The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-28
STATE NEWS
LARGER POWER PLANT
Utah County Company About to
Begin Work on Extensive
Addition.

American Fork Nov 27.-John H. Woot-
Ton. manager of the Utah County Light
4 Power company of this place. was m
Sait Lake Wednesday in the interest OF
the erection of an auxiliary power plant
about one and a half miles above the
present plant. Mr.. Wootton says the
plant Is sure 60 the surveys having
been made some time ago. He is one Of
the men who are to report to the board
OF directors on the 18th of next month
Mr. Wootton's trip TO Salt Lake was 10
put the proposition of furnishing power
70 the Utah Copper company's bill at
Bingham. and which in all probability
viii be accepted by that company. The
construction of the plant VIII cost about
S15O.Oo0. and when completed and in oper-
alton viii mean much for the power COM
pany as Its increasing business demands
more power and there is no better site
In the state that the one the company
has in American Fork canyon. The in
creased activity in the mines in American
Fork canyon district will mean that a
the ore than by teams will have to be
adopted, and why not an electric railway
With the building Of the auxiliary plant
SUFFICIENT power could be obtained TO
operate a road for this purpose.
David Kelly Of the Third ward is very
sick with consumption.
Mrs. T. NJ Brown is visiting at Provo
with her mother and sisters.
Miss Lille Kelly has returned home,
after spending three months in Idaho Wis
lting with her uncle's family.
w. +. Kelley is laid up at his home with
Miss ReIla Chapman has returned home
after spending the past two months in
Salt Lake.
Eddie Lee came down from the canyon
yesterday. He has been working at the
Wyoming, building bunk houses and other
buildings for the owners Of the property.
Miss Chamberlain Of Salt Lake has been
employed as teacher in the fourth grade
of the district school here to take the
place made vacant by the resignation OF
Miss Jennie Hill.
The local railroad men in this vicinity
were elated over the news that A. e.
Welby was to assume the superintendency
of this division again. Even the section
men are glad.
Don Bigler. who has been a sufferer
from palsey for a number of years, left
this morning for Manti. where he will
work in the temple at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kirkman of the
First ward have been visiting relatives in
Springville and Mapleton for the past few
days.
j. L. Duakley. formerly a resident of
this place but now living in Salt Lake,
spent Sunday visiting with relatives here.
There have been in the neighborhood of
10000 sheep go through here the past week
on the way 10 their winter range. The
sheepmen say that the range west of here
IS very dry, owing to the extremely dry
fall we have had, and unless there is
snow before long the sheep Will suffer.
The sheep are now in exceptionally good
condition. as they have had good feed on
their summer range.
Miss Lille Hunter of Salt Lake spent
Thanksgiving with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. r. +. Hunter.
Mrs. Joseph II. StOrrs and children spent
the past three days visiting her parents.
MIR. and Mrs. George Harrison, at Spring
Vile
Alex Cunningham. in company with one
or two others, left yesterday for their
mining claims in the Silver Flat mining
district. in American Fork canyon, where
they will do some extensive development
work