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Show MERGER OF THE UTAH POWER PLANTS Fourteen of the largest waterpowcr electric plants In Utah, Idaho and Colorado Col-orado havo been merged in a forty-million forty-million dollar corporation, which will supply railroads, mines, mills and smelters with power. Announcement was mado. hero today to-day that the dcoils completing the merger were signed yesterday In New York by the Electric Bond and Shavo company At tho same time the articles ar-ticles of incorporation in Utah of the Utah Power and Light company were, amended to Increaso the capital stock from $1,000,000 to 5-10,000,000. D C Jacking, prominent mine operator and banker, is president of tho new company, com-pany, and Its headquarters will bo maintained in Salt Lake City. Tho larger of the companies included includ-ed In the merger aro tho Telluride Power company, Ames & ilium hydroelectric hydro-electric plants in San Miguel county, Colorado. Durango Gas and Electric company, Colorado, the Grace plant, Bannock county, Idaho, tho Knight Consolidated Power company and the Davis & Weber Counties Canal conv pnny's plant at Rivordale |