Show PIONEER ELECTRIC CO CONTRACT FOR THE ELECTRICAL MACHJYERX LET Price Will Not Fall Much Short of One Hundred Thousand Dollars Just What Is Called For I Special to The Herald OGDEN Utah June 23The contract for the electrical machinery for the Pioneer Electric Power company was let yesterday I went to the General Elec tric Supply company and cannot fall much short of 100000 Mr Bannister was seen last night and admitted that the contract con-tract had been let to the General Electric Elec-tric company but declined to give prices or dates A representative of the electric company was seen who said that his company com-pany had got the contract and he considered con-sidered it one of the biggest things of the kind that has ever been lei In many respects he said the Ogden power plant is the greatest In the world since it has the highest voltage o any The voltage of this pant will reach 15000 wH 10 which is higher than the Niagara plant voltage In the Niagara plant there is no long distance transmission but in the Ogden plant the power will be transmitted to surrounding towns The contract signed tonight calls for the completion of a plant capable of handling 5000 horsepower horse-power by the first of October and a 10 000 horse power plant at a later date Tho contract also calls for the speedy completion of a transmission line be here an4 Salt Lake capable of transmitting trans-mitting 50CO horse power thither If required re-quired I This Is quite possible says an expert In the employ of the General Electric company with the loss of but little power In the transmission He expects to seethe see-the machinery of all adjacent mining camps operated ere long by the tremendous I tremend-ous power now running to waste down Ogden canyon The contract calls for the furnishing of all electrical supplies and machinery Dynamos generators transformers trans-formers transmitters armatures and all distinctively electric machinery is included In-cluded In the contract but It is hinted that the contract for the other machinery is not yet closed This Includes turbine and drive wheels cog wheels and other machinery having to do with mechanical rather than electrical power The representatives repre-sentatives o the defeated firms while keenly disappointed take their defeat with good grace Competition ha been terribly keen not only because of the money but of the prestige such a contract I con-tract must bring While no representative representa-tive of either party gave The Herald man any definite statement as to when the work would be commenced still there can I be no doubt that it will b becun at once as the time Is little enough in which to put the great mechanical contrivances in place Men accustomed to figuring on such plans think the entire pant ot machinery ma-chinery will cost not less than 103000 and that at leasthalf that sum f ill be represented repre-sented in the machinery to be put in place within the next four months Ogdens power plant is the greatest thing In the Utah west and will add untold riches to all |