The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-04
TO BEGIN WORK
ON STEAM PLANT
Citizens Heating & Power Company
Accepts Franchise.
WILL FINANCE IT AT ONCE
SYSTEM HAS BEEN A SUCCESS
THROUGHOUT EAST.
WILL FINANCE 1T AT ONCE

= HE assurance that employment will
be open 10 hundreds of men in the
near future is conveyed in the ae-
ceptance by the Citizens Heating *
Power company yesterday Of the fran
chise recently granted by the city
council permitting them ito vend
steam and hot water to the city of Salt
Lake and its inhabitants"
The franchise was approved by May
or Morris Sept q, and provides that
during the first five years of its cor
porate life Of fifty years the company
shall pay the city ] per cent Of the
gross receipts, and 1ix per cent during
the second five years, and . per cent
thereafter.
The company is made up of salt Lake
men who Will proceed Immediately TO
finance II, and, IN accordance with the
terms OF the franchise. viii increase the
capitalization from $500 20 $500 900.
The Salt Lakers who are interested in
the heating system are Edward Harris,
{. II. Thompson. Walter Orem, a. j.
Orem, J.. III. CuTtiss, ], s. Manley, Ed
ward Jenkins, Joseph J. Daynes, jr.,
Joseph Nelson and X. J. Evans.
To Finance at Once.
Mr.. Evans is authority for the state
ment that within thirty days ali details
for the financing of the company viii
be completed, An expert engineer. who
has had charge OF installing steam
heating plants in eastern cities is ex-
pected here within two weeks. This
engineer, d Mr.. Schoff, will direct the
first steps, which viii be- to lay the city
out in districts, estimating the cost of
installing the system in each and de-
Gliding at what point to begin laying
mains The franchise provides that at
least four miles Of mains must be laid
within one year of its acceptance.
Eight miles must have been laid within
eiskt years of the date of acceptance
So far as the financing is concerned,
those interested locally have every as
surance that they can secure the neces-
sary backing, The steam heating sys-
TEN on large scale, while an mnova,
ton here, has been successful in the
east and the salt Lakers are satisfied
that there viii be 10 hitch in raising
the money.
What Company Will Do.
The Citizens Heating * Power cons
pany proposes to erect a great central
plant not far from the business CEN
Ter and, by means of mains and up-tO-
date radiatiug heaters, supply business
HOUSES ana private uUlllcS WIFI steam
heat at IA cost less than is now paid
here for other forms of fuel heat. II
Is planned TO maintain Il temperature
of about 20 degrees. and il is claimed
that steam can be taken" from Main
street to Tenth East with the loss of
only Pc degrees.
This system, aside from the economy
standpoint. has two great boons. one is
that IL will materially reduce fire insur-
se.ass f.fF oh
cities may be taken as fair examples.
The concern has been assured that a
large number Of business blocks will
discard their own heating systems thus
lessening the danger OF fire.
Abate Smoke Nuisance.
Another feature which will appeal TO
the public is that the smoke nuisance
which each winter brings viii be
abated to a large extent With the
general adoption of such a heating sys-
tenn in the business district the neces-
sity of lodging laW-breaking SCOT and
cinders would be removed.
The definite site for the steam manu-
featuring plant has not been given out
but il is understood that il viii not be
farther than Fourth South street, a
few blocks west of Main.
The clause in the franchise providing
for the speedy completion of the pro-
ject follows:
Art. 5. This franchise is expressly
granted unpon consideration that the
grantee will on or before May l, 1906
commence and continue the work of
constructing its heating and powe.
system and prosecute the same there
after with reasonable diligence. unless
prevented by unforeseen accidents, or
unavoidable delay"