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Show Concrete Is Being Poured For Utah Power & Light Co's I New Service Building in A. F. Concrete is being poured for a new Service building at 50 North on Second East street in American Fork, marking the start of a $150,000 Utah Power and Light Co. project to serve electrical needs I of rapidly growing Utah county, it was announced today by Orson M. ' Slack, company division manager. ) The new building which will con-I con-I tain approximately 10,000 square i feet of basement and ground floor space will house line construction I and maintenance crews, trouble men, meter testsing repair and installation workmen; the engin-1 engin-1 eering department with facilities i for estimating, drafting, photostats i maps and records; employee as-I as-I sembly and wash rooms, lineman wash rooms, lockers and showers. In addition there will be over 3,000 square feet of storage space for line materials and equipment, a dock and a four-foot platform 65 feet long. A modern elevator will operate between the basement and first floor. Some 40 employees now housed in the company's office at No. East Main r.treet and in the substation sub-station building at 2 Ho East First North street will have quarter in the new structure. The new buliding was designed by Fred Markham, Provo architect archit-ect and Ralph Child of Springville is the contractor on the job. The building will be of reinforced concrete con-crete and red brick construction trimmed with terra cotta. It will be set 20 feet back from the si reel and grounds will be extensively landscaped. A hard surfaced parking park-ing area will be provided at t he-rear. he-rear. August 3, 1950 has been set as , the completion date, Mr. Slack said adding that the new building will I consolidate all of the Power com- pany's "service" facilities under ; one room. He emphasized that accounting. sales and collection functions will remain at their present location al No. 1 East Main street. As soon as engineering activities have been moved to the new building their present quarters will be remodeled to provide a modern auditorium which will accomodate 100 persons. This auditorium will be equipped with a stage and an all-electric kitchen where cooking schools can be held and will also be available to the genefal public, Mr. Slack declared. The new structure is being built on a plot of ground already owned by the power company which fronts 247 feet on First Easts st. and extends 280 feet Icep. This location is just one block from the arterial highway but is far enough away to avoid heavy traffic and congestion. Expanded Power company facilities fac-ilities are necessary, Mr. Slack declared de-clared to take care of the growth of the UUih county area served by the company. "As an example," he said, "the total number of customers cus-tomers to be served by the new building has grown from 4,638 in 1941 to approximately 8,000 at the 1 Present time, an increase of some 70 percent, i Mr. Slack pointed out that the I Power rompany in recent years has 1 completely rebuilt the American Fork distribution system; that it has moved primaries and street lights back at Ororn to permit widening wid-ening of Main street and has modernized mod-ernized distribution facilities. The area, is served by Lowei American Fork, Alpine, Battlr Creek and Olmsted hydro electrh j stations and the Orem steam-elect-j ric stat-ion which is being greatly enlarged. Capacity of the substation substat-ion at Lower American Fork has been doubled and 2.000 kva added to the 41,000 volt system. Construction Con-struction will start at once on a new 4 1,000 volt 2,000 kva sub-' sub-' station at Lindon. |