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

in the production of electric current
for light and power. 1t was at Provo
that the Telluride Power company
built the first plant Of the great sys-
TEN, which will In time cover the state
and spread beyond its borders with
network of wires carrying The subtle
and powerful fluid, which Is revolution
izing the Industrial world. AT the
beautiful village OF Olmsted where the
Provo canyon plant Is located, I'M
proyemcuts have been going on IN the
line of further identifying this attract
i've spot, where nature, art and science
unite In the creation OF an IDEAL dWen-
ing place for those who are engaged In
the great enterprises of which MT Ia
l.. Num- Is the moving spirit.
Several new cottages have been built,
and. in order to remove unpleasant con-
ditions resulting from the county ROAD
being located near Olmsted on the
north. and the travel causing dust, and
encroachment by animals on the COM
pany's property, the company has
built a 9O-span steel bridge across the
river below Olmsted and given II 10 the
county. so that the north road might
be abandoned and the travel across tne
river to the county road on the souu'
and Olmsted Is relieved of the oplec-
tionable features incident 10 the lor-
mer location of the road.
The company has piped the waters
Of the Bridal Veil falls In Provo can
| Won into It's nume on the north side
| of the river. and will build a small
| mower plant to be operated by the wa
| ters of the falls. This plant is intend-
| ed TO liftithe seepage waters from the
river. below the dam, into the hume.
The greatest undertaking Of the COM
| pany I'm the county this year, however,
| is the Battle Creek plant, located east
! of Pleasant Grove.
The waters of Battle creek are divert
/ ed about two miles east of the power
station, which is two miles east OF the
town, and carried IN a covered CONDUIT
for about three miles into a reservoir
on top of the mountain above the sta-
tion. From this reservoir II Is dropped
1900 feet through a steel pipe 10 the
mower house This plant Is termed a
regulating station, and the object or
building Il is TO relieve the system al
such times as the demand Is too great
for the power supplied by the Provo
Logan and other plants The capacity
| win he about 5000 horsepower for nNs
hours IN "a. The reservoir VIII rem
during the time when this extra power
Is mot needed. In order 20 place IN,
nine between the reservoir ana ~,
power station the company mas Dun.
a cable road. propelled by steam, lol
a distance of four-ffths OF a mile vi
rhe mountain. The plant VIII cos
$3.50, 600. and will be completed aoou
I'm addition to this engineering worl
has been done on the proposed pump
Inc station to be located In the utai
lake TO convey water In pipes am
canal to the plant north of the Jordai
nnrrows. and appropriations OK Wate
have been made for this purpose Ihi'
work will be prosecuted next year.
The Provo Electric company, whlVl
u,Splies the city with light ana re-
ce'yes it's current from the Teiluiid
Power company, has erected pole IN
from the city direct to the power s ode
tion at Olmsted. ut cost OF SlouV'
which viii enable II to give better SET
Vice than heretofore, when the curten
WIS faKen INTO the distribution SISTER
from the Telluride companys Ilntl
line, which passes on the east oil IN
, city.
The Utah County Light and -Powe
, company, which has its plant In Amer
: lean Fork canyon, and supplies AIner'
. can Fork, Lehi and Pleasant GroV
: with light and power, has nearly com