Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-06-02 | Page 9 | Power Plant for Coal Firms Looms

POWER PLANT FOR FORI I GOAL COAL FIRMS LOOMS Project Discussed at Confab of Carbon Co Operators I Representatives of ot the principal coal mining companies of Utah at a meetIng meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing held yesterday at the Hotel Utah discussed plans for for the construction of ot ofa ota ofa a steam power plant in Carbon county to furnish power to the big mines in I that locality It is estimated that the plant would cost about A committee of ot coal men composed of or Fred A. A Sweet F. F H. H and John H. H Tonkin was appointed to In Investigate investigate investigate in- in the location cost and construction construction con con- details of or the proposed power plant This committee will wUl go into all phases of ot the situation and will report at another meeting at which itis ItIs it itis is expected final steps will be taken to build the plant It is said that such sucha a plant as proposed would save the coal mining companies half halt the present present present pres pres- ent cost of power at the mines The main Idea behind the construction construe Lion tion of the power plant is Isto to cut down the expense of mining coal It was wag stated after s meeting that the companies represented were now I paying about a year for power and that other corporations which may participate in the erection of a plant would bring this sum up to The The- new plant would use slack coal coat which the coal companies say is ts now sold at a loss I It was stated also that the primary reason for calling yesterdays yesterday's meeting was to discuss ways and means of ot getting get get- ting the coal buying public to store storo I coal this summer for tor use uso next winter and thereby eliminate all danger of a i coal shortage Among the coal men j present were H H. H. H Calvin and Moroni I Heiner of ot the United States Fuel company company com com- com I pany Beach D. D Lyon of ot the Peerless Coal company l Frank Tank N. N Cameron and I L. L Ross Weber of the Libert Liberty I Fuel ell com company pan J. J A A. A Stallings of the Sprint Spring I Valley Coal company compan Fred Ired A A. Sweet I of the Standard Coal company F. F H. H of ot I F. F H H. H fc Co John JohnN I N N. Tonkin of ot the Independent Coal Coke com company pan and A. A D. D Pierson of ot the Utah Coal company I