Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

for operating the street railway have
been moved from The subst0tlon on
Second East street, and set up IN this
building. Two new motor-gonerators.
each having @ capacity of 800 horse.
power have been installed for supplying
| power 90 me street cars. together VITA
/ an entirely modern railway switch.
| board. This station. which IN now
practically completed. is IN lts eQuiD.
ment one of the most modern ana up.
to-llte of lts Kind Don this station
| thoro l9 also being erected 0n entirely
new switchboard. with sol of regu
! at0rs Tor controlling De llght and now.
en- circuits Of Salt Lake CIV. Tines
| reGl.at0rs which have been IN oparn
llon for six or seven month"; are the
nfii OF their Kind used Cor this .ur.,se,
ana thly have proved invaluable I'm
maintaining The lights steady over the
| whole system in spite Of the enormous
lue'uluons caused by The stroetcars
one OF these regulators has also been
Installed IN ogden.
NEW STREET LIGHT SYSTEM.
A new system Of street arc lighting IA
also being Installed both in Salt Lake
ana Ogden, ana already 100 of the new
lamps are In operation ln each city. IN
this respect also the company hoq an-
tlcipatod Che most modern practise Of
other large cities, which are now lust
beginning 20 use this System
very large amount OF work mas
been done ON the overhead distributing
lines IN Salt Lake city and Ogden OK
ira copper has been put up new trans-
formers added and the systems have
generally been rc-au0nsel 80 as TO
provide more even distribution OF prCs-
sure.
The transmission lines have been
greatly improved during the fall. and
have been almost entirely ralnsulated
with new and improved tension lusu-
latori,
A NEW TRANSFORMER
A new transformer house has been
butt on the company's Jordan proper
~ between First and Second South ana
Eleventh West streets The building Is
OF fire proof brick and steel c0nstruC-
ton, A. feet wide by 100 feet long and
has capacity for 1900 horsepower Of
transformers. 10 is TO be used for re-
cciyIng the power from the various wa
ter power supplies aud has cost about
100000. During this year an equipment
Of transformers and switches Of total
capacity of 5000 horsepower has been
purchased for this station at a cost Of
about $4,000.
BEAR RIVER HELP.
The Bear River power house, which
was built by the Utah Sugar company,
al a cost OF $500 OOO and has an install
lation Of three 1900 horse power tur-
blnes has been connected With this COM
panys system during the present year.
by q transmission line IS miles long,
This power plant and transmission line
are examples Of the most up-to-date
engineering IN this class OF work, and
the quality OF the construction has been
proved by the very successful operation.
THE STREET RAILROAD.
In the street railway department, a
very large amount of improve
ment work has been carried out and
over 100000 has been spent on con.
structl0n, maintenance and equipment
Of tracks, All the important curves and
crossings outside OF the paved districts
have been replaced with heavy go and
" pound rails Four blocks Of ~ pound
rails have been laid In the new paved
streets. On state street heavy 60-pound
rails have been laid TO Ninth South,
All together one and one-fourth miles
OF track has been constructed and three
miles OF light has been reconstructed
with GO-pound rails. All new work has
been ballasted and Is as good example
Of track work as can be found any
where,
INTERURBAN CARS,
The company also expects to put on
new interurban cars for the Bingham
Junction service, and to add several
now cars for the Salt Lake service
one hundred thousand feet Of new gas
mains have been added to the company's
system during the year as also other
improvements In this department, at
q cost OF about $4,000.
Much vet remains to be done. but the
company has determined TO keep on
with It's reconstruction until the whole
system Is nip to the best standard.
IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN.
The company has laid out large
amount Of work for the coming year;
a steam plant Is 10 be built as quickly
as the machinery can be ordered. which
VIII give a capacity OF $500 horsepower
for next winter, and $500 horsepower
for the summer OF 1906. This plant will
be designed IA 5000 horsepower units.
20 that il can be added to section by
section as the demand for power In
creases, Steam turbines win be used
for generating power and everything
VIII be Of the most modern.
The railway track l3 to be extended
from Murray 20 Bingham Junction and
sandy the old curves and crossdyers
are TO be replaced with heavy steel. ana
considerable Of the 25-pound track 10
to be replaced with 65-pound steel.
About 100000 Is 10 be expended on
the gas works and gas mains, and this
viii involve the construction Of a new
gas holder additional purifiers and adj
dltlonal gas generators,