Arizona republican., 1910-10-04
BUSY SESSION IF GOVERNORS Final Payment On W. J. \.
 Building Site
 ID ENTERTAIN ENGINEERS Army Board Will Arrive in Mesa Saturday = Impor- tant Contract Signed by Secretary of Interior - 
 Other Vital Matters.

Ordering that final payment bt made the Y. M. C. A. for the water users association and arrange for the entertainment of the the board of army engineers, who will reach Mesa next Saturday morning and go to Roosevelt to inspect the daw, was the most i'm portant business transacted at the monthly meeting of the board of gov ernors, held yesterday. Several i'm portant announcements were made by Engineer Louis c. Hill, who addressed the meeting.
 The governors had not met since the first Monday in June During the summer months, when many of then were out of the city and there was really little of importance that de- manded attention, no attempt was made to hold meetings
 Engineer Hill announced that the contract with the government delay ing the official opening of the Salt river project two years and setting for ward the commencement of payments for that length of time. and making il possible for the ranchers to assess themselves for the purpose of build ing electric power plants. had been re- turned by the. secretary of the interior properly signed.
 That the plans for the two power houses to be first built have been com pleted at this end of the line was an other important statement made by MT Hill. The plans have been drawn in the local reclamation service offices and forwarded to Washington for ap- proval. There they must pass through the hands of the electrical engineer and consulting engineer. Every effort will be made to get them back here so that the governors can call for bids upon machinery at their November meet ing.
 The two power houses are to be placed on the Arizona canal, lt the old plant of the Pacific Gas X Electric company, and at the point where the South canal drops into the Consoli- dated At the Arizona plant the houses are already on the ground, the old ones being well suited to the purpose. Or the south side. however, a building will have to be erected. Plans for t cannot be drawn until it is known positively what kind of machinery goes inside As it will take four or five months tC get the machinery after it is ordered there is plenty of time for the con- struction of the house itself.
 MT. Hill states that a survey is now being made for the new canal west of Alhambra, to connect the Grand and Salt canals. This canal will be two miles and a half long and will be con structed as soon as possible cfter the power plants are well under way toward completion.
 Detailed plans for the association building were referred to the building committee. with instructions 10 secure estimates of the cost or construction The plans call for a structure conform ing in its style of architecture with the Y. M. C. A. building. The roof will be of red tile and the walls white.
 After talking over plans for the en- tertainment of the army engineers, il was decided to leave the details in the hands of a committee. President John Orme appointed Governors F. W. Will bur. w. w. Dobson and c. A. Saylor to represent the south side on this committee, while E. J. Bennitt, Joe Cope and F.. F.. Jack will represent the north side.
 The engineers are travelling by spe- cial train and will reach the Imperial valley next Friday morning There they will be met by Engineer Hill Some hours will be sent around Inn perial and in the afternoon the La guna dam, across the Colorado river above Yuma, will be inspected. Late Friday night the party will start for the Salt river valley, arriving at Mesa early the next day. There they will be met by six machines which the ar rHngements committee must secure in the meantime.
 Following are the members of the board of Engineers: Lieutenant Col onel John Riddle, Lieutenant Colonel William c. Langfitt, MaJor Harry Bur gess, Major William H. Harts, Major Charles w. Kutz.
 A complete list of those who will be with the engineers when they arrive in Mesa is not procurable at this time. With the party will be frederick s. Newell, director of the reclamation ser vice, and Brigadier General William l..