The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04
DECIDE TO BUILD
NEW POWER PLANT
Utah Light & Railway Company
Directors Have Meeting.
OFFICIALS MAKE A REPORT
PROSPECTS FOR AGREEMENT ON
INTERURBAN.
OFFICIALS MAKE A REPORT

The directors Of the Utah Light d
Railway company at their meeting yes
terday authorized the construction Of
a steam power plant upon land owned
by the company on the Jordan river
between West South Temple and West
First South streets. The initial cost
Of the building and the machinery
with which Il will be equipped viii. it
is stated. by $25OOO0. 1t is intended
10 have this plant i'm operation by Oct.
l. 1905 The company will give an
order to am eastern manufacturer in
the near future for d 3,0GO-horsepOwer
engine, which is to be delivered as soon
as it can be built
one end Of the building viii be left
in such shape that an addition can be
built for The purpose Of increasing the
capacity Of the plant to 10000 horse
power which it is intended to do a
few years hence. This plant is to be
supplemental 10 those now in use by
tine company. Steam viii be kept up
al all times. II il announced by Gen
eral Manager r.. :. Campbell. so that
I'm the event Of any accident 10 the
power houses now used by the com
pany or to the wires that lead from
them TO the city power can be obtained
from the Jordan river plant without
a moments delay. The company now
owns water power plant on the Og-
den river. two water plants on the
Big Cottonwood. and leases power from
the Provo, Logan and Bear River wa
ter power plants. It may be decided
At some future time To give up taking
power from the three last named plants
for operating the company'S electric
lighting and electric railway systems In
Salt Lake City.
Money Is Provided.
An official of the Utah Light & Rail-
way company said yesterday that Cen
eral Manager Campbell arranged du-
ring his recent trip for the money to
pay for building and equipping the
proposed steam power plant and for
making contemplated improvements
and extensions of the Company's cleo
trio railway system.
General Manager Campbell and Cen
eral Counsel Legrand Young made re-
ports 20 the board concerning their trip
through the eastern and middle states.
during which they inspected various
interurban railway systems. for the
purpose Of obtaining information that
would guide the board in considering
the proposed traffic agreement with
The interUrban line from Logan to
PdYSOn that Barney Mailer of CleVe-
land. O.. proposes TO build
No information as to what these re-
ports contained was given out and IT
was said by Mr.. Campbell that action
upon them was not taken by the di-
rectOrs. The executive committee of
the board viii meet next Wednesday
and the board will mold another meet
ing Dec. D. before which time Mr.
Mailer will return TO salt Lake There
are indications pointing TO an agree
ment between Mailer and the Utah
Light a Railway company. by the
terms of which his road viii run its
cars over the company's tracks i'm Salt
Lake. Should such agreement be en-
tered into at the meeting on Dec. q.
the ordinance granting Mailer fran
chise through certain streets of the
city. now pending before the city cOun-
ell. Will he Withdrawn