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Show ill American Fork I Own a Power Plant Hl,iin,lll,ri Mnk,Bf An ImeNtlgntloii "llli vie,, otrnulldliig7.0ii Old HoliliiHiin Mill Mile, Bib!!.01" art'cllwood niul Councilmon Hi,, nml Chrlstonuon this wook Hltv i p0W0r H,l ow,,cd y tho HJ, , tllu ola Kobliwou flour mill Kip ii Btmu1, Thoy wnwlnod It with " wn of tho city establishing a municipal power plant there for tho purpose of supplying American Fork citizens with power and lights. It Is said thnt tho site Is Ideal, close in and cnpnblo of genorntlng enough hprsopowor to supply UiIh city with nil tho power necessary for years to come. Another posslblo feature of tho project la tho building of u cement conduit from tho mouth of American Fork canyon to tho Alpine rond, through which nil tho water of Lchl and American Fork could bu conducted. con-ducted. This would save four to six second feet of water now lost by seepage and evaporation. At tho rate being charged by tho Provo River Reservoir company this water nlono would bo worth from $3G,000 to $54,000 and would help to defray tho expenses of erecting tho plant. Councllmnn HnwkliiB was representative represen-tative of American Fork to tho iccont Municipal Lcaguo meeting at Logan, where sevornl cities told of their success suc-cess In establishing municipal power plantB. Ho cited tho case of Urlgham City, who owns Its own plant and is making $10,000 per yenr for tho city and only charging Its citizens G cents per killownt hour for electric current. Englnycrs will bo secured to mako an Investigation and report on tho cost of building a plant and tho prob-ablo prob-ablo horsepower obtalnnblo. |