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Show REACH AGREEMENT ON POWER LINE SALT LAKE, Feb. 9. Settlement I has been reached betw een the siat road commission and the Dixie Power company regarding the construction of tho power lino along the state road between St. Georgo and Cedar City The company agrees to reimburse the State for expenses Incurred in connec ' tlon with the building of 'he power line within three years from July 1, 1922; and, in the meantime, the com pany's note will bear interest at 5 per cent, dating from July 1. 1922. The tate agrees, if LI requires power for road construction in the vicinity of the line, to purchase the power from the company The former agreement was entered into under the preceding stato admin j Istrgtlon, and at a time when It was believed that a hard surface pmiwnt would bo installed in tho near future alonj; at leasl the most difficult portions por-tions of the road in question It was found on Investigation that electric power for cement mixing, rock crushing crush-ing and pumping purposes would be much cheaper In ihat territory than cither steam or gasoline - . |