Arizona republican., 1921-10-28

and thereby seriously delaying the ultimate development of the river as a whole.
 NThe market for this Colorado riv- CT power would be already in Ari- zona and the other states in the Colorado river basin. supplemented by the larger California market. Pow CT demands in Arizona alone are not of themselves sufficient, at present, to justify the tremendous expense necessary to regulate the cratic flow of the river, because the smallest power unit which could possibly be built would be at least a quarter of million horsepower.
 "Construction work will be active ly begun upon securing the necessary authority from the federal power commission and the interested states and prosecuted diligently to comple- l tion. A sufficient development would 1 be completed within from two to three years after receiving this au- | thority, to remove the menace of | flood destruction, increase the mini mum flow 10 enlarge the irrigable area, and within that time, to place in operation the first power plant with a capacity of 250,000 horse 1 power.
 "The Colorado river is the third largest river in the country and this development will be unquestionably the greatest project of the times A vast amount of cheap power will be made available and under our plan 1 of procedure the rates to be charged for this power in Arizona would be l fixed by your own corporation com | mission
 ''The company would expect only a reasonab ble return upon it's actual in- 1 vestment. Arizona power companies would be partners in the enterprise, receiving power on a wholesale basis and distributing it in their respective territories, thus avoiding duplication and waste. The benefits to the state of increased agricultural, mining and commercial activities would result 1T rapid growth of community wealth.
 All of this property, including tht
 large expenditures made by your company Mir. Ballard said in con-
 clusion. would be subject to taxa
 tion fer general state purposes"
 Show Motion Pictures Following MT. Ballard's address q
 number of moving pictures of the
 properties of the Southern Califor-
 nia Edison company in California
 were shown, and then George C
 Ward, vice president in charge ot
 construction for the company, out
 lined the engineering problems con
 nected with the project.
 Mir Ward said:
 "Our plans for developing the Col
 orado river,' said MT Ward, ''presen
 no insurmountable engineering an construction problems. but they ar
 rather an enlargement of work alon
 similar lines prosecuted by our or
 ganization during the past twenty
 five years"
 MT. Ward then related some of tn
 engineering and construction feat which have been achieved by tn Edison company in it's developmen project in the high Sierra Mountain in California
 "The main storage dam in Gle canyon will be approximately 500 fec [ high and the reservoir will have . capacity of 40,000,000 feet of wate ? or in other words, water one foe
 deep over an area of 10000. 900 acre r of land. This dam will back tn s water up into the state of Utal I forming a lake 200 miles long. averag r ing 400 feet deep. This would | . equivalent to flooding the entir . state of Arizona six inches deep, (
  2 make Maricopa county a lake si T feet deep: or would convert Cocoon = county into a basin under four fe, e of water; or would cover Pima cour l ty with seven feet of water. or
 would flood YUampai county eigl - feet deep.
 e "Glen Canyon is located just aboN n Lees Ferry and the walls of Il Q canyon run practically 1590 fe Q above the level of the river, presen Q ing ideal conditions for the construt n tion of a controlling dam. Less tha |, one mile of tunnel from this dam wi n bring the water to a power hou. a site, as compared with many of ol -I longer conduits on the Big Cree 2 development and on Kern River '+ California. which are from six . twelve miles long,
 ', ''These are the great things whiC 'i will be achieved by our project: In
 pounding the water of the ColoraC ' river and develop their electricity r, II sources: generating electric enerf s equal to 4,350.000 horsepower;
 about one half of the total hydr, \ | electric power now generated in il United States; effectiug absOlu / flood control while utilizing tNe f.
 of 8 1000 feet; reducing the water dii i charged to that volume which ma
 be safely carried within the uatur = banks, Ievees being practically elim , mated: and providing for irrigatiC } of an additional 25O. 900 acres of Ian U t.E"ortf1uatelv an iuVeStinatiOn of il