage compressors up to 800 46 Till: ELECTRICAL NEWS ; jaw cruslicrs having an opening of ^0 in. x 42 in.; rolls;blowing engines for converter work; Root and Connors-ville blowers for blast furnace work, and in fact, all linesof smelting and mining machinery. The only steam powerused at t
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