Arizona republican., 1911-03-22
W. J. 4. Has Awarded Con.
 tracts For Machinery
TURBINES AND GENERATORS
An Especially Good Bar gain was Made With the General Electric Com pany- Four Months for Delivery.

The board of governors of the Salt | River Valley Water Users associa- ton yesterday awarded the contracts for the machinery to be used in equipping the proposed power plant on the South canal between the Granite Reef diversion dam and Mesa City, where there is a drop of 26 feet in the canal.
 The contract for the two 4Sinch turbines, governors. pumps and ac- cessories was awarded to the S. Mor- gan Smith company of York. Pa, for $I6.590 The contract for the two electrical generators. transformers. switchboard apparatus. etc, was awarded to the General Electric com pany of Schenectady. x. Y. for a lump sum of s3O.O0O.
 The Smith company was the only one that offered a bid on the tur
 pines. but it was asked to make bid also on four water wheels of the same size, with a view of buying tho two extra ones for the equipment of the power house at the Arizona falls. if it could in the meantime be dem | onstrated that good results could be had from that size turbines, with the l-foot drop at the Arizona falls. Con suting Electrical Engineer O. H. En- sign and the other engineers of the service carefully considered the mat
 ter and found that the wheels of that size probably would not be as satis- factory. so the award was made for the two turbines only.
 Tn connection with the award for the other machinery, the expression lump sum" should be explained. There were several bidders for that work. and each company bid sepa rately on three items or classes of machinery, the generators. transform CTS and switchboard and accessories. The total of these bids by the Gen eral Electric company was s32.131. but the bidder had also stated that if given the award for all three classes of machinery the contract would be taken for s3O.OOO even. anf an award to that effect was ordered. As an indication that the association drove a good bargain with the Gen eral Electric company. it is pointed out that the next bid higher than the bid of that company was nearly 5000 greater. and over s7.0O0 greater than the General Electric companys lump sum" bid. The total cost of the machinery for the plant will be Sf6.590, while the association had eX- pected to pay somewhere in the neigh borhood of s50OOO for it.
 It had been hoped that the other two turbines could be secured for the Arizona Falls power house at the same time. for less money than where bid for separately and made by a special contract. but it was found that smaller wheels would give better results. so in due season special bids will be asked for when the turbines are needed
 It will take about four months to get the machinery contracted for yes terday. but just as soon as the di- mensions of the machinery can be secured from the manufacturers un- der these contracts the plans for the foundations will be made ready for the placing of the machinery as soon as it arrives. so it can be installed without delay. The power plant will probably be ready for operation early next fall.
 Mir. Hill, Mir Ensign and other en- gineers of the reclamation service were present at the board meeting and gave the governors the benefit of their advice and technical knowl- edge in deciding upon the awards.