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Show Ij ! " ' T! "" ' Great Advances Along I ; ' Electrical Lines In Utah, 1 Idaho and Colorado. j No year in Utah's history linn wlt- j . nesaed greater advances along olect- j ileal lines tlinn tho one closing. No j oilier section of tlie west may bonst I ll mor I'f'tcntlul fnctor nmong tho I j iittnlnmontH of tho imbt year tlinn the Ij binndgnugcd development In tho gen- B orating, transmission, distribution, Mm "id Application of electrical cnen;y, Unit has gone utcadlly forward In B Utah, Idaho and Colorado. IjK I" two j ears tho reins havo been Iw gathered over n scoro or more of In. MM Jlv,(I "I I'ompnnlcs BcneratliiK and II dlstii'mtlng electric powor In south-Mm south-Mm eastern Idaho, northern and control ' E I'tiil'. iii1 western Colorado, new ft power houses havo boon erected, B w"8l' wntor stored, long transmission Hues built, niodorn sub-stntloiiB ercct- fk ri'. '"'! tho unification of the entire jf system accomplished. 1 Tho work tho Utah 1'ower mul if 'j'B'it company has actompllshed : throughout tlioso sections of Idaho, m t tab, and Colorado served by Its linos, ft stands ns a striking oxamplo of tho M possibilities in the utilization of the i nnturnl lesouieos of the lutermouii-Bhj lutermouii-Bhj ln'" country, mmm Along near iIv.t, In Idaho, wliero ff "" company lias cnlargod tho canals ftji rarrylng tho floodwatcrs of the river Bjll 'l Dear lake, and tho excess waters 1 r the lake hack into tho river when $ needed, and further down tho river H!f whole rosunolrs, dams unci powor HH Iiouhcji liavo been erected, oxtonalvo ;! operations havo been carried on thioughout 1914. Thu largo suction ," diedge owned by tho Utah I'owor and '!Rt company has completed tho en-'$( en-'$( larglug of the Outlet canal from Hear & lalte to Hear river. Tho former con- trolling gates which huvo oiiornted I 1" tho Outlet canal nt Dlko for aovornl enrs, liavo been replaced with now 4' v. controlling gates with n capacity that V w'll nmply tuko enro of all dlachnrgo ;i requirements for yours to come. Tho ' Halubow branch of tho Dingle Inlet 1 'caunl has also been equipped with R" "w controlling gates. Thoao opurn-V opurn-V tlonu marked the completion or tho I llrat plinso or tho operation for tho H storing In Dear Inko each year or tho '")! excess riood water cr Hoar rlvor, so Hint they may bo used to equalize tho r fw or tho rlvor during dry seasons, w and in tho extensive and Important mmY. irrigation operation which form no " . 'nrgo ntul Important factcr in tho mmtl company's plana for tho development E l J of tho natural resources or tho Intor-L Intor-L I mountain country it scrvoo. ?( i'lv Tho company's now powor liouco K '.l "t Grace, Idaho, on Hear river, was BllC completed early in 1014, nnd placed hK1 i In oporation February 15. Tho enpa- Ir l! ''"' of til'3 "uw Plant In nearly 35,000 f I Oneida Is tho next point on near njv rlvur whoro work has been going for- ' ' I wnrd for aovornl years, and at which ., , I loliit a dam and other controlling E ! works wcro completed Into In 1913, K. $ Hint will bo made to servo extensive )!'$ irrigation purposcH, and which In " ' addition will equalize tho flow of near H h ' river for points bolow Onolda. Tho K now powor Iiouho that Is being orcctcd T" "t Onolda Is now under conotructlon, R,f nml tho Hub-otructuro of tho building '; ,s completed. It Is expettd tho R 7 powor house will bo placed In cor.i- mission soma time ln July, 1915. A BV k great steel pipo lino 1C feet in din- H meter, la being constructed from tho t lutnko houBo of tho Onolda reservoir BV,) to n now surgo tank, near tho nlta of 1, tho Or.cldn powor hcuse. Tills pipe BW line In 2.G0O rest lung and tho steel tube is tho samo tlzo as tho McAdoo BBB tuuuolR under tho Hudson river nt BBBji i ' New York, Tho mirgo tnuk Is 120 BBVJ, feet high nnd 40 feet in diameter. BBB&, , Two steel plpu lines, called BBBr penatockH ouch 12 feet In diameter, BBj i lead from this surgo tnuk down to tho BBVt edge of tho river, whera tho power BBBti houes Is being erected. Tho sub. BBBi ! Btructuro of tho power house Is now BBVv i eomploted. Thu building will bo ISO BBVy i X05 feet, and flvo btorlea high. It wtll BWh ( bo c(iiipped with two 14,000 horse- BBViji I power vertical generating units. BBWj; I CHEAT TRANSMISSION LINE BBV The steel tower traiismlHuluii lino BBB'j I oreeteil by the company and connect- BBB, i lug tho (Irace and Oneida power BBBT'i' i houses, with tho nuw tennlual sub- BBBH I tttntlon (& 1-2 miles west or Salt Lake BBBjM I waH placed In operation Jan 15, 1914. and has been successfully operated continuously hIiico that date. Tills transmission line is K)5 miles long, and is one of tho largest and longest of Its Kind In tho entire west. The new terminal Hiib-stntlon C &. 1.2 miles wcHt of Salt Lake has been in operation since early In the spring of Mb yenr, and represents n Inrgo Investment In-vestment In buildings, grounds and equipment At Oils sub-station, the n tire dlsti Uniting systems of the Utah i'owor & Light company arocnuttol-led. arocnuttol-led. Heavy feeder Hues supply power for the electrical equipment of thu Utah Copper properties nt Hlughnm nnd Onrflcld; other feeder Hues running out from tho sub-station Jiipply powor for tho operation of the I I'tnli I.lglit and Traction a) stem In and around Snlt Lake. Tho slto of tho substation comprises 40 acres, and the company bus erected modern cottages for tho accommodnticu of its employees. This Is tho southern idrmlunl or the 135 mile transmission lino running from Grace nnd Oneida on Hear rUcr, and tills lino delivers n current or 13,000 volts to tho sub-itatlon. sub-itatlon. At tho latter the current is minced and scut out over the feeder lines nt 11.000 volts A number of lighting customers oast of Mldvnlo hnvo been suppllul with service thiough a now extens ion Into tho (dully of Kust Urlon, ami at Murray the company has built it new Hue Horn Mldvalu to nupply the I 'tali Junk company with seivlce, and the .Murray plant or the Utah Oro dumpling company. The MlJvnle mill of !'. J. Moed! has also been sup. piled with son Ice, and in thu vicinity or American Fork, Lehl, nnd I'lensnnt (hove, the second pumping plant or 1. II. Oardner has been connected up, and ii considerable amount or add-tlonnle add-tlonnle sonlco rcudoicd the Utah Lake Iirlgatlon company The company's com-pany's lino through American Fork, l.elil, mid Pleasant Grove had been rebuilt to accommodate tho electric Inlet urban, the Snlt Lnl.u and Utah Hallwny company, operating from Snlt Lake to I'rovo and for the operation oper-ation of which tho Utah Power nnd Light company cuppllcs electric powor. One of tha most Interesting plants at Lehl, to which thu company furnishes sen Ice, l.i tho Gnrfr Hroa. Klectrlc Rerrlgeratlo.i company which A'ns connected up during 1914. Several pumping plnuts in tho rtclnity of South Jordan nro now operated by electricity. Many and Important Improvements nro planned by the Utnh Power nnd Light company fcr ench district it sorve3 throughout tho company's cn-tlro cn-tlro torrltory during 1915. Many Miousnnds or dollars will bo expended throughout tho communities or tho torrltory Hint oxoudo rrom Ashton, Ida., on tho north, to Eureka, Utah, on tho south, and theso Improvements will rorm nn Integral purt or tho growth anil dovolopmont of thoco communltlcrt during tho coming year. Tho ofricinls or tho Utnh Power and Light compnny nro lnylng tho greatest great-est possible stress on its ondvnvors to bring Its electric service to tho highest possible plnno or efficiency. This Is tho goal townrd which is directed di-rected every effort of tho company and Its omployeos. Tho splendid cooperation co-operation tho company has reclovcd rrom customers nnd tho public generally gen-erally throughout Its territory lins proven or tho greatect nsBlstanco, sny officials of tho company. Tho men who nro nt the head of tho Utnh Power nnd Light company nnd directs Its operations and nct-I nct-I Itles Include many men w lioso business busi-ness Interest lie almost wholly in tho Inturmouutniu went, and who nro vitally vit-ally Interested In tho development of this section. I). C. Jackllng or Salt Lako la president or tho Utah Power and Light company, and W. S. Mc-Cornlck, Mc-Cornlck, president or McCornlck nnd Co., bankers, Is senior Ico president of tho company. Tho directors nro M II. Wnlkor, president or Wplkor Hros., hankers, Salt Lako; T R Cutler, Cut-ler, genernl manager of tho Utah. Idaho Sugar company. Salt J.ako; I'. J. Moran, contractor, Salt Lako; (' V Nlbley or Salt Lake. C E. Loose of Provo, Utah, and Hulkley Wells of Tolluilde. Colo Tito Western Colorado Power company, com-pany, Willi general offices at Montrose, Mon-trose, Colo, Is a subsidiary of the Utah Powor and Light company, and seives a large mining and commercial field In Western Colorado |