Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-06
BETTER LIGHT
IS CALLED FOR
Petition to the Commercial Club
Which Appoints Committee
TO Investigate
TROUBLE IS But TEMPORARY.
Manager Campbell Says it Has Been
Caused by Standordizing of the
plaut-Work Nearly Done.

A number of local merchants present
cd writtcn protest last night, before
me governors Of the Commercial club,
Claiming that the supply of electric
lighting was inadequate to the de-
n,ands Of their business, although they
had 60 my full price FOR the same.
And In view OF the approaching de-
mands for the Christmas trade, they
asked the influence of the club to-
N3rd rcucdylng the trouble complain
ed OH The following committee WIS
apr0mtad 10 consider the protest. s..
" shep t. W. prancls, j, J Hudson.
IA 81. Dnwoodoy and j, u, D0oley,
the committee to report next Tuesduy
uieht
Iishi g. Power company fdid this
,ro.nips 20 "Sows" reporter that
i'm hn best knowledge ana belief the
trouble complained OF was but tenn
pouly. ana Is practically past IL
HAS due largely TO an equalization OF
sine water plants. and to the fact that,
rg. e.g stated in the "NeWg recently
,be company Is standardl2iug rs plant
az, ttolth for The prevention Of ln-
co.uHtIpt 0t service, and which VIII
rc.U ln ON youlliZed ana much I'M
iru. service ue soon as the work les
COMPLETED Mr Campbell said that
tDe year, the company had expended
$4,000 NJ building of new ana per-
fc3Yn of older plunt tha same sum
had been eHpended the year previous,
ana ire oomng year VIII witnosWan-
othra outlay of about SltJO00 or the
ssIaH s.ta
plant Moreover, arrangements have
been perfected with the Bear river
sugar people for the entire use Of their
power for about 10 months IN the year,
which means an addition OF 1000 or
uofa horse power This was 80 have
become available July /, but owing
TO untorsccn delays Tor which the
Light 81 Power company was not re-
gtonsibe. there had been several post
pOnaments and now IL was assured
That the light and power company
would be able to turn ON the new cur
rent by Dec. 10. Heavy wire is being
snng by a big construction gang at
the rate Of q mile or more per day, and
every effort was being made to push
The connection through. 1t viii be all
plain sailing by that time.
Mr. Campbell holds that there was
IfdllN tl NAlhSlpli iOl apprehension
as 20 the. Christmas trade as there will
then be all the voltage that can be
used by the compliments and every
body else, The Increase of consump-
tion by the street railway has been
source of some anxiety TO the power
company, but that has been we'll taken
care o. The Decreasing water supply
has caused much trouble. When the
water plants We're first established
there was apparently enough water
TO run the plants IN fun for i've years.
But the supply has steadily decreased;
and when asked AS to where lac thought
the water had gone TO Mr., Campbell
replied by asking Where has the
water I'm the great lake gone to-" He
called attention particularly to the fact
that within the last two years. the
company had expended S500000 or over
IN building up and developing It's pres
ent great combination of plants. The
company IL now using $500 horse pow
err but when the Bear river connections
are made. and the new local plant Is
tabshcd, the total horse power will be
nearer 10000 The unit of the new
steam plant In this city will be 2,200
horse power. Manager Campbell is
stralning every nerve TO carry out the
plans for enlargement and perfection of
the service and is confident that in
very short time there will be no oc-
easion whatever for complaint from
any quarter.