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Show lonlio iDErair Electricity Will Be Used in Construction Task at Sc. George. Dixie Power Company to Purchase Pole Line After Completion of Highway. U a contract entered Into yesterday between be-tween the state road commission and the 1 nxie- Lower company, it is believe. I tha late will save something like $ JO. 00 in : 1 ho construction of fort y-t wo- miles of 1 concrete highway between St. George and l Cellar City, and that the residents of th;it eel ion will be able, after work has bivn started on the road, lo avail themselves of hdro-eleetrie power at the regular rates filed by the company with the public utilities commission. The advantage to be reaped by the eltl-iu eltl-iu us of the state from the agreement, iheroL-re, it is held, will be tuofold. Pumping Is Necessary. Under the contract the state agree that electric power ami equipment will ho . used in I he concrete oding and other machinery and to supply water for 1h N road construction. In some cases thi water will ha vo to be, pumped long distances, dis-tances, t u the other hand, the use of the electric current will 'lo away with any necessity for the purchase of coal or gno-line gno-line for fuel, aim in that region of great d is t a need t ho cost nf t rans porting 1 hese varieties of fuel is very heavy. The Uixio Lower company agrees to furnish a HS.Oml volt, - lhroe-ph:!se current in the wires. The latter ill lie installed by the Btato at a cost, of $s:" per mile. The stale will buy the power at regular rates for largu consumers. The company agrees to buy the polo line and wires from the state at the completion of the road contract, deducting de-ducting from the amount if pays the total of the state's power bill. H Is estimated that the company will have to pay thu slate something like $!,-OOD $!,-OOD balance. The company expressed an unwillingness unwilling-ness to construct the pole line at the present pres-ent time unless the state would use tho power for road building purposes. It was represented that the outlay would be too heavy, otherwise, for any immediate prospect pros-pect of business aiong the route to justify. The commission also signed the contract con-tract with Olof Nelson for (lie construction construc-tion of the surip of pavement in Cache county from Logan to YYellsvlUe, and th contractor was notified to start immediately immedi-ately with the work. Approval was given to plans for a masonry and concrete bridge over Mes-quite Mes-quite wash, in Washington county, at an estimated cost of $.'190. The state's Htor-age Htor-age and repair shops at LiJT) Heck street also are to be enlarged by the construction construc-tion of two bents at an estimated coat of 5-1829. An appropriation of ?r000 was approved for changes in the road through Lrovo canyon, where a portion of the present road three miles long lias grades as high as 11 per cent. The new road will bo partly side-hill construction, and the maximum grade proposed will be 4-Tij per cent. The plans were, prepared by Jed F. Wool ley, field engineer, and are approved by J. O. Burson, district engineer. engi-neer. Reports on Logan Road. L. F. Kneipp, district forester at Og-den, Og-den, reported that only one bid was received re-ceived for the construction of the Logan-Garden Logan-Garden City road, and that was from the Chrlstensen Construction company at $112,9:4.35. This, with other charges, J would bring the total estimated cost the road to $l.?2,4'io, whereas the stato and federal government each agreed to put up a maximum of $ti0.000 for this work. The state commission decided it would favor accepting the Chrlstensen bid, and would pay one-half of the extra cost. Harden Ben n ion, secretary of state, who had been one of a committee to investigate the situation in Farmlngton. reported in favor of the route advocated by certain of the city officials through that town, provided certain additional Improvements were made in the route. The definite and final route for the road is still unsettled. |