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Show Published Every Saturday BY GOODWIN'S WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO., INC. A. W. RAYBOULD, Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: . , Including postage In the United 8tates Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, $1.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal Union, $4.50 per year. 8ingle copies, 10 cents. Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. - Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the postoffice at 8alt Lake Act of March 3, 1879. City, Utah, under the ' 8alt Lake City, Utah Ness Bldg. Phone Wasatch 5409 . .311-12-- 13 MUST HOLD LINCOLN HIGHWA Y Utah people should demand of the state road commission the completion of the Lincoln highway in Utah in order that this state may not be cut off from direct patronage traveling over the Lincoln highway. It is said that there is only a stretch of about seventeen miles to build which completes a direct road from New York City to San Francisco, but this state has been very backward in holding road. up its end in the construction work on this According to reports of automobile associations, tourists spent over $40,000,000 in Colorado last year and over $43,000,000 in Los trans-continent- al While in Utah the sum dwindled down to about $3,000,000. Had the Lincoln highway been in good condition going through this state we would have received a visit from nearly all the tourists coming west. As it was most' of them split in Colorado, some going to the coast by way of Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon, while others took the southern route through New Mexico and the Mojava desert. Field Secretary G. S. Hoag of the Lincoln highway was in the city during the week and said that he hoped the road would soon be completed. Salt Lake City is on the main route previously laid out and Mr. Hoag would not like to see the same changed. However, if the people of Utah show the indifference of the past to the completion of this short stretch of road, there is no doubt that the Lincoln highway will be compelled to seek another western outlet Under such conditions Utah would only be made by tourists wishing to take side trips and we would miss the main traffic going to and coming from the coast. This is a matter of great importance to Utah people and there should be no delay in the by and with the proper officials, and the completion of the road urged at the earliest possible moment. Tourists should be made welcome in this city and the present supervision of the camp grounds on lower Main street should be changed. The camping fee of fifty cents per day, while it does not amount to very much, has a tendency to knock the city and a majority of the people who come here look upon the charge as a holdup. The city commission can secure free supervision of the grounds by giving the store privilege and concessions to some merchant. There are many who would be only too glad of the opportunity to run a store on the grounds and with many tourists camped there it would be a money making venture to the investor. A camper last summer wanted two new tires. He camped on vthe grounds one night and then went to Ogden where the grounds are open to the public. He refused to spend his money in this city just because he was asked to pay a small sum for camping. While the charge is very small, nevertheless, it is very unpopular and it diverts a great deal of trade from our local merchants. When peo Angeles. co-operat- ion ple arrive here many of them refuse to remain because in a very. short time they can roll to the next city where they feel they are welcome. ELECTRICITY. Electrifying the Wheels of Progress is a booklet just off the press descriptive of ten years of efficient service from 1912 to 1922 by the Utah Light & Power company. It was sent to all customers and stockholders of the company, and it contains a volume of information not generally . known, and it is beautifully illustrated with halftone cuts showing progression of equipment and methods in use and of landscape views pertaining to the business. The first electric plant was established in New York City forty years ago and had a capacity of 750 horsepower, and the electric power was generated with fuel. The Utah Power & Light company operates forty generating stations having a total capacity of 224,000 horsepower, of which 200,000 is hydro-electri- c. The bringing of this power from the mountains to the cities is not as easy task. Transmission and distribution lines, substations and other facilities must be provided. This involves the expenditure of large amounts of money for labor, supplies and materials, and requires the highest degree of engineering skill in planning and executing the various phases of constructive work. In converting the water power of this territory into electrical energy, in bringing its service to the home, and to mining, manufacturing, farming and many other industries, the Utah Power & Light company has a definite and very important place in the scheme of community welfare. This company has become one of the communitys largest taxpayers, paying now more than a million dollars in taxes. Its large payroll draws more than three million dollars a year in wages for employees. Each year it spends several million dollars locally for supplies and materials used in construction and operation. During the past ten years the company has brought in from the outside $30,000,000 in new capital for development work in its territory. The company has served its 83,000 customers faithfully during the peak of high prices without increasing its rates. In the companys terminal station sits the load dispatcher. He is in communication with all plants and switching points, through the companys private telephone system. His finger is constantly on the pulse of the community. He studies the requirements of the consumers. When emergencies arise he calls on as many of the companys army of experts as may be necessary to maintain efficient public service. Pole lines are stretched over a distance of 4,081 miles to serve its customers. It is said that it has been demonstrated conclusively that the . |