| Show ELECTRIC IniT1 I i 4jAND LIGUTINua I 4j c I < A i t S The Utali Light t and Power com > v transmission and thc 5 panys system for the distribution of electrical energy In so rapidly Salt Lake valley has grown f that thc during the last three years become tho largest sys plant has nov distribution of light and tem for t Iho 1 power In wcslcni America two and operates The company owns the Ogden largo power plant hc known as powerhouse and Big Cottonwood pow i crhousc and operates thc Utah Power Pow-er companys powerhouse It has am In addition U these Ilantslt pie slcam auxiliary plants In gait Lake City which can bo l used for generating ± power in cases of emergency t The different powerhouses have been FO frequently described that It Is unnecessary un-necessary to again refer to them more Installation at that the i than to state Ogden consists of five 1000horsepower generators driven by Impulse wheels s Cottonwood station there At thc Big i arc four 600horsepower generators and at tbc Utah powerhouse there are I two 1000horsepower generators The total capacity of the steam plants In Salt Lake City which arc available for Immediate service is 2000 horsepowt All these power plants supply electric f energy to one large system of transmission trans-mission and distribution lines which p extend from Ogden on tho north to Sandy on the soulh a distance of fifty miles i1ml1cs The company owns over elghly miles 1 transmission lines and of hlghlenslon I Its pole lines for the distribution of Salt light and power throughout Ogden Lake arid thc surrounding district e amounts to over 100 miles In length I During the past year the company has been very successful in the sale of I i electric energy for light and power LIGHTING y In the lighting department very large sums of money have been spent on new equipment for the Improvement of the I kind of motive power could run for a month and yet these motors have been running without any trouble or cost of repairs for over two years Electric energy is being supplied in quantities from onehalf horsefruwcr to 500 horsepower for all sort of purposes among which are Included power for the smellers the cement works brickyards brick-yards flour mills for machine slups for refrigerator and brewing machinery for printing ofilces shoe factories etc I During thc pasl year the company has executed Important contracts for the supply of power on a big scale among which we mention thc contract with thc Portland Cement people who have now motors of a total caiiuclly of over 500 horsepower and also a con tract for the supply of power to smellers smel-lers In the Salt Lake valley INCREASED DEMAND demand In order to meet the increased mand for power the company has luring lur-ing Ihp past year spent a large amount of money lit the rearrangement of Its system and has now under contemplation contempla-tion the construction a reservoir In the Ogden canyon and additional wrka In the Big Cottonwood canyon whereby all the power can he obtained that is required to mecl hoped for and increasing increas-ing demands The Utah Light and Power company is now prepnled to sell additional power will be In large units and Us system enlarged to keep pace with any and all will The company I demands for power always maintain a large auxiliary steam plant to provide for emergencies of all kinds thereby Insuring to Us customers cus-tomers an absolute guarantee for continuity con-tinuity of service in all channels in which electric power can be successfully success-fullY usca < Besides the electric power dlsJribu lIon the company owns two large gas plants In Salt Lake and Ogden and during the past year ha made exlen slxc Improvement In its plant at Salt Lake The gas works are laid out for an eventual supply of 1000000 cubic feet of gas per day At the present time he capacity Is 100000 cubic feet t I I > < I E I I k s S e 2 j < ik I I t Carrying the Plume Around a Point f in iLogan Canyon service All that was In any way obsolete I obso-lete has been discarded and roplace1 by the most modern apparatus The alter minting current arc lamp has now almost al-most entirely replaced the old obsolete series arc lamp and the lighting service ser-vice for stores and other places of busi I noss In Salt Lake and Ogden Cities is i now as good as can bo found in the United States In this respect the policy pol-icy of the Utah Light and Power company com-pany is to keep all Its appliances absolutely abso-lutely up to date so that there Is now I and always will be a continual discard hog of old apparalus for the now wlth oul which no system can ever be kept abreast of the rapid Improvements that I arc now being made In electric light Inpr Cooking by electricity Is being gradually grad-ually Introduced here and will shortly become quite a factor In the business of tin company Today it may be said to be a luxury hut this Is so only because < be-cause the general public are not yet educated up to the advantages that can I j be obtained from the use of electric ap lara lml for cooking und smaller Intermittent inter-mittent heating such as ironing etc The company is confident that electric rooking will within the next few years f ioe put in general practice by the pro pic here Already electric llatirons are being used In many private residences and In the largest laundries In Salt Lake and Ogden and the uses to which electric heating can be put with economy econ-omy are very numerous USE OF POWER The company has hon very successful I success-ful In developing thp use of electric power The alternating current motor Is a great Impiovonifnt on the direct current electric motor it Is found that these new typo mo lore can b operated l op-erated absolutely without any skllJod J labor and will run under l the most adverse ad-verse ehouinsiatifcs without br aklnxr down lowThe The Utah Light and Power company now has motors connected to Its mains I which are running In places where neither steam engines nor any other S fe v ixCy JO T sr J wi lurfTzvrf2y roh 4 II 1 er day and as the demand Increase1 additions will be made until the plants are finally l completed During the past year new retorts and new purifiers been put in and the gas service Is now excellent and absolutely abso-lutely l reliable Gas is being used for healing and I cocking in a very large numbar of houses and few modern homos are now built where provision is not made for I the use of the gas stove REO RG ANI55 ATION The reorganization of thc compaiw on safe and conservative financial lines has been fully consummated and ic Is Ihcrcforc prepared to continue In thaI field IP which It was the pioneer with I confidence in its ability to give electric power and light service to its eonsuii rs and patrons unexcelled by any per v p-er or lighting company extant The of llrers of the company arc representative f representa-tive gentlemen being 1 of that typa and character who will ably maintain and supitin I the financial and commercial standing of their company and operate Its system on a plane that will he worthy of the confidence of the public The following is the roster of its omens om-ens George Q Cannon president John R Winder vicepresident TJ SHills S-Hills treasurer the three gentlemen being also directors and forming the executive committee the other directors di-rectors being Toseph F Smith T G Webber W S McCornick and Rudger Clawson of Sail Lake Clly Jolm J Ranlgan of Providence R I and W J Curtis of New York city also Le Grand Young general attorney H S Camp bell general l 1 manager and secretary and It F Hayward electrical engineer I t f J 1 J t y 1v fJ J W r 4V 4 i t j < < T k t > K > v i < < 5 5 5 S A > > S t T 5 4 J 5 p I 7 f I 1IJ k I I I r 3 k I 4 I I J I S Salt Lake Water and Electric Light Plant S 5 5 |
