Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-28
Facts Which Should be Carefully
Considered Before Reaching
Rash Conclusions.
COMpAAYS PLANS FOR 1906.
Heavy Expense to be Met 10 Making
Necessary Improvements for
Better Service.

timely:
Anticipation Is always sweeter than
realization. When II was definitely
settled that one OF the greatest cleo
trio plants in the whole world was to
be built in ogden every citizen was
puffed up with pride over the public
benefit such plant would mean TO
this city and the state at large.
After almost decade OF existence
the great light and power scheme,
with It's wonderful pipe line It's mag
nlhcent mechanical plant, and evil
dences OF It's utility on every hand, has
almost, to the average citizen, been
lost sight Of as the grandest monu-
ment Of Ogden enterprise. The view
is 50 close we lose the idea Of immen-
slty.
The plans OF the original builders
have, BY force of circumstances Great
ed largely by business necessity,
been radically changed. The domin-
ating idea behind the project was the
manufacture Of cheap power TO be utll-
ICED In all kinds Of manufactures, The
long distance from market the double
expense OF importing raw material and
again shipping the finished product to
all parts OF the compass to reach the
trade, and the unwlllingness to stake
investments In a new country, the fu-
ture OF which could not be determined
combined as objections against the To-
cation OF factories TO any large extent
from taking advantage OF the cheap
power offered, and so the company
turned its attention towards the man
ufacture of electricity for light, The
manufacture Of power has been limit
ed to the demands Of local concerns
Thus, IN order TO meet the real sltua-
ton, the manufacture Of Hight was
made the business Of the company. In
order to enter the field with some as
surance of success, the other plants
which were In the field doing business,
though OF much smaller capacity. were
added to the conpany's holdings at an
expense which the original plans did
not take into consideration In this
way the plants of the Citizens Electric
company, the Big Cottonwood Electric
Light company, the Utah Power COM
pany and the salt Lake q Ogden Elee-
trio Light q Gas company were COM
blned with the new company Later
the street car system OF Salt Lake City
was added to the other holdings. In or
der to get a consumer for the power,
which was being manufactured but not
utilized These various combinations
increased the capital of the big concern
until the original value Of 81 $780, 900 was
augmented to 100000 The stock is
held in equal amounts by Utah and
eastern capitalists.
Few people realize that in n concern
capitalized at such a stupendous figure,
the chief expense Is in the deterlora-
tion OF machinery and the constantly
increasing demand for betterments.
In 1904 the one item Of expense for
beiterments amounted TO S275 900.
This year the changes and improve
ments In one street In Salt Lake will
cost $1,000. while the total cost OF
new machinery and necessary changes
will figure In the nelghborhood OF
half a million. IT can thus be readily
understood why the company must be
assured OF q certain fixed income
and have a clear idea Of future busl-
ness In order to provide for all ext
gencies.
Among the changes contemplated for
1905 is the building Of steam plant
at the company's site on South Temple
and Tenth West streets, to be used In
case Of emergency, and also to provide
power during periods of maximum de-
mand. II also provides for a trans
former station On the same site at
which viii be received the power from
Ogden, Cottonwood and Bear river
power houses, and from the Telluride
Power company's plants. From the
transformer house the power Will
be transmitted over heavy feeders
streets to the West Temple station,
This Will provide a duplicate line of
supply for this station which Is to be
used as distributing station for all
power used In Salt Lake city, including
street railway, power for elevators and
other mechanical purposes ana for all
lighting. An other stations I'm Salt
Lake City will be closed up, except the
Citizens station, which win be used
only I'm emergencies.
Work on the West Temple street
station WAS commenced In November
1903. and up to November 1904 there
will have been spent about 100000 IN
re-equipplng and undermining this sta
ton. The roof has been recovered: the
old floors torn out. basement eN-
oayated. new concrete floors support
ed on steel Orders have been put In
and a freproof gallery for switchboard
has been built A cotton crane 20 han
die the machinery has been ordered, a
new motor generator weighing over &C
tons has been installed and second
one As on order, part OF the machinery
has already been brought from the rail.
way sub-station on Second East street
and the rest Is being moved over now,
switchboards are being erected and ap.
paratus for regulating the lighting cir
cults, now at the Fourth West station
together with additional regulators on
order viii soon be erected,
The power will be brought into the
building from the Jordan station by
cables laid In underground condults
and conveyed &C. the swltchboards IN
the gallery. Thence 1t will be convey
ed 10 the several light and power cir.
cults OF the city passing first through
automatic regulators which VIII main
tain a constant voltage on all tn,
lighting circuits, irrespective Of any
demands on other parts Of the system,
Power for operating the railway
will be conveyed from the switch
hoard on the gallery to the machines
which are used 70 convert the alter
mating current power. generated az the
water power and steam plants, into the
direct current power required for The
railway, This machinery consists Of
two 100 horse power rotary transform
ers, built by the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company In 1897
and two l.O00 horse power motor ener-
ator sets, also built by the WestlnR-
house company one OF which was put
IN operation IN January, the other "a
be running IN October next
This station being built IN the very
center Of distribution Is ideally stu
ated Tor serving the city. 10 is large
enough to meet all future demands
md when complete viii be up to date
In every respect,
BY the concentration of stations and
the consequent placing OF the contro
under the hand OF one operating en-
sineer the maximum demand upon the
water power and steam stations will