Arizona republican., 1913-11-29
Water Users Governors Win Their Own Way of Getting Machinery In stalled - Ensign Objects. But RecOnSiderS
PROTEST PASSED
 ON POWER LINE
Governors Hear Newell on Reclamation Subjects - Henny Also Speaks-The Special Meeting Produces Much Business

After winning their way of build ing the machinery for the Crosscut power plant, over the objections of Electrical Engineer 0. H. Ensign, the board of governors in special session yesterday tried conclusions with the teclama ton service ih the matter Of the charges for improvements on the Roosevelt Mesa power transmission line. and after long deliberation con densed theil ideas into set of reso- lutions demanding the immediate completion of the alterations.
 The board would not admit that the changes recently instituted in the | power line amounted to improve ments. They called them changes and alterations" and denied respon- 1 sibiIty for them. Feeling that it is not fair to expect the farmers to ! pay for the engineering experiments | of the reclamation service, the board ! passed d strong resolution. disclaim- : ing any intention of being responsible for the cost of the work and re- i questing that the line he so fixed as Iu remain free as possible from ser 1 vice interruptions. The entire value of any power project lies in it's abil-
 
 without interruptions or fluctua- 1 ticns. and it is the best sort of 1 power project that the water users want for thu Salt River valley
 MT Ensign appeared in defense of the methods of his department. He | had letters read, and then spoke. flaw bring the force account method for | the construction of the bases for the l power machinery and the installation ! Of that machinery in the new Cross | cut plant. One of his arguments was ! that the installation of hydro-e cleo | tricaI machinery is matter of such | nIcety of adjustment that no specifi- l cations can possibly be written to 1 cover. Little delicate adjustments are necessary-he said-which would make it almost impossible to lay | down hard and fast rules for con | structors. \ tiny irregularity, though | it may conform strictly to the speci- l fications. may ruin an expensive ma chine or necessitate costly changes i after it has all been assembled.
 But when he saw that the farmers were determined to have a contract 1 drawn for this work he promised to send as soon as possible the best | specifications he could have written covering this particular job
 In the matter of the power line, the board discussed the changes ! which have been made, decided that 1 it is not right to demand payment for them from the farmers and passed the resolutions which are here print co., and which explain themselves
 Inasmuch as some of the improve ments" have proven weak in prac-
 tice the board objected to charges
 for them.
 Resolved that whereas, heretofore
 without the knowledge. consent or approval of this association, the Unit
 ed States reclamation service insti-
 tuted certain radical and expenseive
 changes and alterations in the Roose-
 welt Mesa power transmission line
 and whereas during the progress ot
 such changes and alterations, certain
 " eaknesses have become apparent
 requiring additional expenditure
 which must be incurred to render the
 said transmission line entirely safe Now. therefore. be it resolved. that without admitting responsibility fol
 the said changes and alterations here
 tofOre had and taken. or for needles:
 expense entailed by errors in plans and defects of construction, this as.
 Sociation hereby requests the secre-
 tary of the interior and the United , States reclamation service to com. z plete the said transmission line a
 the earliest possible date so as t, , be safe and to be as fires as possibl
 from danger of interruption"
 The morning session was taken LII : with an address by Director r. Fl Newell, of the reclamation service
 in which the visiting director mad
 some statements that caused eyes t 1 open wide among his hearers H laid a finger on q sore spot whel he declared that values on reclaime
 land are inflated, that they are s
 high as to warn off possible settlers
 and that the burden of improvement 1 falls on the original owners, an
 that therefore betterment is slow H f pointed out some cf the results O I not looking sufficiently sharply int Q the future when he arrived at tn | topic of coats From the first idle Y until the present day. he followed tn Q steps by which irrigation by Teclama tion has been secured for this valley Q l end checked off items as wise or a :. unwise purchases. as he went alOns e The original sin, he declared, was tn
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