Show f FAR R. R BETTER BE TER SERVICE FOR FORr r V MUCH LESS Y Wd-Y t Ip E Whist at Municipal lint Ownership of Light ll J Js is Doing for LO Logan Log fn and Other Citie Cities io V 8 O H LJ j. j r A comparison 0 of f t the h e rates rates charged h arge d f for electric I or e I. I r iJ American Fr Fork and Pleasant Grove GlOve light 19 h t In in L ogan e h. h i 1 where the muniCIpalities the lighting n plants wIth the maximum maximum rates stilted iu in the r o d franchise p sc for the tho Utah praised Light Railway company in Suit Salt dat Lake oes tot look well forr fOI the public oe s 3 Th spirit and enterprise of the greater reater its hy j consid consider mg the figures it must be borne in mind that thaI for Salt bake are based on the tho those ve ven n the mil ull l hours 24 wh which ch the in lamps tin n- n people the other othe right to do under the cities have th e rates ratos quoted for th them m. m In Logan the 32 Je power lamp are aro furnished by the company wh which j difference in this item between Lo SI ml accounts for h he Logan n the Utah towns o Here ar art i the comparative fi figures figures- ure u Utah lh county Co 00 Sul t Logan P Arc be lights 18 per l per ter lOon month th f. f 8 3 0 To Towns Town Lake ic X tf 1 3 06 na e Ro pO l l Y 11 J Additional can 16 candle dl 0 power power lights r- r t i 83 SS l-a l t as 3 3 1 3 1 r. r I 3 6 j Ono One candle 32 power power J 1 lights lights' Ig ht s p. p per per er mt mth h 1 82 2 t 66 3 2 6 0 Additional AJ lf r 32 32 f candles po power e hg lights ts 1 82 82 1 66 66 3 2 23 2 3 f 6 0 Care Jaro of are arc o lamps per ill mth tn 00 00 00 L 1 5 Li Light ht pe per watt ilu Kilowatt tt hour houn 00 07 I Logan Lehi American Fork and Pleasant Grove have been trying the experiment t of municipal municipal municipal muni muni- cipal O owner hip l hip bip in their Ii light ht plants The re re result lt It of this expert experiment t m ment nent mt is of ot special i interest to the people of Ephr ini J at this time timo in view of the movement n ent to erect a a. plant hero here Th The tal salient t ent facts relating re re- re- re lating to the I Logan ogan and nd Utah l t county plants are ii given ven herewith The Tho municipal lighting plant of Lo Logan an wits was established 8 m months ago There Thore the city owns the The power plant and the lamps entire plant has s cost up to this thill time n. n It includes includes' horse orso r in iii Logan canyon which con can be he d doubled without trouble to meet inset the demands of the row rowing nig city There is power powe r enough in in s sight now to furnish all the tho light Bight needed in a city o of 1 people A substantial power powerhouse house lip had been erected i ithe in inthe inthe n the canyon where four miles o othe of f the river rivet is in the absolute control con con- trot of th the city Already U feet of wooden oc d n stave pipe has ha s been con CIl t acted d This is five feet in n d diameter al e er and is expects expected t dI t to last st f for twenty years years- A 60 Or toot loot oot f flume ume is also included ed Th The k ft I 0 1 entire pl plant t including the pol poland poland poland and wires in the tho city the trap trans transmission mission lines the generators n a an transformers and all the apps at that goes with such a plant co but The city owned tb th power sight to begin with an anthis anthis anthis this is held to he bo worth HOW now THE PLANT IS 18 RUN BUN The operating expenses of th tb plant are per month Th includes the salaries of the roan mana mana manaa com com-a a ages ager er the electrical engineer t th h I workmen and all the the 1 incident incidents expenses in the tho way way v y of repair repairs The manager is Orsen Orson Smith th electrical engineer is Thomas B Daniels jr The plant is run under un under der the direct supervision of th tb city council Manager reports to the tho electrical of the council each week On Onci c every evary three m months a report published so that every citizen i placed in the possession of all t th h facts relating to the operation o 0 othe the light plant I But the feature of the the- Loga Log a situation that wi will l appeal direct l 1 to the people of Ephraim thi t h hi hiis time is ill the cost of the light t consumer Here are th the tha rate Three sixteen sixteen candle CAndle e i l 4 J u. u i p i r 1 fights gh are furnished for fr 1 1 per month There are no meters inthe in inthe the tho city and for the 51 U. U 1 the consumer con con- sumer can let bis his lamps burn day and night the entire 24 hours hourI of every day lay in the month The of one ona sixteen sixteen candle candle p power lamp is furnished for 35 cents a month and the tho light for two such amps for 70 cents a month mouth AdI Additional Ad- Ad I lights are furnished at the 0 rate of ot 33 3 1 cents per month Arc Are lights are aro furnished at th the e flat I late ate of 4 4 per month Man Many y ey two thirty power lights light s are u nod ed for lighting the streets and ancl large rooms The light for fo r rf those these is furnished at the the- rate 0 of f fit 35 S cents per month and and- andin in this thi case also the consumer has th the e privileges of running his lam lamp night and day if ho he o so desires In these cases cases also the lamps ar are e furnished by the light company s in this city u r nut po Ih r o r 1 t v r J y y SERVICE BETTER DETTER AND ND c CHEAPER I Manager Smith i is authority for fore fo r the e state statement ent that the system is giving universal satisfaction that the service e vice is better and cheaper cheape nn r than thun ever before and that a proposition pro pro- position to return to the private privat e I corporation plan of of lighting the th e I city would be howled do down by one on e universal protest from the people of that city The situation in Lo Logan anis is com complicated complicated com com- somewhat by the fact that the Telluride people have a light light- lighting ing plant in the city also and are r supplying li light light for bt for about 2000 2006 candle 16 po power lamps The The The- com company pany any has made ade a proposition to ell bell e l its distributing n i system in the I r city TT to the tho city and take in ex I Change bange power in the canyon On OnDO he be DO other hand the city has made counter proposition to purchase he distributing system for I nd has given rho tho Telluride people people- ntH tit March 1 to ac ept or or reject le e proposition The indications re e that the two corporations will let t together on some reasonable lisis sis and that in the near neal future gan an will supply all the light lighted ed edby by the people of that city he be Utah County Light Power furnishes light and power r Pleasant Grove American ck A and Lehi The power plant fk situated at at the mouth of Ameri- Ameri p Fork canyon in Utah county Q o. giant was begun in iu 18 ISO 1893 ands and r. J l d M finished a year later It bas has been 1 in active operation since pince 1901 The control of the stock toC if is held heid by municipal tho-municipal corporation of the three cities mentioned the balanc balance bal bal- ance aneo is held by private parties The original plant was soon overloaded wit with drafts made upon I it proving provin that municipal lighting lighting light light- in ing in that pat pai t of the state is is popular Last y year ar a duplicate r set set et of machinery was was was' installed Provision was made for or this when I I the power power souse ouse was erected Additions will be made from time to o time time to to accommodate the pat patrons patrons pat J rons sons of of- the company l i The cost of the plant up to date dater including site for the power house transmission lines and distribution distribution distribution tion system for the three cities is t The gross earning last year were Tue Trie running running- 1 i J salaries and 1 re ero leavin a net t ce fJ I Th The e company company is is now now- iA light for 16 16 power power v r. r lamps In all aU cases th the patrons j must must fur furnish ish their own lamps Jl 1 The light for fOl a i candle 16 Dower f r I I r lamp is is f u rn ish ed for 33 13 3 cents a month This is the basis upon which all light is furnished A AI candle 32 power lamp costs 66 3 2 cents a month Three 16 candle 16 candle i power lights posts costs 1 No meters r are used so that the figures quoted above include light throughout y F the i hole whole 24 hours houra of day day- every day tj in the month if the consumer so desir desires s. s Ar Are Ars J lamps run till midnight midnight mid mid- 0 night cost 3 3 a month The Tho rate per kilowatt is 7 cents y J We Ve are indebted to th the Salt Salt- I 1 Lake Herald for the abo I |