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Show iejii May Own Its jMnnicipal Power Plant Hajor , I', (.utnei and Coiinrllinci' Vim. Uk nnd W. S. llvnns lllo On .I'oncr .Slip North of Deer Crerk In .jmerlcin Koili Can on. rtceciitly Mayor Gurney nud City CoffiicJInicn Wing and Kvnns filed on ,yipowrr site located nt tlio mouth i f norfr Creek In Ameiicnn Folk enn-yiirt enn-yiirt While tho filing Is in the nameo or jlie above named gentlemen, it I given out that It vus dono with Hk Intention of holdlni, It for the clt Alttho present time the city could noijTbond ror enough .money to liiBt 11 i piant and the noeessary llnea, etc wufch would cost In iho nclKhborhoi ' jfllOO.OOO. It Is probnble that the n- IPRllature will ponu a law In-creislng In-creislng tho limit of city's ludobted-nos ludobted-nos for tills purpone. 4'T.hP filing covers that mndo by C Vlfcarl several yeari gao, and la con uldMd to bo ono or tlio best undeveloped unde-veloped In the Btato. Tho petitioners risWfor 17 second Teot or wator rrom African Fork crok proper anil ? second Tcet from Deck Creek. They JvHl! bo contmlugled together In a rosorvolr to bo built on Silver Lake Pint, from which place tho water will boJ,,rcleased for power purposes ns needed. .ho project will icqulro a wooden stavoplpo lino 18.000 feet long to get nolcanyon proper vvntor Into tlio resrvior, nnd nncther plpo lino 0,000 fecfjlong to get tho Deer Creek vvntor Info ho reservoir The natural low jj'afir flow or tlio combined streams aj4(P second feet, but this will lie jtrcltiy Increased by reservolrlntf the flopajwatora, Tho plpo lino from the rosemrolr to tho power Iioubo sttb. Is jFrcet long, Jho lower part or yhuffigllUhnvo. to bojnoBt cxpcnalvo Jl'pftpojpJkvHX havo a capacity or abouPilOOO'lloriwP povvor. Whllo tho city has no present Intention In-tention or building tho plant, tho officials of-ficials thought that it would be. good aro policy to fllo on tlio Bite, which was tmtlrcly agreeable to Mr. Kail, who has spent hundreds of dollars In tilings, surveys and securing data. If tho coming legislature grunts the necessary increnaod bonding privilege uid tho citizens gouorully show n dlspoBUlou ror tho city to own Its own plant, thou It Is probable Iho plant will bo built. |
