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Show UTAH LIGHT HAS A NEW J MANAGER Frank Kibler, the new manager for tho Utah Ughi & Railway company for Og'den, to succeed Danville Decker, Deck-er, resigned, is in the city looking ovor his field of oporatlon nnd familiarizing familiar-izing himBelf with the nffalva of the company, Through .the courtesy of Mr. Decker, Mr. Kibltr is being shown all the ins and outs of the bjg electric elec-tric company in .this clty Mr. Kibler will assume local control of tho business March 1, at which tlmo Mr. Decker will will id raw from the position of manager. Mr. Deck-or Deck-or will visit his family in .Tew York, but In all probabUUy he will return to Ogden later on. lie says ho needs a little rest and is anxious to visit his family, from whom ho has boon separated during the past year. The new manager was formerly connected con-nected with the Utah Light & Railway company In Salt Lake, having had charge of the company's gas plant in the slate capital. Ho has been a resident resi-dent of Salt Lake for the past seven years aud has manv friends and acquaintances ac-quaintances there, Mi. Kiblor's family fam-ily Is at present In California, but they will take up their residence hero March 1. Manager Kibler states that he will simply begin where Mr. Decker discontinues dis-continues the handhny of the affairs of the llRht companj iu Ogden and that things will move alongjn much the same way as heretofore The company is busily engaged just now removing poles from the center of Washington avonuo. between Twen-t3'-fifth 9trcet and Twenty-second sheet, tho work to he ncpinpllBhcd in tho course of the next few days. Mr. Kiblor states that the poles lo bo used for the support of the arc lights for the Illumination of the streetb at intersections, in-tersections, will be modem iron posts with up-to-date appliances These polos will bo placed in position as rapidly as possible. Other Improvements Improve-ments In tho light servlco are contemplated. con-templated. oo |