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( teusi ten "I I " n II transit tran,11 tran11 transn . , I is . . 1 I i r I I I s < 11 Im 11tl'r Imter liFT tl'r tlr ter ( ' lINt Imt i i ( w ' ( t thl lhf th < Ut Dt 111 1 ) II\ II IIIIV Ibis I Iil \ ! < ( IIV { l ( < a , aer wer I'r Ir er ' oy ; systems < ; tems with with tl s s ( < of MI Mr M ( n i t ti II u a aOregon aOregon aOregon Oregon and Wast Wa.ol Waol Wnsl . ; li II in gt Itt i r t U ( forn forms torna formsa 1\ 1 a \ 1glal glar glal gear t Interinoi Intennot lnterlllOlllllln nt nil tin sirs NI Nc N ( rtht'IIpowt'r rthaestpower rthwpst rth\\t'II rth t'II tII rthaest \ ' ' | power powt'r powtr ' grid geld was wao ; bPR beg I 1 i I 1 lit I r t tH'f \H'f H'f Hf acf \ wc'k wck ' ' k It II Itwas IIwas Itwas was announced annollnct"d annollnctd " by OeorRe Oeorgt George ' M Oath Gads Gadsby Oathby Oatisby by prcsldpi prp81dl'I prp81dlI presider ' t Utali Utah I I ( WI wr w < r 'I I ' . ' t . > . Light LightCmpany Lightcompany Lightcompany LightcompanyThe Cmpany company ( ) CmpanyThe companyThe The three company project projed e'l el es e'ltimated estimated pstimaled ' timated to cost about $2 2 $ 500 000 000w1Jl 000will 000will w1Jl will ] link Ink 280 existing exLotlng ; prl\at.el prlat.el prl at.el atel prisatel privateowned \ . ! ) owned steam and water watt'r wattr ' power powergenerating powergenerating powergenerating generating stations in five fl\e fl e \ states statescreating htatescreating tale5 tale5creating creating a power pool of 3 000 000 000horsepower 000horsepower 000horsepower 000horsepowerThis horsepowerThis horsepower This huge reservoir rest'T\olr rest'T restT olr ' \ of powerflowing power powerJowlng powerflowing Jowlng flowing ! back and forth over 16000 16000milt's 16 000 000miles 000miles milt's milts miles ' of transmission lines was des descrlbed desrrilxd described crlbed rrilxd as adequate adequatt ' to met all al1 thepresent thepresent the present - requirements requlrementJ requlrementa ; of national defense together togeUler with the anticlpaed ant1clpaed anticipaed ant1clpa anticipa ed Industrial commercial and ant1clpaI dom dour domestlc dourestle domestic I pIre estlc estle W--ds W ds rills op-ds op ds - - of the vast Inland em empIre empire empire empireAnnouncement ( pIreAnnouncement Announcement of construction constructionplans constructionplans constructionplans plans was made In Salt Ba1t Lake CIty CItyfOllowing Cityfollowing Cityfollowing fOllowing approval approva1 of ( ) contract Cntract constructionI wllh with wllhthe withthe withthe I the Utah Construction company of ofOgden ofOgden ofOgden Ogden for tor building buUdlng the Idaho Beg seg Begment segment segment ment of the project projed The three threepower threepower threepower power companies companlt"s companlts " In Montana . threeI 1U- 1U rue- rue 1Uho rueho lua-ho lua ho . - - I ho and Utah are engaged jointly inthe In Inthp inthe thp the program programThe programThe I The TIlt ' proposed tr8l1sml transmission < ; 0lon ; Hne line linealth linewith alth \ Ith Its ILo ; shiny ahli shII y copper cables opt"r optr oper opt"rath operash operatli " ath ash g at 161000oIL 161 161000 000 \ volts \oIL oIL soiLs " will strf"ach strfach streach streacli277 " 277 inllps mile miles , > from Anaconda Mont Montwhert Montwhere Montwliere whert where ' It taps the uirp alrp alre I r > ly tv deveop deveopt'ld deveopeld deveopeld t'ld tld eld ' power pool I ( f Washington WashingtonOregon WashingtonOregon WashingtonOregon Oregon and Montana companiesto companlt'sto companlt's companlts companies ' to Orace Oract Grace ' Ida wlierp where it jl j < ( In ins fns , > the theUtah theUtah theUtah Utah Idaho 0\ 0 ; system 0'item sstem \ } 'item item ' poI poIIn pcx po < ( IIn 1 I 1In In conformity with wllh the tht ' eledrlc electric electricutilities eledrlcut1Hllph electricutilities ' ut1Hllph utilities Intensified Intt'nslfled Inttnslfled ' national nallonal de detense detense fensf tense ' efforts to 10 have ample pwer power pwerready powerready piwerready ' ) ready Mr Oadsby Gadoby Gadcby ; said the date for tor completion of the project haa has haabeen hasbeen hasbeen been set tor for Jan 1 1941The 1941 1941The The project was seen by tlie tht the ' utIl- utIl utIlity utility util utility - - ity head as a . boon to employment employmentduring employmentduring . during the early winter months and andto andto andto to the copper Industry of the in- in intermountain intermountain In-termountain In termountain - - termountain statesHe states He asserted between 400 and and500 500 men will wUl be employed from nowand now nowand nowand and the first of the year to hasten hastenconstruction hastenconstruction hastenconstruction construction and so far as posslb1e possible possiblethis posslb1ethis possiblethis this labor wll wU wit be obtained locally locallyIn In Utah JIdaho ldaho Idaho and Montana |