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Show Friday, July 7, 1939 UTAH VALLEY NEWS p44 What the rnnttmmmt About Remember Should of Provo People PROVO CITYS rJ MUNICIPAL TOWER PLANT 1. COMMUNITY 2. SERVICE PROPERTY Provos Municipal Lighting' system will be the property of the community as soon as the plant is completed by Ulen. will hold title, and every man, woman, and child in Provo will own an interest in this plant and system. will be as good or better than ever before, because: (a) . (b) Provo City Fort Collins Municipal Light and Power Plant The new plant will eliminate all transmission hazards transmission line. The plant will be here in the city. there will be no Either power unit will be able to carry the peak load. A modern steam plant is recognized as the most reliable means of no interruptions as with hydroelectric ducing electricity P by: 4 (c) fini pro- be iii no diesel engine troubles. rat It1 3. 4. from the Power Companys lines to the Citys lines will be made without charge to the consumer. TRANSFER RATES will be no more, probably less than present rates, it 01 In for at present rates substantial net P the profits can be made for city. ya wl Po 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. NET EARNINGS ABUNDANCE w for operation of plant is owned by Provo City. WATER NO SMOKE will result from the operation of the plant. or CINDERS and ENTIRE PREMISES will become a BEAUTY SPOT in the city. It will be a beautiful area, parked and landscaped one of the places to see in Provo. PLANT and BUILDING EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTING of 30 people will be necessary, including manager, plant foreman, plant forces and distribution system as well as clerical force. The Manager or Superintendent will be the best man available in his field. The entire management of the plant will be on a civil service basis. SYSTEM will be the standard method used in all efficient utility plants. The Light and Power department will be strictly on a business basis, and separate from other city departments. 12. a Provos Municipal Plant will be almost identical (except 33V& greater capacity), with the plant now in operation in Fort Collins, Colo. in abundance is found near. Provo is located near one of the greatest coal deposits in United States. COAL THE OF of Provos plant will reduce Provo's property tax. in This plant offers THE LOWEST resi dvntial rates in Colorado, as tvell as eery attraetirc commercial, cooking and heating rates which have attracted milling and manufacturing plants to locate there, and yet the Light and rower Department of Fort Collins has shown the following profits: May 1935 to May May 1936 to May 1936 1937 (purchased power at (purchased power at lc lc per per kwh $42,189.79 kwrh $59,538.03 May 1937 to May 1938 operating their own plant $71,102.92 yar f p?ration80j206.54 May 1938 to May 1939 80,101111 PROVOS PLANT WILL HAVE A 3 3WA GREATER CAPACITY THAN THE ABOVE FORT COLLINS PLANT. Provo Citys Water Supply Is Adequate For Power Plant will be sold by the Light and Power department of Provo City. The City Commission does not propose to enter the merchandising field. It is merely providing a "natural monopoly" for the benefit of the people. The municipal plant will moreover provide a Service department equal to the best NO ELECTRICAL A PPLIANCES Here is evidence 13. REFUNDING of the REVENUE BONDS will be done at a lower rate of interest within two years of beginning of operation. 14. THESE REVENUE BONDS do not constitute a debt of Provo City, O' nor a lien upon any personal property in the city. All interest and principal payments and all operation costs will be paid entirely out of revenues from the plant itself. No taxes will or can be levied for the support of the plant the abundance, of water owned by the city for operation of the Steam Power Plant to be erected. There are four sources of supply available at the plant site. River water, Spring water, well water, city mains. The above picture shows the flow of spring water in the millrare at the plant s,te after the mud shde in Provo canyon had shut off the supply of river water in 1938. -- This page is inserted by Provo City Commission- - of n Cs |