Show I They Hunted for Candles When the Lights Went Out in Moab Tuesday Tuesday evening Moab was plunged into darkness when its light service was cut as a direct result of the flood down Mill IlI MillCreek Creek last week which ripped out the big flow line from the dam to the power plant and filled fill ed cd the rest of the big pipe with mud and debris This cut off the supply of cooling water for forthe forthe forthe the big diesel generating units and then when sprinkling took all the city water this supply of water was cut off and the plant to shut to keep from burning the big diesels up Candles Candies were dug out of their hiding places and old Id lamps came up out of the cellar and off shelves to provide the illumination of homes and business business busi busl ness houses and the run on candles at the Riley Drug soon cleaned out their stock of candies candles can dIes resulting in the sale of In a few minutes as the lights went dead i Utah Light Powers Power's big new transmission light from Price had not been completed to the point where it could be used so Local Manager Mars Pope and his crew worked frantically to clean out mud choked pipes and get the big diesels back Into service with the necessary cooling cooling cool cool- ing water The all thank the people for lor their patience |