Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-09
West Outlines
Power Program
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Of the Imperia Irrigation District
will give careful thought to the
proposal of the Nevada California
Electric corporation for the pur-
chase Of power from the All Amer
lean canal, and that following the
next regular meeting of the district
directors the subject may be re-
ferred to competent engineers for
further study.
Coed Faith
You then state, Meanwhile the
district will proceed with plans to
obtain acceptance by the voters OF
a S2.760,000 Public Works Admin
istration grant and loan for hydro
electric power system construction.
If you mean by the foregoing that
the district intends to seek ap-
proval by the voters Of the proposed
grant and loan to be extended for
the purpose as set up in your apph-
cation for the loan and as defined
in the press release covering the
ALLEGATION, it would appear that you
cannot be intending in good faith
to give consideration to the pro-
posals of the corporation for a CO.
operative settlement OF the power
| controversy.
This is obvious from the fact
that the districts application for
| the loan and the tentative alloca-
/ ton as now made contemplates that
over 70 per cent of the total grant
and loan shall be expended in the
construction Of transmission, dis
tribution and standby facilities du-
plicating existing facilities of the
corporation.
The corporations offer was pre-
dicated upon the investment of the
entire grant and loan from the
PWA in hydro electric plants on
the All American canal and the
entire avoidance Of duplication of
existing distribution facilities 1t
would follow that to proceed with
steps for the carrying through of
the grant and loan as previously
proposed would in itself involve a
rejection of the corporations pro-
posal
In view of the great benefits
this proposal will. if accepted. carry
to thu people of Imperial Valley IN
relieving them of the enormous
burden OF meeting the cost of the
All American canal. we respectfully
urge upon your board that before
you finally commit yourselves to a
competitive program that the pro-
posals of the corporation be care
fully studied by not only competent,
but impartial and uninterested en-
gineers, and that following such re-
port the matter be submitted in
such form as vii permit the people
of the valley TO express their wishes
either for or against the acceptance
Of the corporations offer
Backs Development
In conclusion / wish TO state
that the corporation has not since
the All American canal was au-
thorizej, opposed the development
Of hydro electric power thereon,
except as such development has
been tied in with a proposal for the
duplication Of existing distribution
lines and facilities. On the con-
trary, we have repeatedly urged on
the district board the value of this
power and agreed to cooperate in
bringing about its development
The proposal for a cooperative
settlement which we have just made
the district contemplates the de-
yelopment of this power to an eX-
tent far beyond that proposed by
/ the district. We cannot however
lend our support to the proposed
grant and loan as long as it is
proposed that some 20 per cent of
| the funds involved is TO be devoted
TO the construction of entirely un-
necessary transmission, distribution
j -.. A. r~aif'ifor Duplicating
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