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Show THE IRON COUNTY ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT After reading the editorial of last week in The Record regarding the present need of another electric light t plant at Parowan, we feel perhaps that the necessity of such a move on the part of our citizens has not been thoroughly explained. We are somewhat some-what surprised, however, to learn through this article that there are Parowan people who are not sufficient-ly sufficient-ly acquainted with the situation to understand why the proposed plant is an absolute necessity. The facts concerning the mattor are these: Our present plant is a single phase, alternating current plant of 90 horse power capacity, and especially built for lighting purposes. Experts have made a thorough ex-J ex-J amination of it and it has been found that by an outlay of $8,000 the plant could be put in condition to furnish sufficient electricity to meet tho demands de-mands for pumping purposes, this season sea-son only. In other words, applications applica-tions have already been made for electricity this season, to furnish which would take the entire output of the plant, after enlarging it at an expense ex-pense of ?8,000. This Bum will go a long way toward installing the proposed pro-posed new plant, the capacity of which will bo 600 horse power, insuring in-suring sufficient electricity for at least a number of years. The present will bo the first year ' electricity will have been used here for pumping, and pump wells are just in their infancy. It has been absolutely abso-lutely proven in other places that it is by far the cheapest and best power for the purpose; so it docs not require a very great stretch of the imagina tion to look forward to the time when we will need other plants to irrigate tho many acres of rich, productive land in our valley, which He above tho artesian well bolt. Regarding our present plant, it is ' now in use two days in the week, with constantly increasing demands, de-mands, and undoubtedly it will bo used to its full capacity in the near future in furnishing power for light- . ' ing, heating, motor service, etc. However, it is totally inadequate to furnishing power for pumping services, ser-vices, and it would bo very unwise, under the circumstances, to spend $8,000 in patching it up in order to make its capacity just equal to the present season's demands. Tho questions have not been settled on hastily, but only after securing the best expert advice. Conditions here demand tho new plant, which Ib no experiment, but a movenwnt in the interests of the val- ' i-" ,' ley anp its inhabitants. |