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Show Industrial Sectioni Edition county provo Electric Utility Boasts Mo Iff iciently Operated to Vy ELMEB A. ACOB, trpV Provo' Eleetric Utility De-srtment. De-srtment. '. The Provo city, power plant lullding contains the following rimary equipment: , Two 2000 kilowatt and one 300 kilowatt EJIlott steam tur-tfne-enerator units aggregating 500 kilowatts (8700 H.P.) at 80 1 - . mt. - '4kMa ower lacror. .mere nmhuatlon - encineerina boilers tdth chain grate stokers having a . . . ia on ftM omDinea wpmviijr . ""rr ounds of steam per hour at 400 'innHa twr sauare inch pressure. bhe fuel used is stoker slack coal relow its sue purenweu nines in Carbon county. The Auxiliary equipment at the plant V of the highest type manufactured. manufac-tured. Recently new control and lgnal equipment nave. Deen in-taljed in-taljed which will facilitate oper-tion oper-tion at the plant and add to the afety of operation. The distribution system serves 11 sections of the city with elec-rictty. elec-rictty. Since purchasing the old ystem from the Utah Power and Jcht company in December, 1039, Bnv old' lines have been re- noved and new and larger wire laced. The extent of the distributor! distribu-tor! svstem is now approximately 0 miles including four 4000-volt ircuits and one 11000 volt circuit Within the next few weeks, the itility will take over service to he new additions- the north ;ide of Provo adding about 70 lew customers to the system. This irea includes the brick yard iorth of the city which is not perating at the present time. The Jtah Power and Light company las served this area in the past. History The Provo power plant was 'onstructed between July 1939 ud April -1940 at-which time it :ommenced operation. The original origi-nal cost of the plant with two 2000-kilowatt units was $514,891. rhe old distribution system was aur chased early in 1940 from -the Jtah Power and Light company 'or the sum of $160,000. An addl - donal amount oi " aended on the distribution system to 1939-40. making the cost of the tystem to December 31, 1940, 1324,905. A fixed-lee oi ?oa,wu was paid tne uien wnimcuui corporation of Lebanon, Indiana for the design and construction of the plant and distribution system. The money used to construct the plant aa purchase awd e-;on e-;on struct the distribution system including . preliminary txpnses, engineering, and legal costs, came W..'. w - Erbm the sale, of revenue, bonds voted bv the people of -Provo in, the amount of $850,000, bearing mtefest at the rate of 4 '.-Tel June 1. 1940 the bonds were re- funded at li to 2?i interest, and additional bonds issued for: $265,000 at an interest rate -of 3. A part of this money wasj used to install the third tin it of i 2500 kilowatts which cost $134,-1 350. December 1, 1942 all the; bonds were refunded -at interest I rates of li to 2. On June 1, 1944 they .were again refunded at Ji interest. - Followinff is a summary of ectric utility earnings to Decern-; ber 31, ivo: i A Total amount invested in capital structures, $1,331,218: in vested in u. . oonas. ?wu,uuu. rash SS3.329: inventories and other liquid assets, $74,694; .total $1,859,241. - u b Debts and payables: bonds, payable. $895,000: accounts payable, pay-able, $12,595, total debts. $907,595;' pet earnings A-B $o9l,&40. ; Standby power of ouo Kilowatts was purchased from the Utah; Power and Light company during j file first year of operation at a . cost of $9;000. This standby power Was discontinued April 30, 194L1 The bond ordinances provide that, payment of interest and principal prin-cipal on the bonds shall be made solely from revenue derived from the sale of electricity after operation opera-tion and maintenance scosts have been paid. From the time tne plant commenced operation, down to the present, no money nas been taken from taxes to pay any cost of plant construction, main tenance, operation, depreciation, or expansion of its facilities. Comparative Data In December 1940, the electric utility had 5.137 customers using per month each and paying an average of 3.15 cents per kilowatt hour. In December 1945, there were 6,755 customers using an average of 245 kilowatt hours per month at a cost of 2.49 cents per kilowatt-hour. This represents an ; increase in use of electricity - of 43 and a decrease in unit cost of 21 To. During the five years of opera tion from December 31, 1940 to December 31, 1945, the .plant has 5 been improved at a cost of $128,- 902 and the distribution system expanded to serve sixteen new sub-divisions, many outlying homes and industries, at a cost of $163,491. Money to pay for these expansions have come from revenue derived from the sale of e&ctricity. j The electric utility has also paid all costs of operation and I maintenance and has accumulated j the amount of $528,023 $400,000 of which has been invested in United States Bonds paying annual an-nual interest of approximately $10,000. In addition to these earnings, earn-ings, the utility has saved the people of Provo between April, U40 and December, 1945 in cost of electricity the amount of $282,-085 $282,-085 -which would have been paid under existing rates of the Utah Power and Light company during the same period. Recent Developments Recently a contract has .been let to provide the plant with a dustless pneumatic ash handling system which will diminish wear and tear on the plant machinery and simplify operation.- Studies have been made on a system of wired radio carrier control of street lighting and hot water beaters so that these services may be controlled from the plant and extremely high power peak de mands reduced by the plant operator thus increasing the system sys-tem load factor with a proportionate propor-tionate increase in plant capacity to meet maximum demands. In cooperation with the Provo city commission the utility department de-partment plans .to extend the Provo street lighting system dur ing this year and early in 1947. There will be some delays on ac count of the difficulty of getting equipment wunin a reasonaoxe time. The contract for inter-change of power between the Utah Power and Light company and the Provo city department of utilities re eently approved by the board ofJ utilities provides that the city may take stand-by power up to 2000 kilowatts with a minimum of 250,000 kilowatt hours at the rate of two-cents per kilowatt hour amounting to $5,000 per year. The contract has a term of five years duration with optional extension to ten years and pro vides that it may be cancelled at the end of two. three, or four years upon six months notice to the Power company. It will cost the department approximately $1,000 for labor and materials to make this stand-by service available. avail-able. The present firm capacity of our power plant with the largest unit out of service is 4000 kilo - watts; the plant having a total capacity of 6500 kilowatts at 80 power factor. In December, 1945 the peak i ... k,. v, i f irm capacity. It is considered . ...,.. ,.anrihv " """""" . power from the company will be! The board of utilities plans to insurance against a possible out-j progressively increase the cap-age cap-age of our largest unit during acity of the plant and distribution peak production and in case of 'system without cost to the tax accident would .sav a shut-down 'payers of the city to take care of of service to .a portion of our the increased demand for cleo distribtition system.' Coming Initricity in future years. This can tbj. winter such a contingency could be very damaging to our customers. Due to unstable labor conditions amsI a4 V. n i m-nmv Ka tm- .1IU w.c ACt- b li.a. 4b 11, J WW nil- possible to secure equipment for . . , things look bright for further improvements in Long Distance service. During 1946 the Bell System plans to train thousands of additional operatori;add two million miles of Long Distance circuits; Install many new switchboards. Long Distance calls have boon increasing and occasionally your calls may bo slew In get ting through. But it won't bo long before the big expansion job wa're doing will take car of tho rush en Long Distance Lines. Until it does we'd appreciate your continued cooperation. THE mOUHTnin STMES TElEPIIOnE Yield Steady Profit expansion of the . power plant within a year, with an additional year required to complete con struction, it was thought best by the board of utilities to enter into this contract subject to cancellation cancella-tion if desired at the end of the two year period. Relative Costs An analysis of relative, costs involved show the following: , The estimated cost of a new 6000 kilowatt unit complete with. building and auxiliaries is 000,000. Financing this expansion would require selling the $400,000 United States bonds which the department has and bonding for an additional $600,000 to pay for such expansion. Interest received by the department on the $400,000 United States bonds amounts to $9,937.50 per year, and interest on new bonds of $600,000 required to complete the extension at IVtTo interest would be $7,500 per year or a total of $17,437.50 interest in-terest cost to the department per year for the million dollar expansion ex-pansion program.' , The cost of the standby power for the next two years will be $10,000 paid the Utah Power and Light company plus $1,000 cost for connecting or a total of $11, 000, averaging $5,500 each year. Thus the department will save the difference between $17,437.50 and $5,500, or $11,937.50 for each of the two years by taking the standby service at this time plus depreciation of the new plant. It was therefore considered good business by the board to save this i amount of money and to insure against emergency breakdown in lour plant by investing the $5,500 per year for at least two years. During the next year or two. careful studies will be made of our increased load conditions, increased in-creased population trend, as well as cost of installing additional 1 capacity and appropriate action will be taken by the board after such studies are completed. No doubt within two years it will be determined to what extent the Geneva steel plant will permanently perman-ently operate and this will be taken into account in expansion planning. IbeccpjapJised if thdty.jnakerLsOOTHEB-AT-77 i no' diversion of electric revenue, The board has kept in mind at all times the major necessity of pro- 1,,1tinif thfl K.o( alantrinal orvlniilCk. i . T7.ua..aM Mm W.n.u - 1 VlUlllf w .-o V --W. jjvi . j.v possible and acting upon this mm d Provo (Utah) Sunday Hereto Sunday, Marclv 17, Plant, lern principle has constantly Improved the- plant with modern safety devices - to provide the greatest security for efficient electrical service to the citizens of Provo. Personnel The original board of utilities appointed by the city commission in 1940 were: J. Hamilton uaiaec, Vasco M. Tanner and Clarence H.Harmon. In 1943 the city ordinances were amended to include the city en- cineer and a member of the city commission on the board, thus increasing in-creasing their, number to five. In 1945 the board consisted of: J. Hamilton Calder, Vasco M. Tanner, Mark Anderson, Jos. H. Swapp, and T. H. Latimer, Jr. In January of 1946 Mr. Ander son became mayor and J. Earl Lewis succeeded Mr. Swapp as commissioner. The present board consists of: J. Hamilton Calder, VasCo M. Tanner, T. H. Latimer, Jr., Commissioner Com-missioner J. E. Lewis and Gregory Austin. Elmer A. Jacob was appointed in April, 1945 to succeed Ray M. Rinderhagen as superintendent of utilities. Theo Anderson is plant engineer, Sharp Gillespie is distribution dis-tribution superintendent and T. J. Oldroyd is office manager. A r gyle Evans is superintendent of the waste removal division. Write History Of '88 Blizzard LINCOLN, Neb. (U.R The story of the great Nebraska blizzard of Jan. 12. 1888, is to be written by its survivors W. G. O'Gara. president of an organization of blizzard survivors, said the book was planned in response re-sponse to demands of teachers who had lived through the blizzard. bliz-zard. Many of the teachers had saved the students in their care when the blizzard struck. O'Gara was 10 years old when the blizzard came. At the time he was in a school near Laurel, Neb. The text will- be made up of accounts of teachers, students, and other survivors. It will be about 300 pages. Approximately 200 persons belong be-long to - the -"survivors club' which was organized in 1940. PORTSMOUTH. N. H. OMS This city claims to have the oldest USO mother in New England. cue u I I'j'cai'Ulu Ai.io. .lIVilMs D. Noyes of Portsmouth, IP nno TELEGnnPli 0. srauuEd 'Oscar' Winners for ,1945 . J'.r-'. '"T . . ,:-:-v.:r -Ji -a l-t . - 1 .. . . - -lit' '"' v'S1' s: v- .' jpV (NBA Ttlrpholo) "06car" winners for best screen performances of 1945 are Joan Crawford (left) for her role in "Mildred Pierce," and Ray Mllland (right), for his portrayal of a drunken writer in "The Lost Weekend." Miss Crawford, who was suffering from influenza, received her gold statuette in bed at her Beverly Hills home. Mllland was among 2100 stars who attended the academy awards show at Qrauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Calif. Czech Rotarians Victims of Nazis PRAGUE (U.R) Rotary Inter- Benes was given the gold in-national in-national was banned by Germans signia of an honorary governor of and 15 per cent of the Rotarians Rotary International. The pin was in Czechoslovakia were executed hidden throughout the war in the or died in Nazi prisons, officials of coat collar of a Prague Rotarian the organization reported to who carried it without detection President Benes, the country's through several interrogations by head Rotarian. the Gestapo. GILS A Seventh South and Univ. Ave. Phone 1623 946' QteMer Payroll FOR Utah County. CASTLE PEAK and GILSONITE MM A New Industry Has Continued to Grow In Utah County At Provo- This Company Is a Utah Company, with a XSilsonite Mine in Duchesne County, and d Processing Plant In ProYO More and Better Payrolls . . . Mean Prosper Uy for Vtalil CASTLE PEAK AND GILSONITE MINES Ray Davis & Sons PL ANT TliOCATION Secretary Answers runny inquiries :FORT WAYNE, Jnd. U.R)--H Realizing they do not nave mucn to brag about in Ft. wayne weatn err the chamber of commerce, has proved its worth through more! aevious euons. - . Into the hands of - Mabel Coombs, secretary to the execu-tin execu-tin lonvtnrv of the chamber. has fallen the task of answering j inauiries which .are forthcoming from all sections of the nation- -Miss Coombs has to be a his- torian. philosopher and prophet to fulfill the job. A soldier in an Francisco wants to" know . the d- HrM of ft Chinese radio renair - man who nnce owned a shoo lnlcuoftxxrr for at least that period Fort Wayne. His name, ChatSgJcf time. Mr. Peterson, who just Chung, Wang, Wu or something; Kimilar. Then there s the' Texas tourist who asked the brand of paper towels used in a "service station" at the edge of Fort Wayne on one !of the north-south highways through town. And a Georgia resident a ring in a tourist camp in or near here two years ago. He just missed it and wants it back. Miss Coombs investigates each case and replies to the inquirer. But there are those usual complaints com-plaints about the housing situation. situa-tion. One worried mother wrote! "My children have been taught to pray and now each day they ask God in childish faith to help daddy find a house. I thought perhaps per-haps the chamber of commerce would like to help these boys keep their faith in God." . The most discouraging requests, IMiss Coombs said, are from per sons seeking lost relatives. But the uniaue Questions are the most in teresting, such .as: "please give information on dealers" in mafcicjthe monthly standby from a dog .ricks in Fort Wayne": "what is the' monetary value of a Fort Wayne land grant issued in 1838 MITE ES Drygoods Company To Manufacture Ladies' Lingerie lroVb 'newest industry. the General brygdods company, for 'the manufacture of ladies' llnj geries, should begin, production k..vr- .n j. .j. """ w - Wbrk up to a payroll of 150 peo ple by the nd of six months operation. op-eration. ! C C Peterson, manager, emphasizes em-phasizes however, that it will be 30 days before he will be in position to begin hiring a prod- lmlllx. will not be ready for oc- completed trip east in tne in- terests of the company, said the firm lias sufficient contracts on hand to take care of production ffor some time to come. California LDS To Have Temple The keenest topic of interest among the. Latter-day Saints of southern California is the promised prom-ised building of a huge temple in the Los Angeles area. Hundreds of California saints are plannig to attend the church's semi-annual conference in Salt Lake City, April- 5, 6 and 7, it is reported by David O. McKay,' member of the first presidency, who is back from a speaking tour of the coast LDS churches. bnd signed by Martin Van Buren"; "how much will Fort wayne ex-tand ex-tand in the -next five years." and and cat hospital at Terre Haute, Ind., asking for new nooiueis listing animal hospitals here. y Provo, Utah P. O. 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