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Show GREAT FQTURE OF POWEHJ UTAH Famous Electrical Engineer Tells of Prospective Developments. HELPER ENGINES WILL DISCARD THE STEAM Vast Field Is Now Open for Development De-velopment of Electrical Energy. "Electricians :md electrical engineers aro turnltiK to the West as the best Held for their work." suld George A. Damon, managing englneor of tho Arnold company, com-pany, ono of the biggest electrical concerns con-cerns In the country, that haa lrd In the construction of soma of the leading electric roads and power plants in the I'nited Sim. Great Flold in Utah. "The field for tho development of electric elec-tric energy Is particularly goeid In Utah." continued Mr. Damon, ' owing to the large amount of water power available and the fact that Irrigation and power enterprises can bo readily combiner). To iM)lnt out specific Instances would bo a l) itrayal of business conlldenco related to my visit here at this time, but I can tell you thai In the very nertr future you will see electrical equipment used to take tho places of "puahera, or helper engines, on trie Bteep grades of Western railroads; in both Utah ami other sections of the mountain region. Would Afford Saving. There Is no question ra to the economy of this. Power plants will be supplied by water power, the high tension trolley, that does away with the copper feed win', has already been successfully developed de-veloped by our company, a pioneer In this Held, and you will better understand the pinnlflcanee of this when 1 tell yiu that the next staKe of development wll be the three-phase motor that will, while tho train Is running down hill return power to the line to assist in the pulling of those coins ut hill. Has Done Noted Work. Mr. Damon's company, which was the first to build and Install the single-phase motors with the high alternating current, has for its president Blon J. Arnold, ex-president ex-president of the merlcan Inntltute of Electrical Engineering, now consulting engineer of the New Yurk Central rall- n.:id leT the e l.-el rl Ilea t ie,n of It-; station at New "i'ork. and of the Grand Trunk railroad for the electrification of tho great tunnel at Port Huron, Mich. Plans Branch Office Here. Mr. Damon, who Is enthusiastic over the future of Salt 1-ake and Utah is, for his company, looking Into tho question of establishing a branch office In the Kocky Mountain region, preferably in Utah, for the reasons above stated. He is convinced con-vinced that at no Into date power planto will be established at the coal mining centers of the State, the coal to be converted con-verted into gas and gas engines to supply tho electric power, which he holds, can bo transmitted by wire much cheaper and mere effectively than the coal from the mines can be hauled by rail to the points desired, Praise9 New Year's Tribune. "Before you leave." said Mr. Damon, "I want to mak special mention of the New Year's Tribune. It furnished me much reliable and accurate Information that I was ( spec ially anxious to secure concerning Utah and the entire West In fact 1 may say that toy company could not have gathered the serviceable duta In this issue at a cost of $1000 Great Future for City. ' Salt Iv-ake has, in my opinion, the greatest future of any Western city. Your citizens are both prosperous and enterprising, your resources, which are-pracucallj are-pracucallj undeveloped, are beyond the comprehension of the majority Few dream of the important part that Salt Eak- will plaj in the upbulding of the West within the m xt five years 1 understand un-derstand that th city Is becoming Americanized, and nothing else Is n ed I to make It rank above per in the opinion of Eastern Investors " |
