The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21
ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER
COMPANY


Few people realize the Importance
of public service utility to a COM
munity of this size Quite a few,
prone to criticize it's service, have
never taken a peep behind the
scenes" to ascertain the merit of
their criticism Public service utiIi-
ties like individual firms are found
ed upon the theory and fact of Ser
vice. To give this Service entails
keen business perception, shrewd
management, a large amount of tech
nical and mechanical experience of
which the average individual has no
comprehension, and last but not
least, an outlay of large amount of
capital and oftimes a good bit of it
in unprOductive form. A public ser
vice utility that radiates efficiency
and good management in every dep
artment is the Arizona Electric Pow
er Company, established here under
it's present name in 1920 and begin
ming operations April goth of that
year
At the time of establishment of
the Arizona Electric Power Company
the Company took over the distribut
ing system from the Santa Fe Rail
way and installed its own plant. A
new modern engine was added in
1922 which greatly increased the
President and manager, and under
whose active charge the business has
been conducted since organization,
has been a resident of Arizona since
1919 and is a native of Texas. Mr.
Quebedeaux has spent his entire life
in the electrical profession and holds
the degrees of Bachelor of Science
and Electrical Engineer from the
University of Texas. He served his
apprenticeship in practical work with
the General Electric Company at
Schenectady, N. Y, in their Engi-
neering Department. Mr.. Quebe-
deaux was also local Engineer at
the Charleston, West Virginia, Office
of the Company, after going through
their Contracting Department at
Philadelphia Mr.. Quebedeaux is
Director of the Arizon a
State Bank here and Secretary
of the Standard Lumber Mills He
is Rotarian and fraternal man.
Connected with him is Mr.. H. j. Nit
ler, as Secretary and Treasurer of
the company, and who came to
them recently from Phoenix, Ariz-
ona where he was formerly connect
ed with the Arizona Wholesale Gro
Gerry Company. Mr.. Miller is a very
experienced accountant and office
man. Mr.. w. A. Hartman, Superin-
tendent, has been with the company
for the past two years and was
formerly engaged in similar work in
Colorado.
The Arizona Electric Power Com
pany furnishes light and power for
the City of Winslow, serving some
thirty-fve power customers and ap-
proXimately eight hundred seventy
five light customers. The plant is
equipped with two Full Diesel In
ternal Combustion Engines and de-
veloping $50 Horse Power together.
The smaller engine of 180 Horse
Power is used during the day and
the larger of 2SO Horse Power at
night when the peak load occurs
The plant has a ESQ Kilowatt capa-
city and is capable of taking care of
two thirds increase over the pres
ent consumption. The machinery is
absolutely the latest and most mod
ern that can be purchased and this
plant is one of the most modern of
the smaller plants in the entire South
west. Plant equipment and distrihu-
ton system is carried on the books
as representing an investment Of
$122, 100000. Twenty-foUr hour per day
service is rendered and the meter
system is used for all charges for
electrical energy The rates here
are lower than in many towns in this
part of the country. The manage
ment states that the people here are
becoming more and more educated as
to the advantages offered bv electri-
city in this modern age This is
shown by the fact that the cOmpanys
business has increased fifty per cent
during the last three years and has
shown a twelve per cent increase
during the first six months OF 1928
in comparison with the correspond
ing period of 1922.
The location of the plant and sales
room is at the corner of Williamson
Avenue and Second Street and the
phone number is 1928. There is
someone on duty there at all times
during the day and night An aver
age of eight people are employed.
Mr.. Quebedeaux is a progressive
executive and a booster He said:
I'VE think the future of Winslow is
very bright. According to the re-
cords of our own business this city
is showing a substantial and healthy
growth. We have number of un-
developed resources and the expan-
sion of any one Of these will cause
Winslow to grow by leaps and
bounds. In my opinion the estab-
fishing of the Rotary Club here has
helped us to attain more consistent
cooperation among the business in
terests, which must be done to secure
the full growth of any community"