Show BIGGEST CONCERN IN THE BASIN the uintah power light co was organized in 1913 and consisted mostly of local capital the the first power plant was wag erected at upalco roosevelt was connected up and lighted by electricity the first time on july 24 1914 about a month later myton got their first electric lights in 1915 the big grist mill at myton was finished which also belongs to this company the company soon realized zed that they enough power on Lake tork fork so for the past three thre years they have been looking around for a better site in 1919 they commenced work on the uintah project where the engineers stated they could develop about horsepower this plant vaa put in operation january 2 1921 it Is estimated that this company has spent in the neighborhood of since they have fiare commenced operating in the basin mr J J johnson who installed all ae new machinery is still here with the company and will not leave until very everything thing Is running in first class shape there is no doubt but what he understands electric light plants rom A to Z and when he leaves ere we can rest assured we will lave an electric light plant second ct 0 none in the country now we would like to mention something about the danger connect ed d with etli the electric power plant tile the nain line coming from the plant to he substation sub station north of the city Is in a heavy copper wire and aas a voltage 0 of killo wats n january 15 this linte line was out of commission upon examining the ause they found that some one had brown a piece of baling wire over he main line hue cutting off oc the circuit that was a very dangerous piece of work for or the party that did it it that wire had been pointing toward tho the person they have been killed instantly it la is a well known fact that electricity will jump a distance ot of 46 feet from a high voltage copper wire then the damage to the company and the consumers that depend on the juice for a livelihood is another thing to be considered T this Is amounts to hundreds of dollars the flour mills cant ran the picture shows have to close up and the stores cant do business everything is at a standstill yet their overhead overhead expenses go on just the same when an employee has work to do on the telephone line which is on the same pole six feet below the electric light wire they shut oft off the plant on account of the danger and the telephone is very essential to the electric light line the party will telephone to the plant to shut off tile juice and the plant will not start again unit the same party telephones 0 IL now after the trouble was found sunday january 16 the employee tried to ring up the plant but tailed failed to ant connections it was too late to d do 0 anything more sunday but monday they found the trouble some one had shot the telephone wire near neola of course the party or parties that caused all this trouble has never been found but if the company ever do find out an example will le be made ot of them this company has spent thousands of dollars toward bringing us learer to civilization and we are in duty duly bound to help them in every way we ie can call |