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Out of the Chasms of Chaos, Out of the Great Beyond, Down from the heights of Olympus, Forming an earthly bond; Never yet seen by mortals, Ever surrounding all Patiently, potently waiting, Ready for every call. Thus does the mighty Genie, Coming from realms beyond, PI lent await our bidding Silent and swift respond. Chained to a little button, Ever in reach of your hand. Stands this invisible Genie, Always at your command. Onlv a little button Holding a Giant's power,. Turning the wheels of business, Lighting the darkest hour; Only a little button Ruling a Giant's might. Only to press that button For Heat and Power and Light. WHOEVEB penned the above fugitive verses, describing in poetic vein t achievement of making it possible by simply sim-ply pressing a button on the wall to bring electric light, heat and power into the 'homes, factories, mills, mines and smelters from countryside to countryside, country-side, has visualized with remarkable clarity one of the most interesting and fascinating features of electric service its availability and instant response over wide areas of scattered communities communi-ties and farm lands. Less than five years ago a score or more of small electric companies, each acting individually, were trying their j level best to generate and distribute sufficient electric energy to meet a rap- : i idly growing demand for economical and dependable electric power in this- section sec-tion of the intermountain west. - Many towns and farming districts In the territory served by these small companies com-panies were unable to secure electric service in any form. Companies Consolidated. The welding together of the generating generat-ing and distributing plants of these small concerns and the creation and development de-velopment of a modern and unified system sys-tem of hydro-electric power plants capable ca-pable of supplying the homes and factories, fac-tories, stores and mines and mills throughout southeastern Idaho, northern and central Utah and western Colorado form one of the most important factors fac-tors in the recent history of the development devel-opment of the intermountain west and the utilization of natural resources throughout this great stretch of territory. terri-tory. Great power houses have sprung to life along the turbulent mountain streams; immense steel tower transmission transmis-sion lines have been constructed to bring the electric energy generated by these forty-odd power plants to a central cen-tral point where it can be distributed over 150 towns, cities and rural communities com-munities in a territory 300 miles in extent. ex-tent. Such is the work that has been embraced em-braced in the organization, development and operation of the Utah Power & Light companyj which concern, with general offices m Salt Lake and local offices and representatives in all cities, towns and villages throughout southeastern south-eastern Idaho, northern and central Utah and western Colorado, serves 158 communities and has 45,3S8 residences connected to its lines and a total number num-ber of customers of 58,379. The Utah Power & Light company's four years of operation in this territory have brought about the unification of many small electric companies, which, together with the construction of new power plants and transmission and'dis-tribution and'dis-tribution svstems and the introduction of scientific management, has resulted in the establishment of an electric service ser-vice that is dependable and which is available for thousands of people in every ev-ery walk of life in this territory who formerly were unable to use electric power in any form. Storage Reservoirs. ; The company 's operations in the mat ter of creating large storage reservoirs and impounding the waste waters of Bear river each year have already had a most beneficial effect on irrigation op-' op-' erations in the companv 's territory. It , was the Utah Power & Light companv 's 1 work in constructing canals connecting Bear river and Bear lake in 1915 that rrabled sufficient water to be taken from Bear lake during that year and sent down the river for the use of irri-;ntors irri-;ntors to save the crops in Cache and ! G.-ntile valleys. The past year has seen much interest ing work accomplished by the, Utah Power & Light company in the territory it serves aDd electric service has been extended to a number of new communities, communi-ties, while large sums of money have been expended in reconstruction work in various communities where service had been previously established by the company. During the year 1916 the company extended its service to Benjamin, Coalville. Coal-ville. Honevville, Alendon, Newton, Clarkston, a est Jordan, Bear River j City, Bancroft, Hot Lava Springs and j Lund. New street lighting systems were installed in Salt Lake, Parker, Mont-pelier, Mont-pelier, Richmond, Newton, Smithfield, vVellsville and Clarkston. One of the most important pieces of work carried on by the Utah Power & Light company during the past year has been the construction ot a large electrically operated pumping station on the edge of Bear lake, known as Lifton. The development work on Bear lake and Bear river was started several years ago by the Utah Power & Light "company, "com-pany, and will not be completed for some time yet. Two canals carry the flood and excess waters of Bear river into Bear lake each year, and these waters are stored in the lake until required re-quired to keep the flow of tho river , up to normal, for the benefit of the ir-j ir-j ngated lands dependent on the river j and for the operation of the company 's power bouses on Bear river. Will Aid Canal. A large canal, called the Outlet canal, carries the water from the lake back to the river, and it is to help along the work of this Outlet canal that the company has constructed the Lifton pumping Btation. This work is notable in many ways, inasmuch as it is built on the edge of the lake where no foundation foun-dation existed. The company had to go down through quicksand for its foundation for the heavy machinery of the Btation and the great suction and discharge tubes. The caisson which was used for sinking these foundations was the largest open caisson in the world and twelve times the size of the average aver-age open caisson used -for bridge "foundations "foun-dations and similar under-water works. Five electrically operated pumps will be in action at the Lifton pumping station. sta-tion. Each will be driven by a 750-horsepower 750-horsepower induction motor, and each will be capable of lifting 300 second feet of water. During 1916 the company built a new dam across Bear river to replace the one which up to date has served to divert the flood waters of this stream into Bear lake. Oneida Operations. At Oneida, on Bear river, the company com-pany some two years ago began the construction con-struction of a large hydro-electric power station. This station was completed during 1916. and its second unit put into service, so that the station under present pres-ent conditions is capable of generating 24,000 horsepower of electrical energy, and provision has been made for installing in-stalling a third unit at a later date. Oneida is miles from the nearest town, and the company, has not only established estab-lished a model power plant, but has built a village that in many respects is far ahead of those in the more thickly populated districts. Oneida is equipped throughout with electric cooking apparatus ap-paratus and the quarters building and clubhouse for the unmarried men are equipped with electrical heating. An ice machine is operated by electricity and the town has a wate.v:orks system, electric light system, fire protection, a well-constructed sewer system and cement ce-ment walks. Just below the Grace power house, on Bear river, the company, during the past year, has inaugurated construction operations on a new power station known as Cove. A dam has been constructed con-structed which diverts the flow of the river into a concrete-liued rock caoal which carries the water through a large flume 6000 feet down the river to the power plant. This plant is capable of generating 10,000 horsepower. The flume is constructed with reinforced concrete fences aud a wood lining and is twenty feet wide by twelve feet deep at the upper end and twenty feet wide bv eighteen feet deep at the" lower end. This flume carries 1260 secctnd feet of water and the use of reinforced concrete supports for so large a flume is a new development in power plant construction operations. The Cove stations can be operated by the men in charge of the Grace station, a mile distaut up tho river, and the power from both stations is transmitted trans-mitted out over the big transmission lines running from Grace, 125 miles south, to the company 's terminal station, sta-tion, six miles west of Salt Lake. During the past year the companv has completed the underground conduit ; work between the West Temple street substation and the Jordan substation, which eliminates the possibility of m-' m-' terrupted service during the violent i storms, which interfere with service bv I doing damage to the overhead constructions. construc-tions. The company 's terminal substation six miles west of Salt Lake has been enlarged for the installation of the second and third condensers. These condensers regulate the voltage at the terminal substation which is the mam distributing point for the company s entire distribution system. A great many Salt Lakers have been watching with interest the company 's work in developing several acres ot land in the immediate vicinity of its substation, inasmuch as the company has proven conclusively that by subsoil sub-soil drainage the alkali and salt m this land west of the city cap be washed 1 out of the soil and the latter made to produce grains, fruits, vegetables and flowers. The company laid drain tiles under ten acres of ground surroundme the terminal substation last year to carry away alkali water. These subsoil sub-soil drains have been so effective m carrying out the alkali and salt in this soil, that during 1916 a crop of hay was harvested and a good stand of alfalfa. The operators at the substation have grown bluegrass and flowers around their homes. Other Work in Utah. One of the most important features of the company's operations in extending extend-ing its transmission system during lilti has been the construction of a loU,U0U volt hue from Spring villo, Utah, to Helper, Utah, which carries energy for the operation of the coai mines of the United States Fuel company and the Carbon Fuel company, through which concerns the Utah Power & Light, company com-pany furnishes electric service to the towns of Moreland, Biackhawk, Hiawatha Hia-watha and Rains. This extension vof the company's transmission lines marks an important epoch in the electrical industry ot this region as well as in the coal mining industry, because it is the first time that coal mining concerns have discovered discov-ered that they can purchase electric-service electric-service cheaper than they can make it themselves at the mines, using their own coal. The present Springville-Helper line will be operated at 44,000 volts, but the construction provides for its use at 130,000 volts. The company during the past year has constructed a 44,UU0-volt line from Devil's Slide in Weber canyon to Park City, wdiich completes the loop through Park City to the various generating stations of the company' and gives du plicate service to both the Devil's Slide cement plant and the company "s cus-tomers cus-tomers in the Park City district. A new line has been built from the Grace station on Bear river to supply the towns of Lund, Bancroft, McCainmou and Lava, all in Idaho. The transmission line from Olmsted station near Provo to Eureka has been reconstructed so as to connect with the company 's power station at Santaquiu and supply power to Eureka over a new line. Reconstruction Work. The company has spent a large sum of money d'uring 1916 in reconstruction work in various communities through out the territory it serves. One-third of the distribution system in Provo was rebuilt during 1916, making mak-ing about two-thirds of the entire distribution dis-tribution system in Provo that has been reconstructed by the company. Reconstruction work has been going on in Pleasant Grove, Lehi and Ameri" can Fork, and at the present time the , distribution systems of these three-towns three-towns are entirely rebuilt. The 66,000, volt line from American Fork to Pleas ant Grove was entirely rebuilt during the past -year, the length of the bin now being four miles. The company has also installed additional switching facilities at Eureka in connection with the reconstruction work at that point. Practically the entire distributior. system has been rebuilt in Faruiiugtor. . since its purchase by the companv ear ly in April. The lines north of Farm ington and south to Center ville have been reconstructed, as well as the line from Farm: ngt on to the Davis count y power plant. Considerable reconstruction reconstruc-tion work has been done in Willard. Greatly improved city conditions rc ,--- A BIRD'S-EYE view of the Utah Power & Light company's reservoir and power plant at Oneida, on Bear lake, in Idaho. In the foreground is shown part of the reservoir and the intake house. The large pipeline running from the reservoir down to the site of the power house (which is indicated by X) carries the water from the reservoir to the turbine of the plant. , ' - ' ' " ' - ' t . . sJJ - ' " ' .v;-' . A ' iO -V"" : : .V-.-r' . . . .. L,.-l. ,2- , -vWti rni nmm m-.i- ftr-.n.., f nW.mh.- : : suit in the reconstruction work that has been carried on in Rexburg, and at Montpelier, Idaho, the company has removed its poles from the principal street of that city and placed them in the alleys running parallel to Washington Washing-ton street. Street Lighting System. One of the most important advances in street lighting made anywhere in the United States in recent years was the inauguration of the Salt Lake City new street lighting system on Main street during the lirst week of October, 1916. Tho system was designed by W. D'Arey Ryan, the noted illuminating' engineer - who designed and supervised the installation of the electric illumination illumi-nation of the buildings and grounds at tii o Panama-Pacific exposition at Sau Francisco. The inauguration of the new system in Salt Lake was attended by impressive ceremonies and was witnessed wit-nessed by fully ;"j,000 spectators. The system makes Main street in Salt Lake the best lighted thoroughfare in the world, and the system was the first of its kind installed in any American city. The Utah Power & Light company has attracted wide attention throughout through-out the entire country by the manner in which it has encouraged the use of electric cooking appliances in the homes it serves. There are 1400 electric ranges in use in the company 's territory, terri-tory, together with 34,975 electric irons and 614j washing machines. Over 97 oqr cent of all residences within 300 fee of the lines of the company are using electric service. The company's work along these lines is extremely interesting in view of the fact that records prove that since 1 S06 the cost of coal, clothing, food, rent and taxes has increased on an average of over 65 per cent. During Dur-ing this same period the cost of electric elec-tric current has decreased until at present cents will buv the same quantity quan-tity of electric light that cost $1 twenty twen-ty years ago. Included am oner the ofll rials and directors di-rectors of the Utah Power & Licrht com-nacy com-nacy are manv men prominent for years in intermountain financial and indus trial circles, and a feature of the company's com-pany's operations during the past year is the fact that over three-quarters of a million dollars ' worth of the preferred pre-ferred stock of the company has been purchased in small lots by individuals scattered over a wide area of the territory ter-ritory served by the company. The officials of-ficials of the company express deep gratification that, while the company was originally financed by eastern capital, capi-tal, the company 's customers are gradually gradu-ally acquiring an interest in the concern con-cern to such an extent that at the present pres-ent time a large part of the preferred stock of the company is owned by individuals in-dividuals living iu the territory served by the company. " The Utah Power fc Light company furnishes employment to more than 44 people in the territory it serves and its annual payroll is $1,629,200, which amounts to over 64 per cent of the total annual earnings of the company. com-pany. Over 300 miles of electric interurban line, together with over 300 miles of street railways lines in Utah, secure all of their power from the Utah Power & Light company. Much work is contemplated by the company throughout its territory during dur-ing 1917, and heavv investments v.i!l be made in improving -the company ' service to all classes of customers. |