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Show Power Systems Of OfFive OfFive I ' FIve States Slates lerge Merge MergeSalt Mer e Salt Lake City Sept 7Con 7-Con 7 Con 7Construction 7 -Con Con - - Construction tructlon struction of uf a modern high ten tenslcn tension tensicn slcn sion transmission line 1mI ' to Inter Interconnect Interconnect interconnect connect the Utah Idah Idahn " pI\\cr pI cr possor pIcrsystems possorsystems powersystems ) \ systems w \ with Ith those of "fontana fontana Montana "fontanaOregon MontanaOregon " MontanaOregon Oregon and Washlngt Washington n to form forma a giant intermountain north\\ north northw northest northwestpower \ est estpower estpower power grid111 grid go-id go id - \ will \\111 111 begin this \ week eek It itvris itvis vris \ 'lS lS ' announced today by George GeorgeM GeorgeM GeorgeM M Ga Gadsbv Gadsb i < < ; b > president Utah GeorgeI Power PO\ler PO ler \ I & Light comrany comjany eorrm : any . The three company project esti estimated estinrated estimated mated n-rated n rated - to cost about $ ? ' 500 500000 000 000will will 1 nk 280 existing privately ownedeteam owned team e-team e - ' andater and \ water \\ater ater power pewer generating generatingstations generatingstations generatingstations stations in five states creatingP0 creating creatmg . a.pover apover . po P0 \ ser er pool of 3 3000000 000 000 horsepowerThis horsepowerThis horsepower This huge reservoir of po power powerflowing powerflowing " er erfiowmg fiowmg flowing back and forth over 16 16lfl0 16ino 1)00 100 ) lfl0 miles of transmission lines v w . wasdescribed as . descnbed described as adequate to meet all allthe allI I the ; present Jresent requirements of nation national national al defense together1th together with \\1th 1th \ the antici anticipated anticipated , pated industrial commercial and anddorrestlc anddorrestic anddorrestic dorrestlc dorrestic needs of the vast lnland inland inlandempire inlandempire inlandempireAnnouncement ' empire empireAnnouncement Announcement of constl1lctlon construction constructionplans constructionplans plans was made in Ira Salt Lake City Citylate Citylate latp late Saturday by Mr Gadsby Gadaby fol fob folloving 10 sing ing ap roval ro\al ro al rosal \ of a contract with withthe withthe withthe the Utah Construction company of ofOgden ofOgden ofOgden Ogden for building buildmg the Idaho Idahosegment Idahosegment Idahosegment segment of the project Tne three threepov.er threepower threepower pov.er pover power . companies in Montana MontanaIdaho MontanaIdaho MontanaIdaho Idaho and Utah are enga engaged ed jomt joint jomtIy jointly Jointly Iy ly in the programThe programThe program programThe The proposed transmission hne line linev lineS S , ith Its snmv minI snm ) copper cables operit oper oper't -it it . , - 't t ' t nS ne n ? ! at 161 161000 000 volts will w11\ w11 w11stretch \ stretch stretch277 277 miles from Anaconda Mont Montv \ ' heie hell hem e ' it taps the already devcloLed devcloc-.ed devcloc.ed devcloc .ed ed devcloLedpn devcloc.edp developedpv - . pn p : ' ? ' "r r ar " r pool of Washington Oregon Oregonand Oregonand Oregonand I and Montana companies to Grace GraceIiaho Graceliaho GraceIlaho Iiaho liaho " where "here here it joins the tbe Utah- Utah UtahIdaho UtahIdaho Utah-Idaho Utah Idaho - Idaho s 53 system ) stem poolIn poolIn pool In conformity with the ' electric electricutiltties electricutilities electricutilities utiltties utilities mten intensified ified national de defensI defense defense fensI fense ' efforts to have ample power powerready powerready powerready ready Mr Gad Gadbby Gadsby by said the date datefor datefor datefor for completion completoh completloh ! of the : project aroject groject has 1ias hasbeen 1iasbeen hasbeen been set for January 11941 1 1941 |