Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-11-30 | Page 12 | Cheaper Fuel; Cheaper Heat

CHEAPER PUEL; CHEAPER HEAT Two Enterprises of Magnitude Mag-nitude Projected for Salt Lake City. Important among the many projected developments of -an Industrial character i-i the Stale that have been launched during dur-ing the year is thnt of manufacturing from a great deposit of semi-anthracite coal found near Provo, commercial gas to be used in an InttT-municipal system comprising Salt Iikc, Provo and all the Intervening towns. The plans to utilizo the coal deposits found. near Provo and "convert it into gas, to bo used for fuel, power and lighting purposes In the cities and towns indicated was projected by George A.- Snow, formerly for-merly of 'Ihis. city, and William Darst of t'hlcago. These men arc Iwtcked by Cht-cago Cht-cago capital-, for the development of the project, to the extent of several millions of dollars). The company which has been granted f-ancbises bv this and other municipalities municipali-ties Interested, expects to expend between $2.UO,00O and $3.0uO,000 ill plant and equipment, equip-ment, and in pipe-lines, reservoirs. Iiouse equipment, and other details. Work on the project will be instituted during the eurJy. months of next year. Another enterprise that will prove valuable valu-able to .the residents of the city, particularly particu-larly In the business section, is the organization organ-ization of the Citizens' Heating and Power company. This company will construct an extensive exten-sive steam and hot water heating plant and pipe the product not only to the business busi-ness district, but In the residence sections, as the demand Justifies. The company has been . incorporated with a capital of 1600.000. The Snow-Darst project promises cheaper cheap-er light, fuei and power and the Citizens' Heating and Power company promises cheaper heat. If all the promises are) kept the small manufacturer and householder-will have an easy lot.