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FIRST IRRIGATION Wlf MEDFORD DISTRICT
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POWER COMPAHY-TTO
ENLARGE LIS PLANES
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ins of tlio Medford office building in
order to.acconunodato the liome office,
its equipment and staff. The work of
remodeling took several months and a
large number of men were employed.
The expense of tho remodeling of the
office building in addition to the cost
of the proposed shop and warehouse is
$44,000.
The completion of the Link River
dam at Klamath Falls in co-operation
with the U. S. government took place
Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Coos
Curry, Douglas and Lake counties in
Oregon, and Del Norte, Siskiyou, Mo
doc, Trinity, Shasta and ' Humboldt
counties in California, in addition to
last year and was one of tho largo jtll0 nsor3 m tll0 Willamette valley,
improvements made by the company.
This dam is situated at the outlet of
Upper Klamath lake and was con
structed in accordance with the com
pany's contract with the United States
Government through the Reclamation
Service of the Department of Interior, i
tor the full development of the Klam
ath irrigation project nndr the full
utilization ctf the Klamath watershed.
From the point of view of the power
company the dam may be used to
create a steady flow down the Klam
ath driver and thus prevent the enor
mous waste which has always occur
red during the high'water periods.
Over $60,000 worth of new transfor
'mers were purchased In 1921 and mis
cellaneous extensions to new consu
mers during that year required the
expenditure of approximately $52,000.
Complete construction plans with full
details have been completed for the
installation of additional unit at Copco.
A "very complete reconnaissance sur
vey of the new 115 mile 110,000 volt
iwwer line has been 'made in addition
to a careful estimate of the cost of tho
line: All the basic and field engineer
ing work has been done and a tenta
tive design has been made for the
future -development of the Prospect
plant.
Build 115-Mile Power Line
Tho Improvements which are at
present under way Include the con
struction of the 115 mile power trans
mission line from Prospect to fjjigene.
One million dollars worth of bonds
was sold to cover the cost of construc
tion of this line which will be operated
at 6G.000 volts and which will be con
structed so that the potential can be
Increased to 110,000 volts should occa
sion demand. The maximum power
capacity at the maximum voltage will
be 25,000 horseiiower.
The new line is the outgrowth of a
contract to furnish the Mountain
States power company with power suf
ficient for practically all of its con
sumers for a number of years. The
oversize capacity of the line is part of
the policy of conservative expansion
which has governed tho operations of
Y the company in the past. When the
line Is complete the network of power
transmission lines of the company will
extend north to Eugene and south to
Delta. Calif., a distance of about three Unomteil iiv the eomunnr were 12.-
hundred miles and Will serve users .in sg8,S08.
supplied by tho, new line "In conjunc
tion with tile Mountain States Power
Co.
i'he work of raising the level of the
Copco dam in order to increase the
storage capacity and provide water for
the new hydro-electric unit or 12,500
K. W. capacity is now under way and
It is a part of the Government's planjthe installation of the new unit at
expenditure of about $2,000,000 is ex
pected to take placo this year. Plans
are also well advanced for the increase
of the capacity of the Prospect plant
from 4,700 K. W. to a 25,000 K. W.
capacity. This will necessitate the
construction of a new power house to
house the new units.
Business Growing '
The past year opened with severe
business depression in the territory
served by the company but as the year
progressed the conditions improved
and taking the year as a whole the
gross earnings of the company showed
an increase. The company today sup
plies 200 per cent more power to the
communities served than it did in
1913. Its financial reputation is now
excellont. The company has paid
dividends of 7 per cent on preferred
stock ever since its Issuance.
15 New Families for City
As a result of the removal of the
home office to Medford 15 families
and approximately 25 people took up
their residence here. Since the re
moval of the home office to this city
there has been an increasa In the
office force of 35 persons. It Is stated
by officials of the company that the
increase in Medford payrolls due to
the removal of the office to this city
amounts to $10,000 per month. The
above figures Including those on the
payroll Increase Include the home
office organization only, and do not
Include people engaged in construction
labor.
The construction under way at the
present time greatly increases tho
normal size of the construction force.
The total horsepower for the seven
plants operated by the company will
be 46.Q00 when the new unit Is In
stalled and operating in the Copco
plant.'' This is equal to 34,380 Kilo
watts. Proposed Improvements 'will
increase the aggregate generating
capacity of all the plants to 59.380
Kilowatts. Total kilowatt hours gen
erated in 1921 with tho equipment now
in
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Central Point. Many miles of this
canal are built through solid rock. The
capacity is 90 cubic feet per second
at the intake and is gradually reduced
toward the end of the canal. There
are numerous cuts, fills, flumes, city
pipe lines, crossings and two long
siphons, the lattor being of creosoted
fir 44 and 48 inch diameters with
concrete inlets, outlets and footings.
The cost of this canal, which was
first put into use on May 14th of this
year, was approximately $385,000.
200 Miles of .Laterals
Unit No. 6 is the distribution system
which is composed of a largo number
of small lateral canals totaling about
200 miles and delivering water to
about six hundred different landown
ers. This system of laterals is ex
ceedingly complicated and the expense
of construction has been approximate
ly $1-10,000.
The above figures are approximate
estimates and the overhead has 'not
been figured in making tho .estimates,
the actual construction cost being the
only factor taken into conIderatlon.
Canal company officials state that the
overhead, such as trucking,- payment
of office force, etc., will likely add 20
per cent to the cost of each unit.
:Wa Long, Hard Fight
The final attainment of irrigation in
Jackson county reads like an Horatio
Alger story of the rewards of Persis
tence. " No- hero of a juvenile novel
ever suffered more disappointments
than the proponents of irrigation in
their long fight to get water on the
land. Many times the attempt was
abandoned only to be resumed when
the far-sighted and public-spirited land
owners realized that southern Oregon
could never achieve her rightful des
tiny until Insurance against drought
was obtained. And the only Insurance
was to put water on the land.
Campaign after campaign was put
on by the Rogue River Canal company
to secure' sufficient acreage for an
extension of their system, but they all
failed. Finally shortly after the open
ing of the European war an active
campaign was inaugurated to form an
Irrigation district, and with a few
active and aggressive leaders and the
aid of the newspapers, the property
owners finally voted on September 15,
1917, by an overwhelming majority to
form a district, and later also by a
large majority tho district was bonded
for $1,250,000.
Leonard Cntpenter was the first
president of th irrigation district and
under his direction and active leader
ship, the pioneer work was done witli
W. A. Folgor and 15. G. Coleman cf
Phoenix as capable assistants. Later
Mr. Carpenter resigned, his place be
ing taken by J. A. Westorlund, J. A.
Perry having been elected president of
the district some months before. At
the expiration of Mr. Westerlund's
term the property owners elected N. S.
Uennett,'. the present hoard consisting
of J. A. Perry, president, K. O. Cole
man and Mr. liennctt, directors. K. M.
Wilson has acted as secretary, Ralph
Cowgill is district engineer succeeMing
R. W. Rea, and Lincoln McCormack
has been attorney for the district.
: To all these men the people owe a
great debt of gratitude, for nil of them
have worked most unselfishly and loy
ally to give Medford the oest irrigation
system attainable, they have sacrificed
time and money, for the good of the
district, and tho present system will
stand as a monument to their good
citizenship and devotion.
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119 E. 6th St.
Phone 1000
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