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Show ARRIVAL OF DIESEL MOTOR FOR NEW UNIT EASES POWER PLIGHT Husky Machine Installed At Sub-Station Can Operate Generator To Tune Of 490 KW's LITTLE or no fanfare heralded the arrival 4n Roosevelt last Friday of agents from the American Locomotive Company as they delivered to the Uintah Power and Light Company the long awaited await-ed Alco 705 horse power Diesel motor, which will turn the generator gener-ator of the equally long awaited stand-by power unit. But it arrived, ar-rived, and as jubilant UP&L employees bolted it solidly to a concrete foundation at the sub-station, it began to appear that the Uintah Power and Light Company was about ready to toss a nightmarish power situation into an air-tight box and hammer dnwn thp lirt Only the generator and switchboard switch-board now remain undelivered; but UP&L company officials report re-port that they are in transit, and their arrival is expected momentarily. momen-tarily. Even the absence of two parts, without which the motor is of little avail, cannot minimize the brightness of the situation. For the presence of the husky Alco unit, in place, and appearing fully capable of doing its job, is evidence that the final chapter of a sordid tale is being written. Details as to the power of the new plant are not lacking, for employees of the UP&L company are only too willing to explain its capabilities. The motor is a 705 h. p., able to twist a generator gener-ator into producing 490 KW's of electrical power. And any power company employee will point to figures on a little metal plate attached at-tached to the new Alco motor which says such is the case. I am not an authority on electrical elec-trical energy or how much of the stuff is required to keep the lights burning in Roosevelt, but those who do know inform me that 490 KW's represents enough kilowats to dispell any fear that the stand-by unit may not be able to handle its future job. The Diesel unit will not be placed in operation tomorrow or the next day. Considerable work remains to be done before power pow-er users can enjoy the feeling of security for which they have so long waited. Down at the substation sub-station there axe a dozen boxes ' filled with what the power boys call iron. I presume most of it will be fastened to, or bolted inside of, the generator when it arrives. That's -going to take work. Then there are four walls and a roof to be placed over the foundation upon which now stands the big motor. That will be work too, but the lumber is there, for I stood on a pile of it Monday to photograph the Alco. It's quite apparent that the Uintah .Power . Company was serious when it issued a statement state-ment some months ago regarding regard-ing a stand-by Diesel unit for Roosevelt. And after months of tension it must feel good to the fellows up at the UP&L to know that here at last comes the equipment over which so many power users expressed doubt. |