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Show UTAH POWER AND ' LIGHT CO. USING ALL POWER PLANTS Word received hero this week by local representatives or tho Utah Power Pow-er & Light Co., Indicates that early completion or the work or rebuilding the transmission pole lines running rrom Park City through tho Wasatch mountains Into tho Salt Lako valloy via. the company's power plnntB ou Mill Creek In MIP Creek canyon, southeast south-east or Salt Lake. Tho transmission lino extends from Park City lo Kureka, Utah, and a largo rorce ot men are at work changing the cross arm construction ou tho poles and restrlnglng tho wires. It Is one or the moBt Important Improve. incuts In service, undertaken by tho Hah Power & Light Co. throughout the portion or Its territory served by this transmission Hue. Kery power plnnt In Utah owned by the company Is being utilized to furnish power for tho company's transmission and distribution lines. With the completion of the big power pow-er houses on Hear river some or tho smaller Utah Plants have been rollov-cd rollov-cd or a portion or the work they have been doing and the greater part of tho "load" ou the Company's lines Is assumed as-sumed by the new power houses. This resulted only In a curtailment of the hours of operation ot some of the smaller plants In Utah. Nono of tho latter power bouses have been shut down, however, nor Is this llkoly to occur at any time In the immedlnto future. "v On tho contrary, word from tho general gen-eral olllecu of the Utah Power & Lkbt Co. Indicates (hat with a future development de-velopment of tho market of electric service throughout this section corresponding cor-responding In any degree with tho development de-velopment of the market during tho past eighteen months, It will bo necessary neces-sary to operate every power plant to capnclty within a very short time. I'iio Improvements nnd oxtentlons to these power plants during tho past year have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars and in addition to the regular work they nro now doing, do-ing, they form a power generation reserve re-serve for the Utah Power & Light Co. that will miikj it possible for tho company com-pany to handle a steady Increase In the extent Ion or Its Bervlce without trouble. |