Arizona republican., 1909-12-07

thereafter the revenue would all De
 net profit less the maintenance charges 1
 Opponents of the idea set forth that
 it was too heavy a tax to undertake
 with the promise of reservoir payments
 staring them in the face immediately
 thereafter The idea of most people at
 the time also was hatthe proceeds Of
 the sale of power would in that event
 go back into the nations reclamation
 fund just as will the proceeds of res
 ervoir payments. being credited of
 course on the bill due the government
 by the project. and just as the pro-
 ceeds might be used if the government
 advances the money to build the power
 plants.
 But MT. Hilrs suggestion IS that II
 the secretary of the interior will con-
 sent to delay the opening as he inti-
 mated while here, he would probably
 be willing to give the water users or
 the association the privilege of raising
 their own money to build their own
 plants on the sites keeping all the pro
 ceeds from the sale of the power sup
 sequently. In other words. having had
 no money from the government for that
 phase of the project. they would not
 have to turn any of the proceeds back into the reclamation fund to be spent
 elsewhere In a couple of years, after completion. the farmers would be paid back their investment money and thereafter they would have d source of revenue that would help them material ly in making their reservoir payments Incidentally speaking of power. he said the plant at the Arizona falls alone, with just little money spent on it, could be made to produce suffi- | cient power to furnish all the electric ity required by the Pacific Gas and Electric company under its contract,
 made partly in consideration Of the | plant having been turned over to the government.
 l Another subject given d great deal Of ! discussion was the position of the gov
 ernment in respect of furnishing the in- ! dividual farmers with power for do- mestic purposes. such as the operation | of machinery. lighting of houses, etc | Mir Hill said that his idea all the time [ has been and still is, that the govern ment will do it's utmost to cater to ! communities however small. if their 1 consumption of electricity is large
  ! able to all concerned. Illustrating his ! idea he said he believed a good plan ! would be for the residents of say four | contiguous sections of land. to get To- | gether and form d little community ] electric company with which the gov ernment could deal as an entity. The small company could construct small transformer and whatever machinery, wires. poles. etc, would be necessary | for serving the members of the com pany. The government would then | place meter. read 1t monthly, and col lect from tho company the amount due. ] The company in turn should sell pow | CT to it's members at a small profit, enough 10 cover the cost of mainten- 1 lnce. which of course would not be ! great Presumably three sections. six cections. or any other number, could | he organized this way. according to the | density of population or quantity Of | power needed.
 Mir. Hill also stated that it would be | found under present conditions. that ! the electricity generated at Roosevelt would flicker just a trifle if used for I lighting. due to the fact that the water ! wheels do not revolve fast enough to make the current exactly regular. but he explained how this could be me i chemically overcome at small expense in a small plant. or if not remedied, | the lights would still be better than any present substitute for them, and for | power purposes alone no remedying is needed The Pacific Gas and Electric company has installed machinery for that purpose in it's transformer house. necessarily expensive by reason of the quantity of power used
 Mir. Hill also said that at this time the easiest place to make the experi- ment of the small community service
 would be south of Mesa City, where the Sacaton line is now carrying power at a voltage of 10000. reduced in Mesa from the 4O.00O voltage of the main transmission line. It would have to be further reduced but the process would be easier than to take it from the high voltage wires. Another phase of this question. the disposal of surplus DOW CT Co patrons outside the reservoir dis trict was also discussed. There is no definite proposition before the engin eers but there probably will be before long by at least two corporations. One is the Avondafe company, engaged in retaining several thousand acres on the lower Agua Fria. just outside the
 reservoir district. and the other is the Marinette company. engaged in re- l claiming a still larger tract above the Santa Fe bridge across the Asua Fria. (Continued on page 5.)
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