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Show TRANSMISSION HEAD VISITSJALT LAKE A G Wishon Is Reviewing Electrical Status of Local Lo-cal Railway A G Wis on of Fresno tho prominent Cal fornia cap tallst arri ed i Sa t Lake jesterday afternoon for a wee s 1st Mr and airs Wishon w 1 spend the 0 days la t e daughter Mrs. Ra p W W a son 1 07 La rd a enue M lshon is great 3 nterested In the deve opment of the e ecti ca pov,er ro sources of the west and is espe lal y in teres ed in the p ogress made b the Utah Power &. L g t compai y W h e he e ho w H in pect some of the propert es of the b a po e company and hopes to return a some later date to go over a 1 of tho i ope t es of the company To H. Is on Is argc v due he de e opment of lon d sta e transm ss on He s know as the fa e of th s g eat fa tor in the deve opmen of eec i cal pone a d was a p onecr n he e.per roentat on wo K. At present he is t e pres dent of the tan Joaqu n L eht & Po er company The ti s ong d s ance t ansm ss on I ne in the wor d was con e ved and on true ed bv Mr Wishon in lu are co nty in for the Mount ne Power company This ne was fifty five m es ong At present the Han Joaquin Light t Power company has o er 4000 m les of t ansn s on ne t e longest p mary cir u t e be g 265 m les eng h Th s Is Mr Wishon s fl st tslt to Salt Lake and e is very fa o ablj impressed w th the c ty He sa d I a en t ad the t me to see muc of t k ct but I hope to see a great deal of it before I leave What I 1 a e see as co v need me that th s it a great to vn 1 seems to be 1 ve y cnoug and t e p ospec s for he uture would appear to be br ght. In Oa forn a, as e s where the wa las had a dep ess ng effect on genera bus ness T e effec s of t e var a e not fe t so heavily in rres no as in other places Our tig rop s ra s s and we have had a bumper crop and good ma ets fo t e -a sins The wa affects bus ness a in d rect sort of waj In Fresi o ou local b s ne s has been affected only s ightly Of course largo construct on en erp ses ha e been postponed W e had p anned some improvemen s and extens ons but we have postponed the r construct on unt t e end of the war T s s due to the poo ma ket for bonds Bonds have been off tne mar et p act a y e e s nee the wa began T e sa e of bo ds is ne essar o a ge const uct on en terpr ses an! the w e nvestor de s es o wa t unt 1 the conclus on of the war |