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Show j Power Plants Close The Elerlrle Pnvver Plants In Amer. ; Iran Fork Canjen, llnttle Creek nml t Alpine to He Closed in Connection ' Wllh In rive Oilier Planli lleloiiK-1 lleloiiK-1 ing lo the I'lah Power & Llghl Cn. Tho Utah Power & Light Co. closed Ih Alplno plant Tliuraday, and from n Tollable authority we nre Informed lliat. tho company vvlll clone Ita two JjUJlirBt of thtkTntlrVoTseve1-a weeks the plant at tho mouth of Untile Creek canyon has been closed, so by tjio, 1st of July all tho four plants In tills district vvlll hnvo been shut down. How long thoy are to remain closed wo are unable to learn, but from the licst Information obtainable they vvlll remain closed for an Indefinite period. The lower plant at tho mouth of Amorlcan Fork canyon wan first oper- ated fourteen years ago and was built by tho Utah County l'ower Co. A lew ears later tho upper plant was built ami a little later thu one at Alpine. 'I ho plant at llaltlu Creek vvau built by (ho old Tcllurldu l'ower Co., bcini; specially constructed lo carry peak loads, it has a maximum capacity of '.MOO killowattB, but to reach thin load tlio water must be held back In a leucrvolr for twenty-four liouru and he let out through thu machine in fivu hours. Us icKUlar capacity Is about fiOO klllovvatts. Tlio capacity of the Alpine plant la 1,000 kiltowntts, the upper piaul In American Fork canyon has a capacity ot 1.U0O killowattB uud thel ovver ono 800, making u total of (ho four plants of -1,000 klllowiitts, or approximately 5,000 horsepower. They represent an expenditure of over a half million dollars now lying idle. The closing ot these plants does not mean tho curtailment ot tho service but is thu carrying out ot a general policy of retrenchment of tho company. com-pany. The Utah Power & Light Co. lias twenty-four plants, uud wo have II from the same reliable authority that sixteen or them will bo closed and the other eight bo inudo to furnish, power for tho customers iiiovv supplied by the twenty-four. The twenty-four plants wero formerly built and owned by a lot of different companies, und after being purchnsed by tho present owners weru amalgamated Into one company. All of tho old companies had surplus power, bo that when they wero amalgamated tho now company had u vast amount of surplus power. Whon thlii condition nroBo tlio economical econ-omical thing wiib to closo tho Binallor plants and operate Die larger nnd more economical ones. Tho four plants itlwvo named formerly for-merly employed sixteen men. Ten of them will bo laid oft. Ono will con-1 -imuww . .-..- i...itui.l, fnMV plants, ono will rldo the plpo.llnua.iit American Fork canyon nnd Alpine, and ono will look after tho pipe lino In Hnttlo Creek. Tho plants will bo kept In condition no that In caso of emergency emer-gency they can bo put into Instant action, (ho pipe lines being kept full of wator at nil times. None of (ho plants are for sale, as the company Intends putting them In use Just as fnst as n market Is developed for their power. |
