Arizona republican., 1920-11-15
CENTRAL ARIZONA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY SUCCEEDS
 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC CONTAIN

The Pacific Gas and Electric Com pany retired from active life yesterday and the Central Arizona Light and Power Company took it's place.
 A week ago the Corporation Com mission issued an order authorizing the Pacific Gas and Electric Company to neIl its property to the new company and the papers were executed yester- day by the officers of both companies, effecting the change. The City Com nission on Wednesday passed resolu- tions authorizing the assignment of Eas and electric franchises.
 The growth of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company during the past few years has been even greater than that of the City itself, due largely to the demands for power for manufacturing and irrigation purposes. Tn January of this year a transmission line seventy miles long was constructed from Yavapai County to Phoenix. con- netting the system here with that of the Arizona Power Company. This line was constructed at a cost of over a quarter of million dollars to insure Phoenix against power shortage in event of failure of the system of the Water Users Association or a short are of water power during dry years. During a period of two weeks last summer when a storm blew down several miles of the Roosevelt line, Phoenix would have been without light or power but for the supply of power brought over the new line from the plants of the Arizona Power Company on the upper waters of the Verde River and from its nine thousand kilo- watt steam plant near Clarkdale. Re- gently when an oil switch blew up at the Roosevelt plant, killing two oper- ators and totally disabling that plant the wheels of industry in the entire valley would have been stopped for two days. had it not been for this re- serve supply of power. During these periods. besides supplying the whole city of Phoenix. the Pacific Gas and Electric Company has supplied power 70 the Water Users Association, which has made 1t possible for them to sup ply the towns of Tempe. Mesa and Glendale. For the past month the en- tire town of Tempe has been supplied from the Phoenix station.
 During the past year over one hun dred thousand dollars has been spent to construct transmission lines and Wuo-stations to serve the Avondale district with irrigation power Those lines now extend into the town of Buckeye. thirty-five miles west of Phoenix. As result of this develop
 H r~l desert have sprung into bloom, all tributary to and adding to the wealth and business of the city of Phoenix
 During the past eight years when the Gas Company has been under its present management the gas plant generating capacity has been increased four hundred per cent and the electric output has increased six hundred pei ent A new high pressure gas system and new gas generating plant have lust been completed which hal doubled the gas generating capacity
 These property additions to meet tho ~~~ea sing demands in the city have .ost the company last year nearly hall
 milton dollars and this year tho .or-pany is spending for similar addi' tions three hundred and seventy-hV' thousand dollars. The management estimates that one and one-half mil lion dollars more will have to be spen during the next three years for in crenses in it's plant and distributinl system These large capital expendi lures represent money brought int Phoenix which builds the city. Tn
 hand 4aaua Of the Pacific Gas an' Electric Company became exhauste'