The Coconino sun., 1921-10-14

est date. This arrangement would stand for the full fifty year period of the federal license.
 "These are the great things which will be achieved by our project to i'm pound the waters of the Colorado river and develop their electric resources:
 'The three thousand feet of water fall will produce 4,350, ,0OO horsepower of electric energy, which is equal to one-fourth of the total hydro-electric power now generated in the United States.
 "The flood control will be absolute, reducing the water discharged to that volume which may be safely carried within the natural banks, levees being practically eliminated.
 Provision will be made for irriga tion of an additional 2,250,000 acres.
 "The storage basin will be over 200 miles in length, impounding more than 40 100000 acre feet of water.
 'Three hundred miles of the river will be made navigabie.
 "The area which may be served with power includes the entire states of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, more than one-half of Colorado and New Mexico, and one-fifth of Idaho and Wyoming, with possibly large areas in Northern Mexico, and three-quarters of the state of California.
 "Power will be used for the electri- 1 fcation of steam railroads as we'll as for commercial, agricultural, mining and municipal uses in the entire dist rict. The saving in fuel oil by the substitution of this hydro electric power will amount to 90,000,0O0 bar rels per year, which is practically the present annual production of the en- tire state of California.
 "These savings in oil consumption will indefinitely extend the fuel life of our navy and merchant marine, the vessels of which during the war were of necessity changed from coal to oil- burning types.
 "The Colorado river is the second largest river system of the country, having drainage area of 250,000 square miles. Natures arrangement of this stream for mans use is egualed by that of no other river in the world.
 "Ninety-three per cent of the run off may be impounded above the stor- age dam, which will be 800 feet in height.
 "The increase in community wealth by this development will be equal to the total valuation of California for the year 1920.
 "Arizona's present and future are largely dependent upon hydro-electric energy developed from the Colorado river. Before the Colorado river could completely be harnessed under the most favorable conditions and with the work progressed with all the speed that money, experience and energy could put behind the drive, every available kilowatt of hydro-electric energy elsewhere in Arizona will have been exhausted" continued MT. Ward
 Power derived from the Roosevelt project has been the salvation of the region which it serves, and its useful ness will be immediately enhanced as quickly as the Edison company is placed in position to go ahead with its development program on the Colo rado.
 "With the knowledge that the Roosevelt dam, and all other available sources of electric energy in Arizona excepting the Colorado river, are ade- quate only to meet demands for a comparatively short period, mining and agricultural projects cannot be ex- pected to make permanent invest ments without an assurance of con- tinuous and reliable source of power at rates fixed by state regulation.
 Mining in Arizona heretofore has meant practically metal mining; youi mountains are full of inexhaustible deposits of useful minerals required for manufacture, building construc- tion, fertilization, much of which is still undeveloped because cheap power has not been available in quantities sufficient to warrant their develop ment.
 "Electrification of steam railroads is certain to come within the next four or five years. Already it is the motive power for transportation over some of the highest mountain grades on the continent. Electricity will stabilize freight rates for the future and miners, agriculturists and man. ufacturers who locate in Arizona can depend upon them in making esti- mates for marketing their produce.
 Depletion of coal and oil supplies automatically will increase their price and without electrified transportation the increasing cost of fuel would cer- tainly be reflected in advancing cost of freight rates, which would be a serious menace to every activity ir Arizona and it's bordering states.
 "The Edison company's plan of wholesaling to and actually including existing companies in the super-or- ganization which will be made to de velop this project, is most admirable It prevents loss of present properties by competition and paralleling of lines and at the same time assures every existing power and lighting company in the seven states covering the Colo rado basin an ample supply of power great financial organization has the national standing to put through the enormous program and get immediate