Arizona republican., 1908-09-15

gates, and other undesirable items referred to above. The government also secures from the company an
 other power site on the crosscut, near the Chandler or Consolidated
 plant, for a purpose to be explained a little further on. The Consolidated reserves the right to the use of about 1000 inches of water in the canal for the generation of power, or so much as shall be necessary to pro duce 300 kilowatts of energy for its business of lighting and distributing power to Tempe and Mesa City. The government. however. reserves the right, after giving due and proper notice, to furnish the Consolidated 300 kilowatts of power already gen. erated in lieu of the water in the canal. at one-half cent per kilOwatt hour and with the same restriction that it has contracted to furnish it to the electric light company on this side the river. namely that it shall be delivered in a voltage of 10000 and the distributor must put in his own transformer plant.
 The Reservations.
 The purpose of the above reserVa- tions on the part of the canal com pany is clear and seems to be en- tirely fair and equitable. The res ervations on the part of the govern ment have a variety of objects. First the crosscut is located on the lower side of the system. The water run ming through it eventually irrigates that section of country between Tempe and Mesa or east and south of Tempe. It has not yet been de- termined how much water the gov ernment will desire to deliver to that section. If it should develop that it was less than the 1000 inches re- ouired by the Consolidated for gen erating purposes the government would not want to be bound to run the full 1000 inches through the ca nal solely to benefit the Consolidated and then throw the water away. II on the other hand the government found it desirable or necessary to run twice 1000 inches through that canal. the power site it has secured from the Consolidated. will enable it to build a power house of its own and utilize the electric energy Of the surplus water going below for irrigation purposes. Under this ar rangement there need be no waste whatever is decided upon, there will be no interference with the power conveniences of either Tempe or Mesa and the Consolidated plant though having the right to the use of the water. must pay half a cent kilo- watt for the power generated by it, or for power furnished in lieu thereof, which it is estimated will return to the government Eventually the Wat CT Users associatiOn) a revenue of at least sIO.OOO a year and perhaps more. The government reservation to furnish power instead of water will be timely in the event the crosscut is or a smaller supply tkan 1000 inches is run through that canal, or in the event the Consolidated should later prefer to buy power of a big government plant rather than make electric energy itself.
 Another power feature of the south side system is well worth while. Be tween the Granite Reef dam, shortly to be the source of supply, and the upper reaches of the Consolidated canal, the government is constructing a new connecting ditch. The topog- raphy of the country is such that on this upper section the government will be able to develop an additional 1900 horsepower, as against the 375 or 300 kilowatts, reserved by the Consolidated on the Cross cut, so the new system will still be l125 horsepower better off than the old one.
 Mesa Canal Contract.
 The next feature of interest is that