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Show Power Plants Close The Elrrtrk' I'oner Plants in Amer-lean Amer-lean Fork Canyon, llntlle Crock nnd Alpine to He Closed lu Connection With Trtchc Other Plants Belong-Ing Belong-Ing to the Huh Power k Light Co. The Utah Power fc Light Co. closed Its Alpine plnnt Thursday, and from a reliable nuthorlty wo aro informed Hint tlio company will close Its two plants In American Fork canyon on tho first or tho month. For several weeks tho plant at tho mouth or Battle Creek canyon has been closed, so by tho 1st or July all the four plants 'n this district will linvo been shut down. How long they nro to remain closed wo nro unable to learn, but rrom the best Information obtainable they will remain closed for an indefinite period. Tho lower plant jit tho mouth of American Fork canyon was first opor- ulcd fourteen years ago ana was bulii uy tho Utah County ower Co. A lu.. j cars imur mo upiior omul was bum uuu a little later tlio one nt Alpine. Tlio plant at Mttltle CreeK was uullt by tho om leliundo i'ower Co., being dpecialiy constructed to enrry peaK tuauu. it has u maximum capacity of i.iuo Klllowatts, uui to reach this loan mo v.uter must bo hold bacK In u reservoir ror twenty-iour Hours nuu uu let out through tho machine In llvo nouts. its regular cnpacity Is about 000 klllowatts. Tho capacity of the Alpine plant is 1,000 klllowatts, the upper p. ant In American Fork canyon .mo u cnpacity of 1,200 klllowatts and ihol uwer one huO, making n total of the Tour plants of 4,000 klllowatts, or approximately o.uuO horsepower. They repiesent an expenditure ot over n hnlf million dollars now lying Idle. The closing of these plnnts does not menu tho curtailment of tho service but is tho carrying out of n general policy of retrenchment of tho company. com-pany. Tho Utnh I'ower k. Light Co. tins twenty-four plnnts, and wo havo it from tho sumo reliable authority that sixteen of them will bo closed and tho other eight bo made to furnish power for tho customers now supplied uy the twenty-four. The twenty-four plnnts were formerly built and owned by a lot of different companies, and after being purchased by tho present owners wore amalgamated into ono company. All of the old companies had surpluB power, so that when they ere amalgamntod the now company had a vast amount of surplus power. When this condition arose tho economical econ-omical thing was to closo tho smaller plnnts nnd operate tho larger and moro economical ones. Tho four plnnts above named formerly for-merly employed sixteen men. Ten of them will bo laid off. One will continue con-tinue to rcsldo nt each of tho four plants, ono will ride tho pipe lines nt American Fork canyon nnd Alpine, and ono will look aftor tho pipe lino In Unttlo Creek. Tho plants will bo kept in condition so that In ense of emergency emer-gency the)'' can bo put Into Instant action, the pipe lines being kept full of water at all times. Nono of tho plants are for sale, as tho company Intends putting them In use Just as fast as a market Is developed for their power. n . |
