Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-03
POWER PLANT FOR
UTAH HOTEL BLOCK
Structure Which WIN Cost sf65.0OO
Being Erected West Of the
Tabernacle Square.

A. a cost Of $4,000 the Utah
Hotel company power plant IL being
rapidly constructed In the center OF
the block west OF the tabernacle The
intention is to have the plant built
and in operation by November - Ii
will furnish power. light and heat to
the tabernacle. assembly hall tenn
pie. l.. -. s. university buildings.
Bishops building. Hotel Utal, Deseret
Gymnasium. Deseret News building.
Vermont building, and contemplated
extensions would include the Lion
House and other buildings.
An immense concrete structure its
foundation a network Of intricate
masonry walls, with a huge smoke
stack running, PIG feet into the air.
SIS base 80 by 80 feet and its top
by feet, and a great concrete tun-
mel 2,200 feet In length, connecting
the seat of power with the main
buildings, are now In course OF con-
struction by force OF half a hundred
men There will be many hundred feet
Of lateral conduits connecting with the
main line.
The Trent Engineering & Machin-
cry company of this city has the
contract for the big undertaking. j.
y Neil a construction engineer. Is
Luce has charge OF the gang Of men
digging the tunnel through the taber-
nacle grounds. At the time OF paving
West Temple street and Main street
between South Temple and North
Temple streets, the power plant now
being built was contemplated. 80 at
that time concrete tunnels were con-
structed under both streets, and now
the open cut Is being made through
the tabernacle square eastward, con-
Meeting these tunnels.
The main tunnels. nearly half n
mile I'm length. are large enough to
carry the numerous pipe lines con-
Veying power and light wires and
steam heat TO the various buildings
and for man 20 walk along and use
pipe wrench freely besides.
GREAT SMOKE STACK
This week the main work Is conferred
on the great smoke stack the foun-
dalton for which was set 8 feet In the
ground. The scheme of making and
handling the concrete preparation is
something entirely new for salt Lake,
wheel barrows having been discarded
The mixer handles 1 n yards. about
half ton, every two and half
minutes. delivering the wet mass OF
concrete TO the large trip-hammer
bucket which carries It's load up the
temporary elevator shaft, from which
elevation the concrete preparation
is sent by gravity where required.
The site OF the power plant Is In the
old city creek bed A depth OF 10
feet was reached. but still the we'll
worn, rounded pebbles were encount-
cred all the way down. Layers ~
gravel upon layers were encountered.
each layer probably marking the spring
flood deposits. Some years there was 4
deposit Of but a few inches while
others showed ono to two feet The lat
ter undoubtedly represented heavy
spring floods which rushed down out
OF the mountains many years before
the advent OF the pioneers
UTILIZING GRAVEL
An interesting little discovery was
made during the excavation work At
depth OF about 10 feet a small piece
OF gas pipe was found embedded in the
gravel. From all indications It had
been buried there many years
This gravel is being utilized to great
advantage. a large crushing ma
chine has been set up on the ground
which converts the coarse gravel from
the old creek bed into an essential part
Of the concrete FOR building ana conduit
When completed and In operation late
this fall this poNyer-light- heating plant.
furnishing nearly dozen important
buildings in upper Main street. will be
one Of the finest things OF the kind IN
the west Money has not been spared
1t VIII be as complete and perfect In
every particular, from the engines. boil
ers and intricate machinery in the pow
erhouse. to the smallest detail OF dis
tribution Of heat. light and power I'm
the various buildings. making the serv-
Zee MS efficient as the most painstakins
engineers and most skilful machlnists
can devise The service Is Ruaran
teed TO be about as near perfect as man
can make IT,
In the heating and lighting OF such |
buildings as the tabernacle and assem- !
oly hall. where vast audiences some |
times gather at night, the improved |
lighting, and especially the heating /
conditions In winter will no doubt be /
greatly appreciated by the people
Then the lighting heating and power
for elevators. etc. for Just one such /
building as the Hotel Utah, with its /
$50 rooms, Is n problem OF itself But |
the perfect service from this great new
modern plant will reduce all possible
troubles and annoyances along those |
lines 20 minimum.
The improved services for tho l. n
:. university, where over 900 students
spend many hours each week during
the winter months, viii be felt. Also
NJ Barratt han, which r. used almost
nightly throughout tho winter by larrs
audienoes, superior heating and Hight |
ing facilities will be given
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