Arizona republican., 1911-09-01
Water Users Have Had Era
 of Usefulness HAVE BEEN BUSY MEN
Review of Past Year Shows That a Vast Amount of Good Has Been Accom- plished Through Their Agency.


 Agency.
 Just one year ago, or on August 90,
 1910, the Salt River Valley Water Users association entered into an agreement with the government to do certain things in the way of con struction for the betterment of the Iproject. with funds raised by the as sessment of its members. in considera- ton of which the government would withhold the official opening of the Roosevelt reservoir for two years, thus delaying for that length of time lthe beginning of the ten annual pay iments for the cost of the project. i It is timely to pause a moment at the end of the first year. for sur lvey of what has been accomplished. lit may have seemed in some quarters that things were moving slowly, but it takes time to inaugurate large un- dertakings and when the work of the year is placed in review the record is one that it would seem should Isatisfy every critic.
 The construction work referred to was the building of the new Cross Icut canal. the erection of power plants at the Hole in the Rock, the Arizona, Falls. on the South Con- solidated. certain work on distribut- ing systems for water and power and Iother matters Of minor detail The money was to be raised by two an uual assessments, one of which has now been collected and the other formally made
 In passing judgment upon the acti- vities of the association. or its seem ling lack of activity, attention is call ed to two things one is that little could be done until surveys wer" carefully made and it was determined exactly what should be done. The iother is that construction work could not proceed until there was money lavailable to meet obligations The first condition was promptly met by the reclamation engineers and tn Isecond devolved upon the members ,of the association, through the pay Iment of their assessments. This was attended to as promptly perhaps as might have been expected. but at the best months slipped away before any great amount of money was availabl" But just as soon as funds were as .sured the association began its op- eratiOns with the same vigOr that has characterized the development of the Salt River project from its be- iginning and made it a monument to both the reclamation service and the of the people of this val Hey The following list tells of the Iaccomplis hments of the year:
 Contract awarded to the :. Morgan Smith company for two 1900 horse power hydraulic turbines and auxil- iary machinery. now under inspection preparatory for shipment and cree tion at power plant No. 9. South COnsolidated), the contract price be- ing S16.59O.
 Contract awarded the General Elec- Uric company for two 1000 kva 3-phasc 25-cycle, 230O volt alternating cur rent generators, now in transit, for power plant No. ?, at a cost of $3O.- 600
 Proposals for cranes for power plant No. 2 were received and open ed August %. award not yet made
 Plans for construction Of power house for Plant No. 2 have been re ceived and bids will soon be asked for
 Contract awarded the S. Morgan Smith company for two 745-horsc- power hydraulic turbines for Power plant No. 1. (Arizona Falls), the cost being s11 1.5OO
 Contract awarded General Electric company for two 535 kva generators for power plant No. 4, at a cost of $15,462.
 Contract awarded Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company for switchboard apparatus and wir- ing supplies. power plant No. 1. S2925.
 Contract awarded Grant Brothers Construction company for approxi- mately 15O.O0O yards of excavation in a three-m mile extension of the Grand canal head. $S4.70O.
 Bids advertised for and to be open ed September ., for construction of a transmission line from power plant No. to the Mesa switching station. e. rs to be ready within a week for submis- sion to bidders. for excavation of lateral of the Salt canal.
 The association now has S225.OOO on hand with which to pay for the above