Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15


u birth In the early sixtles--under
the coloni2lng methods OF Brig
ham Young The News" has pub
llshed at various times the early his
tory OF the town. therefore repetition
Is unnecessary at this time
Richneld Is now enjoying an unpre-
cedented boom in buildns--storss, resi-
dences, opera houses, pavilions, ETC..
being under construction and consider
alton. The town has water gystem that
is a credit to the entire county OF Sc
vlar. The system, up to the present,
has cost something over $4,000, on
which bonded Indebtedness Of only
$4,000 is due.
RICHFIElD ELECTRIC LIGHT &
POWER co.
Not many cities IN Utah can Loast
OF as complete an electric lighting plant
as RichReld. Situated as II Is. with no
canycn stream to furnish power 10
operate an electric plant, It is doub!y
commemorate that such splead.t
.toia. II la
$50 49,. ,n,,rl,g o,o,gy ~
,.'ss's ~ MA r., NJ s,ao ., al.
1870 1870 TX, ..a,,,a S,ra d,sc,,r,eea
less energetic charoc.eg has main
tanned plant that any city might well
be proud o.
IN the spring OF igVt thefe WIS no
system OF lighting IN Richie.d ana the
,oo,, vss tatiuc ON a phanoutlnal
,,
growth Nhieh aghahdga Houe "
lighting plant. Thomas Brown was
mo-, I'm tbe or-uioy ~ Senator CLARK IT
49,, $3.50. ttni ,,.,,.r,,, IN oetir as
MS opnr mn f'oP-.'y ~ C"-'''
electrical engineer Ctilschs OF tne go
,ley valley urged him 30 Visit th,a eoc-
, .,.n,is, itohtlnr niaut In
t'o' CIV an,.c
one Of the Gowns WHe.s a" a"'
water supply could Be had for power
,.,,.-o.es In March az that year he
.,-...,,., a., tocur.
Nlsltea M"ni0s ""V 'N''' 80
o power site IN Monroe cahSuh i"e'-
acntally he visited Richhold and he was
,.......sl., 49,, this tn,,n was bound TO
l''P'N' :. "a 49,, c,,,,on
Forge 10 inc li"i'' - '''"
stream to furnish power ana lhe oh'y
ee,slh,e proiect was 10 .stall n steam
$500 M, ,,ro,s,.t was decidedly risky
p'ah.' Inv 49,, ...,,t,.
rs the distance rom iuel supply
promised an expensive lighting system
-, ..,,.,s considerable encourage
~ IesDis ., ,,,r,ssive cltlzcns and he
lIu'lt i,o,' 1870 nrranrements for
plpVT 'y,Snotiot ns stcam plant. In
~ 49, -, ~ Tuiv ufter all kinds
Wy otiif -, - ,.s,acles he completed
~ " '1 ,s,,, IA tnrncd IN the light and
Wy pi ,,inhs aId ~ n,odern lighting sys-
49,. ,,,l,hn,, which "a clty Is decidedly
w, !" ,,,,,,,hcr
s,,,na tbot time the pIant has been
,,,n,,aus onoration aud except
-. y, oo''.' vl,,.ei,,, ~ mo, has forced a
. 49,, ~, Ill nieht servlcc has been
.,usro rho Seonle were slow i'm
,o,,,,,ny the henofts OF electric light
,,,,I IA nian, waa - decided financial
S,II,,.a ~, = iong tlme hut gradually a
,,I,n.,ro bo, Moan Worrying ana during
~ i9ttor ,art ~ iaoi ond early part OF
~ ', 49,, ',oo. hvsinese njcked IN
niarsnii,' II was annnrent To Mr..
,,'',i,, M, chaaner nower was nee.
Aa.a,.,. co.. M cn,,niete a,,ccass ~ tho
s ,1a' - ,'V ,,Ta,. 400 he set about So.
rnr,n. same avoilahle waterpower site.
No gong5 F, nromlslng one AZ Glen
,,ooa a to,cn aho,,t siV miles aue east
of p,cbAe,d Uc onened negotiations
GIN No o,yner and secured the slte.
The stream Comes from a large sprlne
,nd Nir prov,r saw thar with the con.
S, ,u 'il - no,' canal he could do.
,,oion ~ ,,er,, e,i. n,,ount NJ mower +,
order n nronerlv harness this aow of
wafs- iaree sun, ne nancy was nsces.
sarv ana again NJ Rrovn,s lndoni,.
abie enorsv Won an
In oo,nha. ohanso 100, made NJ
rrown bad carried Ne hueiness aln,g
blONil Hhu NdTlicu lHS n'lhiHtSo dIOUB