Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-19 | Page 2 | New Power Plants Will be Erected under U. S. Permit

NEW POWER PLANTS WILL BE ERECTED UNDER U.S. PERMIT WASHINGTON, Sept. lS.The j Ford Motor campany has asked the federal power commission for , a license under the new water-power water-power act to construct a project on the Hudson river at Troy, N. V., to supply power for a new manufacturing manu-facturing plant at that place. The proposed project will generate gen-erate six thousand horsepower and the power plant Itself will be j built over the government !um at Troy, for which the company already has purchased land on Green island. The company was said to in prepared to begin construction con-struction on the plant without delay. de-lay. The federal commission also had received a license application from the state of Illinois for the utilization for potential water-power water-power on the Illinois river In con-Junction con-Junction with the construction of the projected lafce-to-guli water route. Plans for lour power i plants on tho river to develop a minimum of 40.000 hosepower. Licenses for the projects will be Issued at an early dute. officials offi-cials Bald. NEW YORK. Sept. 18 The Actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week show that they hold $19.295, 110 In excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of J4.7S3.790 from last I week.