ELECTRIC POWER IN CITY INTERRUPTED

A fuse holder that failed after an insulator broke at the Mill Street Pumping Station in downtown Cape Girardeau created a dip in electrical power Monday night, causing brief interruptions in power.

"The dip was probably citywide," said John Quinn of Union Electric. "But it wasn't classified as a power outage."

The equipment at the Viaduct substations did its job, said Quinn. "The equipment there sensed the problem, opened up the circuitry, cleared the fault, and redirected the flow of power around the problem."

Quinn said the dip occurred at about 10:30. No one was without power any length of time, he said.

UE workmen corrected the problem at the Mill Street Pumping Station Tuesday.