Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-07-13 | Page 1 | Tow Cities in Darkness

TWO CITIES IN DARKNESS Short Circuit at nt O Ogden Plant Puts Out OutU U Lights lIts Here e. A short circuit In en one of the transformers transform transform- ers at al the Ogden plant of oC the the- Utah Light and Railway Hallway company put the entire 90 tern tem In this tills ell city and arHl O Ogden out of oC commission com com- mission for about thirty minutest minutes last night The cross came at 8 23 ant and the reserve was wall not In service until un Un- til Ul nearly nearl a S The street C cars rs were Verl stopped and the lights were out over the tile entire city for that length of oC time At Ogden tile the current was on after about fifteen minutes of darkness The Thc business hou houses cs theatres an and other town down public places s were without lI lights during this time Ever Every sort ort of oC substitute was wa brought into requisition requisition temporarily Restaurants drug stores and theatres brought out oil all lamps candles and torches to tide th them m over ovet during the tile black portion o of oC the night Ii