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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1928)
MEDFORD M ATL TnTBHN, MEDFOKD. OKWipy. SUXOAV. DKCKMMKR ?, 192S. CELEBRATION AT BUTTE FALLS FOR PAM? EIGHT The people of Jiutte Falls rele- j hrntt'd last night tho inxtullailon of their new and modern electric ftyiiletn which has Jut been com- j pieitMi iy im v..hhm mm wi.-f".i Power company. A hlg dunce pre ceded by a Hhort pioKram and niovle show comprised tho even ifm' program. - The completion of thin new ud d U ion to t-'upeo service markH a new record in line construction. . In order t Kiipply the town of Hullo Falls with elect rtv hoivUc It wan found necenmry to build ap proximately 17 milen of power linn and move tho HUhHtalion for merly lot'utfd at .Mansfield to a point about o mile above McLunI. Twelve mllOH of tho power lino woh over rouKh mountuimniH coun try from Mrl-rf-ort to Hutio KallH. making the coiiNtructiun work ex tremely difficult and prem-ntlnK nerloUH triinNpditation pioldeniH. The survey for this part of the linn wa finished October 10 ami a crw wftH put ti work the follow ing day cult Ink' brush and diKKinK h oi cm. Ah booh uh thin crew )iad oOVered a few milen n Hecond crew .WW Htnrted after the fiint, delivi r tPK Jind oi octinK polen. Tliin group oo;ntnci)ct'(l work on October li-. On November 1 the m-coml crew had a good many poteH mected and a third erew was MMit lo follow up the Hecond unit and att'tnK up the wire. . The new lino Ih a fine example Of modern line construction, the xectlon from Mef.eod to liutte KallH being u two wlru eleven thousand volt line. On the first Heven mileH No. 4 uttimlnuin wire, reinforced with a Hteel core, wuh used and on the remainder of thltt section No, fi IIlteiiHO wire wuh hi nt tilled. Modern methods; were cm ployed throughout the construc tion Jub making possible to com plete it In record (line. To facilitate digging tho holes In thla rocky section u com pressor wna used which whm drawn by a caterpillar tractor. This same trac tor wan used in the delivering of poles and material in. which work U was - uugmonted by nevoral tenth. In ' the town of IJutto Falls It ' WQH necessury lo erect approxi mately 1.8 miles of diKtributlon line. Tho Oopco line ciuwh fol lowed one another through liutte Falls in much tho Bnmo manner ns they did along the miction between Unite Falls and Mi I.eod. . The moving of tho Hubstatton from Mansfield to Mcreod necessi tated the insinuation of it ITU'iO Volt lino from Mansfield to the new substation location, This 2300 volt Hue was Installed on the transmission lino poles and (he in stallation was continued at this time ns far southwest ns "Sunset on the Hngtie" llesorl in order that the people living along this line could also receive the benefits of electric service, Anrong others, this service was made available to Cacoy's Auto Camp, the Fish Hatchery ut VAk t'reek, the Itogue Klk hotel and "Sunset on tho JtOKUO." V Thu building of this new lino will not only prove u big benefit to-the community In the future hut it also meant a considerable oxtrn payroll for tho valley dur ing its construction. The largest numlier of men employed at any on lime on this new lino was sixty five. Tho hulk of the ma terial was hauled from Medford by truck . and living accommoda tions for tho men woro taken care of ot each end of the line. With tho completion of tho new frystcm, Uutto Falls is now in po sition to make some real prog ress In tho future. The business district has becomo modernised through the Installation of up to dale lighting methods nnd motors and In the residence section the housewives will be able to enjoy all of the comforts and conveni ence of electric cooking, cleaning, refrigeration and the many other modern uses of electricity. A fine street lighting system has been in stalled and Ituttn Falls is reudy to take its rightful place as one of the .lwHt towns .of its sine In the (tate. valley turkeys eastern 1110 Poultry producer nwocla Uo und Farm Bureau tM-Oporn-tivo aiutoelallon will make, a pool Kh'oment of Hokuo Ulver volley turkey, for cnittern mnrketH. ami will Htnrt receiving lreMoil birds for . this pool Monday moi nlliB. It Ih hoped to ttblp five emu, nnd an advance of 30 renin per pound for No. I ldrd, hnlnnio paid nf tvr retortm are r.oolved. Ih offer ed. Tho Thiinkmlvlnir dilpmentc netted tho mown 37 contH, nnd tho ChrlidmiiK i.hipmenttt nro ex ported to ho n pood. A deposit of 140.000 hn been filed, for pay ment fob. car. Tho inrkey mut-l lie rlreiwed. 'g -; - W&t If iSlMiU THE NEW ORTHOPHONIC Victrola-Radiola-Combihation "The gifts that keep on giving" This is not n move advertising phrase it's the truth! 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