Show IS ASKING FOR BIDS Citizens Elecric Light Company Out For Business PLANT GOING IN AT O1CES UTAH SLAUGHTERING COMPANY WILL RECEIVE IDAHO HOGS The Supply of This Territory Practically Prac-tically Exhansted The Groeslieok I Company Loa Went Over Considerable Con-siderable Activity in Commercial Stocks Revenue Officials Are Still Short of Income Tax Blanks Kenvon Returns From Idaho I I There is no disposition on the part I of the members of the Citizens Electric I Elec-tric Light company to allow the refusal re-fusal of the city council to fix the height of the poles for the new system to interfere with the carrying out of the enterprise which must of nesessity I result In cheaper electric lighting for the city of Salt Lake On Thursday I of the new week contracts for the erection of the power house of the i company are to be let advertisements I to that effect being this morning presented I pre-sented to the public I is very evident evi-dent that the company is in the field in earnest and proposes to put in its system in accordance with the provisions pro-visions of its franchise regardless of whether or not the council will take action on the matter of poles and settle set-tle the present controversy Should the municipal legislature persist Cn its refusal to fix the limit to which the new company may string its wires then the promoters of the new enterprise enter-prise propose to go right ahead and place their conductors within the space prescribed by ordinance twentyseven feet feetPlans and specifications for the power house and the entire system in fact were received yesterday and instructions in-structions came with them from tne Colorado members of the company to the effect that calls should be made for bids for the construction of the buildings and the supplying of the materials The main structure is to be 120x60 feet and be constructed of brick stone and iron The site ha not been selected but i will be on the line of the Union Pacific between South Temple Tem-ple and First North The company has several options and the purchase will not be made until the arrival of Mr Boettcher which X7ill probably be within the next three days Contracts for the machinery and wire have been made 11 Denver and the delivery should commence within the next meek or two The plant will be of the latest design and when completed early In August will be in a position to furnish electric lighting both for street and commercial purposes at not to exceed 10 per arc lamp of 2000 candle power burning on the all night schedule instead In-stead of on the Philadelphia moonlight One of the provisions of the franchise held by the company is that i shall not charge more than 10 per arc light with the commercial lighting In proportion pro-portion and shall supply all municipal buildings with light free of charge This latter will mean an annual saving of in the neighborhood of 3500 The general public will receive the Citizens company into the arena of competition I with no mal degree of pleasure I seems that in the contest before the city council the new company was handicapped by both the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain Bell Telephone company and the Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric LIght company These companies claimed the exclusive right to the use of the limits fixed by the council and neither would yield an inch I Is highly probable however tbnt the matter will take a somewhat different turn when next called up again before the council Mr Boettcher now has associated with him some of the most wealthy men of Leadville Colorado with si sprinkling of Denver capitalists and they are prepared to make an expenditure expendi-ture sufficIent to put in a model plant here In Salt Lake |