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Show 12 JANUARY 12, 1952. THE JOURNAL annual increase on recoid. UP&Ls total electric revenues increased more than 11 per cent Year's Review By UP&L Lists Progress I SALT LAKE CITY Nearly million was spent by Utah $1.1 Power & Light Co. during 1U.11 for construction of new electric facilities, it was revealed this week by George M. Gadsby, president of the concern. This, he said, is in line with the trend of the nations electric power industry which last year spent $2 Ms billion for new building. Mr. Gadsby, who, as president of the Edison Institute, is spokesman for the entire industry, pointed out that an additional $2 billion is Vv budgeted for 1J12 unless material shortages delay delivery of equipment. Utah Power, itself, plans to spend $10Ms million in 1JI12 as it enters the fourth year of a five-ye$08 million expansion program. The year 1U.11, declared Mr. Gadsby, may well go down in the industrial history of America as marking the greatest expansion, planned and accomplished, heretofore achieved by any nation since the beginning of the Machine Age The near completion of area coveiage of rural electric service also featured the year 1U.11. At years end US per cent of the farms in the UP&L service area had available. Electricity as an inexpensive helper in industry and in the home was further emphasized by contrast with the. upswing in most prices in the past twelve months, pointed out Mr. Gadsby. The home consumers dollar in 1U.11 purchased only 14 cents of the 103J) value in food, only 4U cents in clothing, 74 cents in rent, but bought electric service that would have cost .$1.0.1 in 1U3U. This is due primarily to efficiency of electric generating plants and in better company operating practices. Total electric generating capability of Utah Power & Light Co. in peak season climbed to 331 ,3.10 kilowatts at the end of 1U.11, with the installation of GO, COO kilowatts of additional capacity during the year. Over l.G billion kilowatthours of electric power were generated and puhchased by the company in 1U.11 2.10 million killowatthours more then 10.10s production. About 0000 new customers were added to UP&L lines during the past year bringing the total to 10.1,403 customers. The prospect is for a slight drop in the number of new customers added in 10.12, the total for last year being about the same as 10.K). Annual salse in ltt.ll crossed the 1.3 billion kilowatthour mark for the first time, having advanced by some 183 million kilowatthours over 10.10. Domestic electric use continued high too, with UP&L customers consuming an average of 042 kilowatthours last year 47 per cent more than the 2(K:o kilowatthours used on the average nationally. Reflecting the added industrial growth of the area, UP&L increased its sales to industrial customers by almost 17 per cent; sales to commercial customers increased 10.7 per cent, continued the power ar elec-tiici- ta3VS!fefia7G33Efia? You simply install it and forget it. Its operation is entirely automatic. There is nothing to turn on or off but the hot water faucet. An electric water heater is as clean and safe as an electric light! am flaao sgb gegugb op eumuns IGuD Q tj (&:O fiGH nX COTH2) (9SZ2EQZP ty 2-l- 1040-10.1- 1, creased its total generating capacity by .1.1 per cent leaving the U.S. capable of generating 13 per cent of the worlds electric power. And in these same six years Utah Power, itself, has invested $48 million in new facilities with plans calling for an additional $34 million in plant and equipment to be added between 1012 and 10.14. Completion of the company expansion program will boost its total generating capability by 82 per cent. The industry, as a whole, will have a total of 104 million kilowatts at the end of 1014 more than twice the total at the end of World War II. The fulfillment of these plans is contingent upon the availability of vital materials to electrical equipment manufacturers' and electric power systems. This review, stated Mr. Gadsby, cannot be concluded without reference to the continued use of the heavily burdened taxpayers money for extension of government ownership in the business of supplying electricity. Much of this tax money is being spent for unnecesary and duplicating facilities. Only Congressional vigilance prevents an even worse outpouring of tax money from the US Treasury. In business enterprises, the Federal government is not, and has not, been economically successful but always a drain ef our taxes. It has amply demonstrated the same irept cost estimating and failure to meet all the costs in the electric power business. private enterprise actually true public ownership through wide distribution, of share holdings is the most efficient agency for all business and the Socialism of government ownership has ever and always resulted in more taxes, poorer service and special privilege for a favored few. So-call- ed LAYTON Davis countys March of Dimes was going full speed ahead this week with completion of committees to carry out the campaign which ends January 31, according to Haven J. Barlow, campaign director. Mr. Barlow is being assisted in south Davis county by Mrs. Charles C. Gardner who will direct activities in that area. Reed Page will act as his assistant in North Davis; and school collections will be handled by William Warren, north and John Ord, south Davis. Though collecting has already begun and will continue through the month. The finale of the campaign will come on January 31 when a Torchlight Parade is staged throughout the county. On this night, persons who have not contributed and wish to do so are asked to turn on their porchlights between 7 and 8 p.m. as a signal to the volunteer collectors in their area that they wish to aid the campaign. In charge of the Porchlight Parade are the following workers: Lewis Wood, West Point; Verl Dahl, Syracuse; Wanda Beu, Clinton; Ilenry Gwilliams, Sunset Lions, Sunset; Frank Bringhurst, club, Clearfield; Wayne Wine-ga- r, Lions, Layton; Wendell Jaycees, Ivaysville; Kenneth M. Simonson, Jaycees, Bountiful; 20-3- U Max-fiel- d, Mrs. Seth Blood, Centerville; Mrs. Wendell Hammond, Bountiful. Directing publicity for the affair is Phyllis Reese. Beatrice Ward is secretary of the campaign. In opening the campaign, Mr. Barlow reminded residents that although the drive is caMed the March of Dimes it is actually a Marchof Dollars that is needed to cany on the work of the Na- tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis since treatment of polio victims is an expensive, long process. Last year 3J cents was contributed for each man, woman and child in the county during the campaign. One half of the funds go for local use, the other half for research by the national foundation and for emergency care in pol o stricken areas. The JOURNAL A weekly newspaper published k fhe interests of the residents of Davis County, at Layton. Utah. - Granite Falls To Darts Score By 31-- Entered as second-clas- s matter at under Act of the Layton. Utah, March 8, 1879. Published By INLAND PRINTING CO. Phone: Kaysville 10 19 OP THE- - KAYSVILLE Davis Darts out- UTAH STM w"AT!0H rivals their Granite paced Friday NATIONAL EDITORIAL night at Granite with a solid deASSOCIATION fensive game that gave the home Natl Advertising Representative boys a 31 11) win. Advertising Service. The Darts held a safe lead all Newspaper 222 No. Michigan Ave. the way, ending the halftime with Chicago, 111. 12-0 and the third quarter with a a Subscription: $1.00 Per Year 2 margin. High scorer for the Payable in Advance. Darts was Don Worley who placed In combination with The Weekly Reflex, $3.00 per year. 11 points. company executive. Friday night the Darts will meet Large indus-tiiLloyd E. Anderson users boosted their use of Jordan on the home floor. Editor Manager Lona U. Parrish mil80 Scores the over by during power quarters: year News Editor .118 11 lion kilowatthours to a total of Davis 12 22 31 V. Woolsey J. 0 0 1.1 10 kilowatthours, by far the largest Granite Display Advertising Manager al ontro over the previous year to a new iecord of $22 million, but due to more taxes, higher wages and prices, its net income decreased (from $4.1 million in 1J)K) to $3.00 million in 15)11. Taxes of all kinds continue to be one of the largest items of expense, with Utah Powers tax bill in 10.11 reaching $112 million. Of this, $3 million wrent to the Federal government, and $2Vfc million to state and local governments. Some of each dollar received by the company went into taxes. The close of 1011, said Mr. Gadsby, marked six years of electric industry growth which ranks as one of Americas most dramatic industrial achievements. During the the industry inperiod, March Of Dimes Drive Opens In Davis -- 22-1- |