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Show M Nevnpaper arrount of the relebntion $Uged when ' Q 5Q f A elertrlrity wm Ir turned on In Garfield tnd fane Countlet.l g I GARFIELD COUNTY NEWS 3$ 3 Panguitch, Utah . 1 g Thursday ' - . ,. , . . December 14 1939 - JvS If GARKANE POWER COMPANY WILL ENERGIZE POWER . 9 3g LINES WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK ; ... , - $Q RESIDENTS OF TWO COUNTIES WILL JOIN IN . ' 9g g BIG CELEBRATION AT PLANT . - ; G0 & FEATURES PLANNED TO ENTERTAIN CROWDS IN ROYAL ' S MANNER THROUGHOUT DAY AND WELL INTO THE , g NIGHT WITH PROGRAM, FEAST AT HATCH AND g DANCE AT TROPIC. Gg gg Residents of the towns to be served with electric power by the GARKANE POWER company, which has been constructing transmission " rag and distribution lines and generating plant during the past year or more, have plenty of reason to celebrate and rejoice Wednesday of next S Sgj week. On that day, according to officers of the company, the transmission lines will be energized and every customer who has been con- r nected to the system will receive power on that day. . S A special celebration is being planned and will include a program, barbecue, electrical demonstration, closing of the switch to energize .'' ' . 3 Gg the lines and will be terminated with a big free dance In Tropic during the evening. The early part of the program, or that part to be staged s s' q gc during the daytime will take place at Hatch and near the new plant, where power for the members of the cooperative will be generated. In " J2 the evening the crowds will go to Tropic, where the evening and, supposedly, late into the following day, they will dance, feast and 3q Sq celebrate. 9 Residents of the five towns in Garfield county, Hatch, Tropic, Cannonville, Henrieville and Escalante, and the four towns in Kane coun- Qg Sg ty, Orderville, Gelendale, Mt. Carmel and Alton, will receive power from the company. The power will be generated at Hatch and will be 5 S distributed over 108 miles of transmission line and several miles of distribution system. g eg The project was started over a year ago as a cooperative financed by the Rural Electriciation Administration of the federal govern- Q 9 ment. Groups of citizens from the various towns gathered and organized the cooperative in order to get the loan from the government and . . S Og have managed the construction of lines at a cost of somewhere over a hundred thousand dollars and a generating plant at a cost of some -', i1 V '''" 0 - - g - $80,000. ' Electrical service will be something really new and beneficial in most of the communities being served by the company, as in most g OQ cases the residents have never had the advantage of such a service. In some of the towns attempts have been made to operate local plants, ?S $g but have not proved successful, as they were necessarily operated under severe handicaps and, in some instances, were forced into prac- g gg i tically a bankrupt stage. By inter-connecting the service for all of the towns, it is felt that it will be possible to serve residents at a q &x reasonable rate for electricity and still maintain the company on a paying basis. Edward P. Eardley of Salt Lake City, has been acting as construction engineer for the company and Robert A. Middleton, of Henrieville, Sj5 S has been project supervisor. Miss Bessie Sandin has been office secretary and Warren W, Porter, a Panguitch attorney, has been attorney Q p for the concern. g |