The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-09-24
N aanRxiSErNBER A HANDICAP.

No finishing touches at the big dam
!, she OkAfsgan valley Power COM
s.!r at the. falls of the Similkameen,
~ haen dragging, through no fault
:, shs engineer. although an error may
Sa{e been. eopmitted by the company
Hbe inception of the project in not
.,Jc;ug contract for sufficient ma
..r,a, to be delivered at once. Like
many other corporations and individ-
nails engaged in Construction work the
novet company supposed the cement
,r.st would respond to orders at any
,me orders were placed but that oc-
.osSskieY!pg ..tbe public by the short
hrr.has plead all kinds Of excuses for
M unable to meet demands for
eoSs5tete probably the principal reas-
o,,Se;ng to create a shortage with a
M In the price of material, when
,,eriably follows a shortage of any
.hS{that is in large demand without
r,Shuction adequate to meet that de-
r&;d This may be giving a corporation
wjSta cinch the worst of it. yet as II
,.3sldom that one can get under the
adIhermis of profiteering outfit,
vx:let II go as it reads. For, anyway,
.1kr the engineer had used up all the
ctSarete that the Okanogan Valley
pSCrer company had succeeded in Sc
edifhg under a large order, it was
s65ad that no more concrete could be
~ Waiting and praying for concrete
nS6rtant units of the big power en-
t1krise that should be completed by
tRliitime had to be tied up, and hence
n scompletion of the plant has been
IN off until later day. Moreover,
oiier material must be substituted for
ti6sconcrete that the original speci-
f3ifions called for, and while the sub
4 f1te will detract nothing from the
aabearance or substantially Of the
pltt, the change is extremely annoy
r. Ito both the company and the en-
= Der. 1t is. the purpose now to use
+ * in lieu of concrete in the power
Me- and that is going to entail trou-
L and cost, as Engineer Broderick
III all his forms in place for pouring
& hereto. These forms will have to be
td1n aeYn. and removed and plans al
"a NJ To. confirm with the new mater
'iif;tGat is. to- enter into the walls.
fiese changes are being worked out
NV, and when the preliminary work
IL 6compreted brick laying will COM
m3nce. 1t will require some $4,000
Nick to complete the building that
rs to have been constructed of con-
kte. The brick will come from the
(. Hams & Finnie yards, in Oroville
a the power company will find in
. niiams''& 'Tinnie a firm that will
: up to contracts and deliver a quail
! ef7Eaick that has no superior on the
zlfket.
s9ffis tie up for the want of concrete
haG6f6rtnnate in more than one re-
.an4gt It puts the power company to
more expense, and also postpones the
date when the plant can become a
profit producer 1t delay the time when
power that prospective patrons have
been waiting for can be delivered, an |
throws everything depending on the
plant sout of joint. The big, new Ruby
mil 4pr instance, has been ready to
operate for Several months, and must
remain idle, until sufficient electric
pewer can be supplied to start the
Wheels in motion. However there is an
end TO everything on this mundane
sphere, and eventually the Okanogan
Valley Power. company will be prepar-
ed to do business, and when that time
etmes the company will own and OPP
'e1ate one of the finest water power
NecEic plants to be found anywhere
"a the state.