Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
ARIZONA EDISON COMP ANY TAKES
INTEREST in THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SERVICE FOR CITY and VALLEY.
Plans Are Laid Far Into the Future For the Purpose
OF Securing Larger Area That Will Use Electricity:

Sixteen months ago the two big
public utilities OF this city changed
hands. They were the gas service and
the electric service. They had been
owned and operated by the Douglas
Investment company and were pur-
chased on January |, 1926, by the Ari-
zora Edison.
Thisdeaf changed the local service
from the hands Of an organization ill-
terested primarily in local things into
the hands Of a great corporation hav-
ing interests. in the entire state and
bent on development.
The results of the change became
apparent at once. j. p. Sexton, a man
who had been chief engineer for the
public utilities for many years, was
put in charge of the new organization
and through his office there was at
once inaugurated a vast plan for de-
velopment.
The Edison company under Sexton
has two ideas The first is TO give
real service to the public and the sec
ond is to provide larger and
wealthier public to serve The first
thing is comparatively easy. The sec
OIlQ is more Q1I1lculC.
The development of the Sulphur
Springs valley has been made one of
the goals toward which the company
is striving. They are spending thous-
andS toward securing cheap power, in
research and in a comprehensive sur
vey of the valley. *
The manager spent months in add
ing up "a list of the products OF the
soil that are annually shipped into
this district. when they could be more
easily and cheaply raised right here,
if the power were available. This
manager has pledged himself to. see
that this power is finally secured.
In the regular routine work Of the
company new system is being grad
ually worked out. A new set OF ideas
about the use of electricity and gas
is being given to the public. The Edi-
son people state that the use of more
electricity, its use for a greater va
riety of things in the home is a great
labor saving
They call electricity the greatest and
best servants that man has ard they
see to it that the men they employ to
care for that service are prompt and
efficient
The company has a large stock of
labor saving devices that are to De
uced either with gas or electricity.
They point to the cleanliness of gas
and electric stoves, to the efficiency
of an electric cooker in the hot wealth
er when coal stove would almost
smother the cook. They demonstrate
in their show rooms that washing
or ironing can be done efficiently and
cheaply with minimum of effort with
the use of their products.
The saving of time through the use
of this element that operates os7ly by
the turning of switch is stressed. The
company assumes the responsibility
for the working of this service. The
householder is relieved. This is what
they call service. They will equip your
home with devices run by electricity
which will perform nearly every house
keeping labor They do not stop there
but further guarantee to send man
to your home at any hour OF the day
or night to repair any of these de-
vices, if for any reason they should
fail to function.
In other words, they relieve the pub
TIC enClrely OF the worry and feSpon-
sibility connected with the proper care
and operation of the various functions
of the home.
The ice for this entire district is
supplied by the Edison company and
in the past few weeks have made great
improvements in the ice plant and in
the delivery system. They make ice
of the best quality.
Few people realize that there can
be great difference in qualities in
frozen water Ice that is full of air
or full of dirt or foreign substance
of any kind or ice that is not frozen
thoroughly will not keep we'll and is
very expensive and in many cases is
dangerous because of impurities.
The Edison company makes ice that
they feel is pure, is properly frozen and