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Electric service in m \ Moab l\Ioab l Ioab is be- be be - - becoming becomm6 coming comm6 Interruptions : an acute acutc problem Inter Inter- - - beconunall becomingall all ruptions in 111 PO\\ PO power POer \ \ er arc are becomm becoming ? housesand too numerous numl'rO\lS numl'rO numlrO lS nunterolis ' \ Business Busmecs ; houses and homes which depend on 011 cur- cur - lent rent cur-lent cur lent curlent current wellas for poner po\\er po er power \ and heat he\t he t ' \ as well 1S as " lights are being bemg : seriously crip- crip crip - - pled crippled , andin and in m fact some busmess business businesshouses busmesshouses houses occasionally occaslOn\lly occaslOn lly ' \ entail severe losses severelosses tomove tomo becau because e they thc are unable to mo\ mo moe move \ e a \ wheel heel during durmg the suspen suspen- - suspensions sions of service Families Famdles dependent depen depen- depen- depen - - dent on 011 current currellt for cooking cookmg are aidand dand compelled arccompelled arecompelled to so go to the back 5 ) al aid d and cook cooh their meals me\ls me ls mewls ' \ over 0er otter 0\ 0 \ er a c\mp c mp camp ' \ fire fireThere campfire cmpfire campfireThere There has been and tlierc therc there is no dlsPoslhon disposition nodisposition nodlsPoslhon on 011 the thc partof part of local localreople localreople localpeople reople PowerA to harrass the Utah Uhh PO\H'r PO H'r Hr Power \ ' & t . . Light company comiJany , , or to complal11 complain \lnneces'ard lnneces'ard lnnecesard unnecescarily \ complainunnecessarily complal11lnneces'ard complainunnecescarily " ' But the time tune l.as las l.ascomc Lasconic liasconic . comc conic comchen \ when \\hen hen \ they cannot remainvilent remain remam l.asI I 'dcnt dcnt vilent < ' ' ilcnt aJ1 0115 any longer . . A series senes of ser- ser serVICC service ser service - - vice VICC interruptions mterruphons last \ week \ eeh called serI I calledfoicibly calledfOI calledfoicrbly fOI foicrbly clbly to their attention attenlOn ( that tile the thefacilities tilefacdlhcs facdlhcs facilities tlie the company has tileI for forsef forserving forserving I sef\ sef sefmg serving \ mg : this tlus communlt community arc are cn- cn en- en en - tirely tlrely entirely cntlrely inadequate madequate . . Unless Unlc"s Unlcs " some- some some - - thing tlung remedythe something : is ( done lone at once to remedy someI I . the situation , conditions will be- be become become be become - come intolerable mtolcr\blp mtolcr blp ' \ at \ Moab l\Io'1b l Io'1b Io1b ' tIus this tIuscoml11g thiscoming thiscoming coml11g coming , " wintei "mtel mtel wintet . . tIusI I The TIIC employees of the companv company companyin companynt 111 nt tIll thib this : > terntor terrltor territory } , including 1llcludmg both boththc boththe boththe havedone thc the Moab lUoab and Price PrICC offices OffICCS , , h'l\e h'l hl e Irave Iravedone h'ledonc bothI ' . \ I donc done possibleto e\ e eeQ eserythutg every \ eQ tlunllUmanly thins tlun- tlun ; : - humanly llUmanly possible to gl\ gl give gle \ e Moab + , Moab Ioab the best sen service seruce Ice pos- pos possible possiblc pos possible - sible sible- siblc equipment.But equipmentBut siblewIth * - with present eqUipment posI . . I But impossibilityto ImPOSSlblhtyto it is a physical ImPOSSlblhty impossibility to give gne Moab lUoab the kind kmd of serHce service serHceIt serviceit serviceit It has a n&ht nht ngbt nght & to expect e\pcct e pcct ' \ with serHceI the theplesellt thepresent thepiesent I plesellt present povm PO\\Cl PO Cl power \ \ unitThe unitThe unit unitThe The fact of unitI the matter is , the I -u-u u - uun.of1 - _ _ . . _ ' -n----.of1 n.of1 n .of1 of1 - - . . _ . _ . - - . . . - . h hydio lH dlo di o plant phnt on Mill lUlll creehIS creekis creek creeh is entirely en- en enhrel en entirely - hrel tirely inadequate lI1adcqu"1te lI1adcqu1te " to serve Moab Moaban Moabany Moabany an any longer , for the simple reason rea- rea reason rea reason - son that th'l.t thl.t thlt ' . the peak load lo\d lo d lord ' \ has h'1.s h1.s h1s ' . grown grownalmost grownalmost grownalmost almost 100 per cent m recent recentyears recentyears recentyears years The reultIS resultis result reult ' ) is that the thc diesel dieselengme dieselengine dicselengine engme engine , originall ongmaIl } ) installed mstallcd as an anaUlhary anauxiliary anauxiliary aU\lhary aU lhary auxiliary ' \ unit to be operated only onlyoccasionally onlyoccasionally onlyoccasionally occasionally , now has to carry the theload theload theload load about 18 or 20 hours a da ) . day.Engine dayEngine Engme Engine parts p\rts p rts pirts ' \ wear out , especially especiallywhen especiallywhen "hcn hcn when , " a machine machme is kept operatingcOl1shntly operatingconstantly operating : constantly cOl1shntly . And whenever whencver the theengme theengine theengine engme engine is out of commission commissionMoab , l\Ioab l Ioab Moab \ has to get 1longdh ' along 1long Hong with \\dh dh within \ dhm m- m in- in inadequate m1dequatc in inadequate - 1dequatcolhge " adequate 1dequatc voltage \olhge olhge \ , , if m indeed eed it Jt l1as has l1asan hasany hasany an any } < ; service en'1ce en1ce ' at alllIob allMoab all allMoab Moab l\Io\b l Io b \ ' \ pays pas ) a pretty high rate ratefor ratefor ratefor for electric service erlee seruce er\ er \ lee , the highest on onthe onthe ontlie the entire enhre system of the Utah UtahPon UtahPottci UtahPcmci Pon Pottci CI & , Light LlgIlt company eomp\ny eomp ny ' \ Thc The Thetatcs Theiatcs 1 1tcs tatcs \tcs tcs ' \ and 'Ind Ind ' the type ofseruce of " service "cr\lce "cr cr lce seruce \ we weh wehave wehave h\\ h he have ' \ \ e been receiving recelmg recel\ recel recen \ mg ing : do not go gowell gowell "ell ell well , " togcthci togethei together People c cannot c\nnot c nnot ' \ innot he hec.pected heexpected beexpected c.pected cpected expected . to silently sllentlv submit much muchlonger muchlonger muchlonger muchlongerTlie longer longerThe Tlie The Times-Independent Times Independent Tllnes-Inclcpendcnt Tllnes Inclcpendcnt TllnesInclcpendcntIS TimesIndependentis - is not notsufflclentI notsufficiently notsufTicieiitl sufficiently sufflclentI } ) \ versed crsed on the subjectto subJcctto subJcct subject to say sa So . } ) "h\t "h h t w " v hat ' \ the company compau } ought to todo todo todo do to remedy the situation But ButIt Butit Butit It is evident that the local phnt plant phntno plantno plantno no longci longel longer has an " auxiliary 1ulh.uy 1ulhuy , " . umt unit unitand , and continuous serVJcennot service serVJce ( ' cannot \nnot nnot ' \ be beg"lven begiven begiven g"lven glven given " without tins thIS safeguard safcguard To Tothe Tothe Tothe the h layman } I1l\n I1l n . ' \ it is ob\ ob obvious obIOUS \ IOUS that thateither thateither thatcither either another diesel dlcsel unit umt should shouldLe shouldLe shouldLc Le installed IllshlIed or the compan company's companys company'srower company'srower companysrower } ' rO\\ rO rOer rower \ ' \ er line Ime now ' sciving sel'Illg seivmg sel \'Illg 'Illg Illg \ ' Thompsons Thomp Thomp- Thomp"ons Thompsons - sons "ons ons " and and Scgo Sego should be e.tcndcd etcndcd extended extendedto e.tcndcdto . to \ Moab l\Ioab l Ioab MoabOne lIoabOnc One Onc thing tIung I is certain ccrhm ' Some Some- Sometlung Something Something - thing tlung must be done n right ht ana away SomeI , to togIve togive togive gIve \ Moab l\Io\b l Io b ' \ jiettei better elcctric electric senlCe service crvi0 ? I I |