Arizona republican., 1921-06-02
TG HANDLE AFFAIRS
 IF PARAD|SE-vERDE
 IRRIGATION PROJECT

affairs. unusual significance is att tached to the announcement by the Beckman and Linden Engineering corporation of San Francisco of the opening of a branch office here to handle the affairs of the corporation for the entire southwest The office at 5e5 Heard building will be open to- day with Nj. R. Rays, C. E., in charge.
 The establishment of this branch office is of vital consequence to the Paradise Verde reclamation project and the 800 land owners who have holdings under it The success of this project will mean much for Phoe- nix and the Salt River valley. and for the county of Maricopa. But the coming of this big engineering con- cern to Phoenix has a broader sig nificance still, for it is taken to in dicate that the heads of the corpora ton foresee limitless possibilities in the development of reclamation enter prises in this state, and intend to be in on the ground floor of mighty development program, the beginning of which only have thus far been realized.
 Arizona looks good to us" said H. E. Linden, E. F., vice president and general manager of the corpora ton. in making public his plans last night. .T do not know of better field for the development of reclama- | tion. and with it reclamation engfn- eering and construction. You have a most favorable climate for produc- ing crops the year round. Your soil | is as fertile as to be found anywhere You have goodly water supply il properly conserved and used. All tha' you lack is the means for placinl more water on more land.
 ''This is the task we have under taken for the Paradise Verde irriga' tion district, and one which we have great hopes of working out to sue cessful conclusion otherwise VI would not have tackled it. This Il 1 the task which we hope to be abl' projects in Arizona which seem feas ible."
 The Beckman and Linden Engineer l ing corporation first became inter ested in the Salt River valley whei about a year ago it was asked t make a report on the feasibility o the Paradise Verde valley. The re port was favorable and this was in measure responsible for the issuarsc of a permit by the secretary of tn
 Interior for the withdrawn lands ol fHt tIdt IINeTt tUCiuQinK the cam Verde and the Horseshoe damsitef The report wasamade with the idea O | securing financial backing, the en cheering corpora ton acting as repre- sentatives for both the district sn
 a group of San Francisco bankeri I The report being favorable, it result
 ed in the district being assured
 bid for it's bonds. if upon fina
 analysis. the project proves to be 2
 feasible as preliminary reports indi
 cate 1t to be.
 So satisfactory have the result been to date to the directors of th
 irrigR ton district that the firm hs , now been retained as designing an
 supervising engineers of the projec
 The engineers are now engaged in th
 final surveys. and the preparation (
 drawings and specifications. Thee
 must be completed and approved be
 fore the proposed bond issue is float
 ed and final commitment made by tn -banlSers who have come to be inter
 ested through the activities of the CT
 gineers.
 Beckman and Linden are we known in California engineering an , financial circles, having been eseat i lished since 1918. ]. w. Beckrna the president. is a chemist and meta
 lurgist. He is responsible for Il
 building of a $2.o00. 900 plant for mar 7 ufacture of caustic soda and bleac , and also an electric smelter. both b, , ing located on San Francisco Ba
 He is a former vice president of Il a American Electro Chemical societ I and chairman of the California se : tion of the American Chc--..--l sos 2 ety. He has had extensive exper 2 ence in Europe and at Niagara Fall : where he had charge of electric flu Q mace operations for .iss E..ion Ca
 bide company While in the empl,
 of this company he was sent abro,
 to study blast furnace construction
 H. F. Linden, F. E.. vice preside
 and general manager. was former
 with the Sprague Electric compal
 of Bloomfield. N. J., and later wi
 the Stone and Webster Engineeril corporation of Boston and the Sout ern Sierras Power company of Ca fornia.
 The corporation has one of the fl n est research laboratories in the cou e try. This is a $100.000 plant locat 7. in the San Francisco district, al 5