El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-07
BIG POSSIBILITIES IN POWER
ONELEPHANT BUTTEDAM ARE
POINTED OUT BY ENGINEERS

in FL Paso 1125 cents per kilOwatt
hour. As the Pacific Gas and Elec-
average. Of nine mills per kiloWatt
hour fGm the salt River valley
Water Users association. you can see
what a saving the FL Faso concern
could make on coal alone. 20 say
nothing Of wear and tear TO It's ma
chfnery. II it had TO keep all It's pow
er house employees on the payroll
regularly. II It could buy hydro-elec-
trio power
present actual cost Of generating
mower by steam IS a cent and half
a kfIowatt hour. Recently there was
some trouble at the Roosevelt plant
and il was shut down for repairs
The Inspiration company furnished
some power from its plant to the salt
River Valley Water Users assOcia-
ton during the time repairs were
being made. and billed the water
users al this price. claiming that it
was cost The engineers OF the water
users said they had no reason to
doubt the figures
FL Paso Canal Project.
1Ir. HiII believes that the high line
canal project and all It's power plants
could be built now considerably be-
low the cost originally anticipated
and thinks il could be made to pay,
even by private undertaklng or by
the city Of Fl Paso- The city could.
ne says either sell the water Il would
bring down fin the canal. 10 irrigate
the high land originally contemplated
to be reclaimed by the high line ca
nal or Il could charge q rental on
its canal for handling the water for
the land owners He says there is no
reason why a contract could not be
made TO supply Hurley all the year
with power. the Stoue-W ebster com
pany augmenting the service from
its FL Paso steam plant during the
II
lax periods at Jne hyqro-eleclrlc
plants. IN 81 years or Whereabouts.
he says, one percent a year deposited
from the earnings OF the company,
would. at the usual compound inter
est rate, pay for the construction BE
believes It would be best for the city
20 build the canal and power plants.
II arrangements could be made, and
then sell the power to the stone
Webster company. Anyhow, he does
not believe the power proposition for
FL PasO is by any means dead
Big Power Generation.
To resume regarding the salt River
project The various plants in the
valley generated 100000 kilowatt
hours Of power for the year. A good
deal OF this was used on the project
for. the various pumping plants, so Of
which are maintained for developing
additional water and for drainage
one very large lift plant raises the
water for a high line canal for ir-
rigating land too high TO be reached
by the gravity system
But they are not through gener-
ating electricity or constructing ir-
rigaion undertakings in this valley
The water users are now planning
the construction Of another large
dam across a canyon In the salt
river. about midway between Phoenix
and the Roosevelt dam, TO store the
water that may 90 10 waste at the
Roosevelt dam in flood season and TO
HI &C.
wasted" in winter time for the pow
er plant at Roosevelt This dam
would impound the water over what
is now known as Mormon nat, and,
in addition TO storing any water that
now gets away from Roosevelt dam
in flood periods, would afford an eL-
cellent site for another power plant
BY constructing this dam the ROose-
welt power plant could be operated
continuously all year at fun capacity.
for the water. instead OF being
wasted. would only flow down 20 the
next dam and be caught.
Big Private Project
A big irrigation and power project
is now being formed for the Verde
river, which will reclaim a large
acreage Of land in the northern part
Of the Salt River valley and furnish
$1,000 kilOwatt hours Of electricity
The Verde river comes down from the
north and runs into the salt river
near Phoenix. Part Of the Verde
waters are used for irrigation in the
salt River valley. but the plan OF the
new undertaking IS only 70 impOund
such waters as are not now used and
utilize them for power and irrigation
purposes in the northern end OF the
valley, not now Watered.
The dam would be constructed at
a point about % miles northeast OF
Phoenix. The company is said TO
have disposed OF $4,000, 900 worth Of
bonds 10 carry out this project
They appreciate the value OF irri-
cation and power both over here and
are developing all they can get
CARSON JOINS FATHERS FIRM.