Arizona republican., 1921-07-24
PLAN FUR
 POWER ID VALLEY

FLORENCE. July z3-The court room was we'll filled Wednesday aft ernoon with land owners from all parts of the valley who had come in to hear the proposition to be made by c. c. Cragin, general manager and en- gineer for the Salt River Valley Wa ter Users association, 70 supply cleo tric energy to the lands of this val ley and to the towns of Florence and Casa Grande and to the state prison
 The meeting was called to order by J. R. Treat. chairman of the To- cal power committee and member of the board of directors of the Flor ence-Casa Grande power organiza- tion. MT. Treat stated briefly the object of the meeting and then intro duced Mir. Cragin~ who at once launched into details, costs as relat- ed to generating power and its dis tribution, much of which was tech nical. He stated that the main line of the proposed electric system for this velley would cost close to $780, 900 and that it was proposed to raise his money by an assessment of $1 an acre upon o5.000 acres of land, s45.000 to come from the state. and s20,000 from the town of Casa Grande. He also stated that there is dt present. 4.uuu h- W. cftClfiC POWct now available. but that if the land owners and the towas of Florence and Casa Grande wish to avail them selves of this power definite action msut be taken at once to raise the necessary funds, as the power can not be held indefinitely.
 Mir Cragin reiterated statements previously made that the power would be served at 11s cents per k. ". for a A hours service and at 4 cent per k. W. for night serv- ice. Although the contract has not been drawn, Mir. Cragin stated that the prices mentioned would cover maintenance and cost of operation. ] These prices prevail if the people of | the valley own the line If it is turned over to the association and the cost | of installet ton repaid. then interest on the investment would be charged Theodore yiault of the Mesa Mill- | ing company, assumed the manage | ment of the Florence Seed and Grain | company last week MT. Viault is a | brother of Max viault. former head of the Mesa Milling company and now president of the Eagle Milling com pany of Tucson MT. Viault succeeds c. E. Cannon who has managed the local company since it was started. more than three years ago. Mir. Can non will remain in Florence until Au- gust 1 at least. As yet he has not an- nounced his plf ns though it is gen. orally understood that he is the re- cipient of several attractive offers and may possibly leave for Califor- mia. t would be with deep regret on the part of his many friends in Flor ence and vicinity if he should leave | Florence, for during their three years residence in this town both Mir. and | Mrs Cannon have made many friends and their departure would be sincere ly felt as a genuine loss.
 MT. and Mrs. Jessie C. Weed and
 children left Wednesday morning fol i Prescott where Mir. Weed will oper | another branch house for the Tempe
 Milling company.
 ClauGe Cannon was a Tucson wis
 itor Tuesday.
 Mfr. and Mrs. H. H. Wrenn spen
 Sunday and Monday in Phoenix Il B. F Thumm was = business wis
 itor in Phoenix Sunday and Monday
 A. D. Chisholm attended the bal
 game at Phoenix Sunday and stayed
 over Monday transacting business.
 Dick Brady journeyed to Phoeni, Sunday to see the ball game ant
 stayed over Monday transacting bus. | iness
 Dick Brady journeyed to Phoeni,