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Show Mt. Pleasant Making Preparations - To Build Electric Light Plant City Power Site Proves to be Better Than Had Been Anticipated. Mr. K. C. Schaub, an Electrical Engineer from Logan, came down to make an investigation of the power plant which the city is con- templating on building in the canyon can-yon east of the city. Mr. Schaub is the engineer who installed the power plant at Logan which cost something near one hundred thousand dollars. The city has been figuring with a number of engineers en-gineers and find that the power plant will cost about what had if been expected. An estimated cost to install a new plant in the cair V yon is made between 523,000 and r"' 27,000. The engineer found that a per pendicular fall of 400 feet can be obtained at the City Power Site. This is sufficient with six cubic feet of water per second to generate 200 k. w. capacity. The City Council is well pleased with the outlook of the powet site. They have gone over it very carefully and find thac a gain of 100 feet was made at the City Site, this being mu'-h better than had been anticipated. At the last meeting of the City Council held Saturday the 27th it was decided that the council take steps to install a new plant in the canyon. |