The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-17

There is no disposition on the part
Of the members Of the Citizens Elec-
trio Light company TO allow the re-
fusal of the city council to fix the
height of the poles for the new system
to interfere with the carrying out of
the enterprise, which must of necessity
result in cheaper electric lighting for
the city of Salt Lake. On Thursday
of the new week, contracts for the
erection of the power house of the
company are to be let, advertisements
to that effect being this morning pre-
scented to the public. It is very evil
dent that the company is in the field
in earnest and proposes to put in its
system in accordance with the pro-
visions of its franchise, regardless of
whether or not the council will take
action on the matter Of poles and set
tie the present controversy. Should
the municipal legislature persist I'm its
refusal to fix the limit to which the
new company may string its wires,
then the promoters of the new enter
prise propose to go right ahead and
place their conductors within the space
prescribed by ordinance, twenty-seven
feet.
Plans and specifications for the
power house and the entire system, in
fact, were received yesterday and in
structions came with them from the
Colorado members of the company to
the effect that calls should be made
for bids for the construction Of the
buildings and the supplying of the
materials. The main structure is to be
120x60 feet and be constructed of brick.
stone and iron. The site has not been
selected, but it will be on the line of
the Union Pacific between South Tenn
pie and First North. The company has
several options and the purchase will
not be made until the arrival of Mr.
Boettcher, which will probably be
within the next three days. Contracts
for the machinery and wire have been
made IN Denver and the delivery
should commence within the next week
or two. The plant will be of the latest
design and when completed, early in
August, will be in position to furnish
electric lighting, both for street and
SO per arc lamp of 1000 candle power
burning on the all night schedule, in
stead of on the Philadelphia moonlight
One OF the provisions of the franchise
held by the company Is that 1t shall
not charge more than SO per arc light
with the commercial lighting in pro-
portion, and shall supply all municipal
buildings with light free Of charge.
This latter will mean an annual saving
of in the neighborhood of So, 500. The
general public will receive the Citizens
company into the arena of competition
with no small degree of pleasure. It
seems that in the contest before the
city council, the new company was
handicapped by both the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company and the
Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric
Light company. These companies
claimed the exclusive right to the use
of the limits fixed by the council and
neither W0IIfd WELD an inch IF iS
highly probable, however that the
matter will take somewhat different
turn when next called up again before
the council.
Mr.. Boettcher now has associated
with him some of the most wealthy
men of Leadviile, Colorado. with q
sprinkling Of Denver capitalists and
they are prepared to make an expendi-
ture sufficient to put in a model plant
here in Salt Lake.