Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-09
august 2, 1918.

sometimes the newspaper and sometimes the customers Of
the Hoon Power Company have complained against the service
rendered by the sometimes not without cause
This service while the best possible under existing cond-
tions is far from perfect but amnded consideration of the
diligently doing all that be expected of and that with
the cooperation of the people of the Valley conditions will
AT the should be realized that natural physical
dons make snglary difficult and expensive the supplying OF
power in large quantities to Imperial Valley
The operation of the local plant hampered by high
y adverse conditions There natural deposit of fuel in the
Valley vicinity and this company compelled to transport
fuel oil Ga commodity growing more expensive from month TO
month"; for distance of than 223 miles, while the only
available is highly charged with salts and SILT which
boiler troubles say nothing of the mposs-
hy OF securing good condensng conditions because of the
t1emey high temperature and humidity during large portion
of the year
HyGlo-electrc power ordinarily the cheapest and most re-
liable form of power only be found today IN adequate qa
titles available for in Imperial Valley in the nigh Sieras att
distance of nearly five hundred miles The transmission oil
electric energy for such distance is necessarily accomplished
only large and adequate service maintained VIII"
great difficulty AS matter of fact, system IN th
world other than the system serving this Valley is undertaking
such a task. ,
"The Hcton Power Company originally provided for ht
service of the Valley through the operation OF Cor!ss engn
driven steam plant horsepower installed capacity and
hyroeect1c plant with 450hoepoWer installed capacity ul
zng from the irrigation system through an avalabe
drop and for this supply the company relied upon nine
with the California Development Company
which provided for delivery Of 300 seconfeet OF water at
of the Colorado into the Valley having afforded greater
drop second hydro plant built with installed capacity
horsepower These three plants represented nVestnen
of over $17OOOOOO The hydro plants with the aid of h
steam plant well served their purpose for years although
handicapped by growing failure on the part of the evepmen
COMPANY later of the Irrigation District to deliver the wa
ter called for by the longtelm agreement h failure OF wal
ter supply finally became acute to compel the shutdown on
this companys hydro plants during all but small portion OF the
Finally the construction OF the Rostas dam resulted nj
the backing Of the Alamo the foundations oil
the lower house. force its abandonment NO SUIT
has filed the Power Company it being hoped that the E
District would later It's operations SO as to s
contracted for either at the original point OF de
livery other point which might be convenient to oh
parties SO far, this hope has not been realized I
y reason Of the growth Of the load and the Interruptions
Of the hydro plants from the Just stated the
Power Company later found necessary to add 70 its local gen
Grating equipment and for this purpose gaseccic plant OF
0O0hosepoer capacity constructed at cost Of S2O