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Show THE PRO V The list of officials and director of h.p. iaduction motor and new street lighting system on Main each capable of pumping 800 second street, during the first week of Octo- - the Utah Power ft Light company In-eludes a number of men prominent for feet of water. Power for these pumps her. 1916, marked one or the Mont lm- - many yearg ,n intemountaln financial is supplied by a transmission line from portant advances In street lighting 1916 ftnd in(jU8trlal circles. During the Grace power station of Bear river made anywhere In the United States In ov0r three-quarteof a million dollars The power Is transmitted at 44,000 recent years. worth of the preferred stock of the This new system makes Main street jjtah Power ILLlght company.has been volts and stepped down to 2300 volts m Salt Lake the best lighted busings purcliaBe(i m 8mali lots by Individuals for use in the motors. it was the dredging of the canals thoroughfare in the world and the sys- - scattered over a wide area of the terrl- connecting Bear rier and Bear lake tern was the first of its kind installed 0ry the company serves and the offiby the Utah Power & Light company m anj American city. The sjstem ciag 0j tjje organization "declare that in 1915 that enabled sufficient water wras designed by V. DArcy It) an, the particularly gratifying to them to to be drawn from Bear lake during noted illuminating engineer who de- know that while the Utah Power ft that ear to save the crops la Cache signed and supervised the Installation of the ami Gentile valle8, and the construc- of the electric illumination tion of the Liftoji pumping station building0 and grounds at the Panama-Pacifi- c therefore constitutes an extra safeexposition at San Francisco. guard in the years to come, in the as- The inauguration of the new system surance that a sufficient supply of In Salt Lake was attended by Impreswater mav always be sent down Bear sive ceremonies and was witnessed by m tr for the irrigators m the territory fuller 25 oOO spectators. Bingham to Have New System. contiguous thereto. One of the best street lighting sysTransmission Lines. The company has considerably ex- tems In America has been adopted by tended its transmission syttem during the board of trustees of the town of 1916. One of the most important Bfngham. The system will consist of C features of work has been the con- fifteen 1000 candlepower type lamps 400 type C and candlepower forty a of struction 130,000 volt line from Marda lamps. Sprlngville, Utah, to Helper, Utah, Electric Choking. which carries electric energy for the The attention of the entire electrioperation of the coal mines of the cal industry has been drawn to the United States Fuel company and the Utah Power & Light companys terriCarbon Fuel company. In connection during the past year by reason of with the supplying or energy for the tory the very rapid development of elecoperation of the various coal mining trical cooking throughout this section. properties of these companies, the Over 1400 electric ranges are now In o-SUr- Ro Utah Power ft Light company furn- use In the company's territory, totowns of ishes electric service to the with 34,975 electric Irons and Moreland, iBlackhawk, Hiawatha and gether Over 97 per 6145 washing machines. Roins, through the coal companies. 300 feet within residences cent all ol The extension of the companys Ber- - of the lines of the Utah Power & vice to these coal properties marks an are using electric ser-ht important epoch not only In the elec- - ytce trical Industry of this region but in The officials of the Utah Power ft the coal mining industry aswell. It Light company have made very vigorTELGPHOMB has loug been supposed that electric ous efforts toward encouraging the FIVE -- THREE power could not be purchased economi- ub6 of its service along the lines that cally by coal mining companies be- relieve housewives from much of the cause waste coal could be so readily drudgery of their work. Elbert Hubused by the coal companies them- bard once remarked when Remington selves under their steam boilers at built his first typewriter he discovered the mines. The coal operators have woman, but that since that date elecdiscovered, however, that the service tricity has been the greatest factor in of the Utah Power k Light company her enfranchisement Electric washis more satisfactory and economical ing machines, electric Irons, electric than the development of their own ranges and various other household -utensils have been placed in the homes power from their own coal. The company has made a heavy In- served by the Utah Power ft Light vestment In reconstruction work dur- company In large numbers. Relative to the extensive service of ing 1916 throughout the territory it serves. the company an interesting compariAt Provo one-thir- d of the distribu- son Is found in the fact that since 1896 tion system In the sown was rebuilt the cost of anthracite coal, clothing, during the past year, making about food, rent and taxes has Increased on by a TEA, CIFFEE, SPICES, EXTRACTS and CHINA 'WARE. A large variety to choose from at prices that are P Provo Tea right & China Co. North Academy Ave. 50 O-PO- ST 760 rs Light company waa originally financed by eastern capital, the con)I1 tomers are gradually acquiring win-terest In the concern to such an extent that at the present time a large part of the preferred stock of the company is owned by individuals living la the territory served by the company. A great deal of work is contem- plated by the company throughout its customers. , -- SIGNS' u of the entire distribution system In Provo that has been recon- structed by the company. Recon- structlon work has been going on in Pleasant Grove, Lehl and American Fork until the distribution systems of these towns have been entirely rebuilt. The 66,000 volt line from American Fork to Twin Falls was entirely rebuilt during 1916, the length of the line being four miles. Additional switching facilities have been installed at Eureka In connection with the reconstruction work at that point. Salt Lake Street Llghfng System. The inauguration of Salt Lake Citys two-thir- ADORCyV? 33 E .CENTER the average over 60 per cent During this same period the cost of electric lighting current has decreased until at the present time 15 eents will buy the amount of electric light that twenty years ago cost $1.00. Over h three hundred miles of electric line, together with over inter-urba- n of street railway lines In Utah secure all of their power from the Utah Power ft Light company. The company furnished employment to 2424 people in the territory It serves and Its annual payroll Is $1,629,200, which amounts to over 46 per of the total annual earnings of the company. 300 miles A Hudson Bicycle, a Miami Bicycle, a Rami Bicycle, a Racycle or a Flying Merkel Motorcycle Pushing Into the Country Oa a high-grad- e health. ' Bicycle ,is extremely Our New Wheels are Beauties beneficial to your We . beauties Gliding over smooth roads and observing the of enjoy it better. You can afford a Bicycle with such easy terms of only .- $5.00 down" and $1.00 per week- Bicycles fully equipped, including a complete kit of tools, on terms that make it so easy to buy one that you find it a pleasure. nature is really pleasant. Of course with a HIGH GRADE WHEEL, such as we sell, are supplying these excellent Get one youll can ,ry, for the boy for Christmas, and do not forget you get one from us for $5.00 cash and $1.00 per week. .' u We Have a Fully Equipped Repair Depariment , - TIRES $1.50 Each v " TIRES SPOKES AND RIMS TIRES r $1-5- 0 Each with it. If it a repairable at all attended to here when yon bicycle needs repairs. Send n s the wheel no matter how little or how much is the matter Saddle, Frame, Gear, Brake, ail are . can do the work. If we cannot fix it nobody can. - O. W: CARLSON, Manager 159 North Academy Avenue PROVO UTAH |