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Show oo WILL SOON TURN ON LIGHTS The Morchants' Light & Power company com-pany this morning had 40 men at work on the trunk linos In the city The officers of the construction department de-partment say that tho system will be prepared to "turn on" tho arc lights by August 15. About 05 per cent of the poles aro In the ground nnd more than 50 per cent of the cross arms have already been placed on tho poles. All the polos and cross arms for the entire trunk lines are at hand and tho other material, ma-terial, with the exception of a few minor parts, is hero nnd tho balanco on the way, to roach Ogden within tho next few days. The wire and bracket men began climbing poles Monday and are making mak-ing rnpld progress stringing tho wire and placing the brackets In position The company is putting In longer poles than aro used by tho Utah Light & Railway compnny so as to keep the wires at least five feet above all other wires. -No ftlme will bo lost rn erecting tho ncjw pole lines and It can safely be said that before the 6ummer season is over, there will be competition In electric lighting In the city. As soon as tho trunk lines aro placed Manager Dockor . sa.j; commercial com-mercial wires will bo strung" to residences resi-dences and business houses and contracts con-tracts entered Into for electric service serv-ice The company Is desirous of completing com-pleting Its trunk lines before soliciting solicit-ing commercial lighting, the object being to have the plant In condition to meet the city contracts. |