Arizona republican., 1913-09-15
The Waters Have Been aneSSed For The Service Of The Valley
FARMERS 0f VALLEY
 HAVE DONE THIS
Power Plant for Supplementing
 Gravity Irrigation System

The accompanying Illustrations showing the Crosscut power project ] which will develop from G000 to 1000 ] horse power and the pumping plant 1 of the Highline Canal company which uses goo horse power for the elevation i of water to the Highline. shows what has been done to supplement the gravity system of the Salt River Valley project. The Highlne plant
 will irrigate 5000 acres of the most fertile land under the sun The Cross odt proj"ct would furnish power for 1 twenty such plants. Twenty such plants of course ate not needed for ;rrigating purposes but that much mere vii! some time be profitably used for developing electrical ener- s5 for commercial uses.
 The source of power herein describ- ed is separate and distinct from the power generated at the Roosevelt dam , which supplies all the energy used in the cit and the valley. beside trans hitting much to the mines at Miami. 1, itut the Crosscut project does not exhaust all the sources of power. In 1 the development of the canal system 1t Is probable and in fact certain that many times that much power will be
 
 manufacturing and lighting purposes, for the use Of not only the cities and towns of the valley but for the rural districts. No doubt in time most ! farm houses will be equipped with electric lights and much of the light l machinerY of the houses, sewing ma 1 chimes. churns and washing machines wall be electrically driven as will be most of the stationary machinery of tine farm
 One feature of the power system here described is that il is the work ot the water users, the farmers them selves. The transformation of the valley has been wonderful Twenty years ago the farthest-sig could not dream of such harnessing of the waters or of so much water to be harnessed.
 Ire Roosevelt Power Plant
 The following is a general descrip- lion of the Roosevelt Dam power jant.
 The water in the power canal.
 hich follows the south side Of the eseIVoir for nineteen miles. is iropped through a penstock at the lam, two hundred and twenty-Six eet. operating huge turbines. This 'oWer, together With that utilized di- ectly from the water in the reser- oir. develops at the magnificent "ater power plant now completed ger nine thousand horse power. 'hree other supplemental power 'iants in the valley. now under con- truction. will add about nine thou and horse power. and still more can F very economically developed later
 This power feature of the Roose- is af ha in eresting and valuable, about four 1ousand horse power of the eleven housand five hundred first developed Jill be used in raising the water shich .underlies within reasonable nmping distance. about one hundred housand acres of the Salt River alley.
 The government has completed five "tteries of wells in the Mesa dis jet, one fine plant at the head of he San Francisco canal has others early complete. and many planned hese wells are to supplement the npply of gravity water.
 The balance of the power will be 1ld, first, for the purpose of devel- ping industries within the reservoir istrict. afterward to mining inter -ts which are already willing to pay pod prices for ths power.
 The power transmission line fom oosevelt, regarded as model of p-t date. efficient construction, was impleted in 1909. and delivers cleo ic current in Phoenix. Six con acts have been made for the sale
 power. and two of these now in 'eratiOn. are bringing in about 0o,000 annually. The Inspiration onsolidated Copper company of Mi ni Arizona, has just closed a ten ar power contract, which will be in eratfOn inside of two years. This ovides for a minimum yearly arge of about $14O.OO0. with q max um of $400. 900 or more.