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Show I GETTING READY f 1 FOR INCREASE I IN POWER M The enlarging o the power reser- K; Voir by the Utah Light & Railway "s company necessitates tho expenditure , C 1 ot a great deal of money on the tall j& race leading from tho power plant to HT; take care of the surpfcjs water. This jjr work Is now in progress and the com- (S pany will outlay a number of thou- T-V Band dollars In the improvement. i", Tho tall race will be enlarged and $$ '.i, concreted from the power plant to a ' l point where it empties Into the river fnear the canyon car line, Thero is one reservoir already In use by the company In conserving and equalizing tho flow of wator to the farms west ' of the race, and another one will be i j built during the winter for the same ,4k-.. purpose. & The enlarging of the power plant & and. the increase ot ilow of water from the reservoir dam -would at cer- V ' tain times of day send a flood of wa- L. J ter Into the canals and there would be danger ot inundating the country j west ot tho tall race To avoid this, additional reservoir space along tho tail Tace la being made bo that the ,: ' big rush of water can bo held in the .-- : reservoirs during the peak load pe- , . a Tiod and afterwards released through ' ' , j. -J tho canals. 'i f This improvemont on the part of I the Utah Light & Railway company I . necessitates the expenditure of Bome I money by the Smith brothers, who I , operate a biUnu and bedding fac- I i tory from the power generated by the waters that come from the tall race To Uiis end they are putting in a now penstock and Improving their turbine wheel. The penstock will be concroted and the cannl entrance to the penstock will also be laid with oement. By this improvement the factory people will Increase their power from 30 to GO horse power and thus enable them to handle their growing business. There are other mattress factories in the state, but the Smith Bros.' factory fac-tory turns out more quilts of a better bet-ter quality than any other factory in Utah. The managers of this factory fac-tory say that they now have sufficient suffi-cient modern machinery to make 40 mattresses and 40 quilts each day. Eight sewing machines are in operation oper-ation constantly and they hae a piece of machinery In the sewing room that will make a quilt in two minutes after the quilt has been filled fill-ed with cotton. A car load of cotton, cot-ton, 50 bales, is used each month, and about 25 people are given employment. em-ployment. The building in which the factory is operated was used in the earlier days for the manufacture of woolen goods, but the mills were burned down. The Smith Bros, company purchased the water right and mill for a comparatively compara-tively small sum and have since gradually built up a manufacturing institution that is equal to any of its kind In the country. It Is said by officers of tho Utah Light & Railway company and the mattress company that the Improvements Improve-ments that will be made on the tall raoe and the immediate vicinity during dur-ing the winter will amount to $20,000 or $25,000. It is anticipated that the enlarged flow of water will be turned into the great water conduit leading from the power dam to the power house in about four weeks |