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WIODPOIM) M A 7 Ii TRIMJNB, MKDFOitl), OUMXiOX. AVKDXKSDA Y. KM CKIMM, IfXJO
Copco s New Medford Substation, One of Finest in West, Erected 1930
Copco Keeps Pace With
Service Demands By In
stalling Modem Sub-Sta-
tion and other Improve
mentsPower Dependable.
EQUIPMENT
INDICATION
I
GROWTH
One of thu mom important con
Htructlon project to be completed i
in Huulhern Oregon durlllK the
paHt year wiiM the nplondld new
Medford HUliatutlon of The Califor
nia orcKon Tower company. Thla
new, modern auliatatlon which wan
bulk ilunnB l!)30 to tuko euro of
the incroatdiis buainewi In unit
ubout the city of Medford nnd to i
Innuro adequate ncrvlcu for thu
future needa of thin section rep
reaenta n large invcHtment on the
purl of thin well known public
norvlco compuny und hidlcalca the
faith Copco has In the . ultimate
development of this territory.
The new Medford subHtution,
which In olio of the moat modern
properties ot lu kind on tho I'a
clflc count, In located north of
'Jackrion atvoot und east of Bear
creek, entirely removed from the
businoHH and residence districts of
Medford.
'. Willi the rnmolntloll of the new
substation It will now bo possible I means that many farmers who j
to entirely remove tho two form- j huvo been unable to secure tho .
er substations, ono of which Is lo- benefits of electricity wHI now be,
catcd on South Hlvcrsldo and tho I 'n n position to enjoy the efflc
other' on Oonesoe' near Jackson. ncy of electric labor-aavlne dc-,
Will Improve Service
"' Tim new Me.lrord ula.tailon will
ereutly Improve service In this city
and Hie surrounding territory, be-
lnK tho dlsli-ibutlon center for ten
4000-volt feoder lines. Those (lis -
trlbutlon circuits serve not only
I no enure business and rosidclico , ceeaao durlnB 1030. ninny new
sootloll of Modford but also tho ! ranees belnis added lo llio coin
. uommunltles of Central i'olnt, uul,y'H Hnes. both in tho city und
Jacksonville, Phoenix, Talent and ' founlry districts. It is InleicstliiB
tho InlervenliiB area Including tho .' nolo that ouo out of every four
important orchard districts. . residential customers In Copco
Tho now station is supplied with ! territory cooks with electricity, n
many sources of power, which as-1 fuLt "'' demonstrates the local
sures continuous nnd . dependable Popularity of electric cooklnB due
norvlco to Copco customers. It re- "'""V superior iidvantaBes
celves uowor from the hlK new reasonable cookll.B rates
Prospect .No. i! plant and the Cop- , offered by The California Oregon
co, Cullfornla. plants through lino , PoM'or oonipiiny.
10, from I he Clold Ray and I'roii- During 11)311 the company. In
poet generating stations through i cooperation with I he United Slntes
lino U and from the Co pen No. 1.
Copco Mo. 2 Hnd Knll Crock pluntH
thioUKh lino 3.
Thcso inuuy and varied sources
assure a dependable power supply
psonTa new uXrn !
nUfsion Hyntom with the old diiyn '
when Medford was dependent on
on Hinull power plunc:of douot-
fui efficiency und inaduguuto ch-
purlty. '
Thu new Medford substation wan
cuiofutly designed lo include ev
very motlern Improvement und la
. uh null nil with tho InHt word III
electrical equipment inriuainR uut-
MnmUv. controlM. The distribution ,
'clreulii are undorgrownd, being
wrun through u Hpeciul ar mured
,'cublo and no palna huvu buon
aparod to Innure tho efficiency of
this splendid new Copco prop
orty.
5 Tho entire substation yard Is
brilliantly Illuminated and pro
iBont? un attractive sue no ut night
fnn well un by day. The building
'uf thhi substantial addition to the
Copco system represents a large
investment on the part of The
California Oregon Tower Compnny
'for local labor and materials Uur
!lng tho past yeur.
1 Many Other Improvements
i Although the Modford substa
tion wh tho major construction
'job completed by Tho California
Oregon Tower company during
the past year, thorti were numer
ous other improvements nnd addi
tions mailu throughout "Copco
land." The new Ctms Hay steam
generating plant, of the Mountain
St at oi Tower company completed
July 1, 1U 30 ut North He ml. Ore.,
was luuhod by the Copco concern
In order to provldo nucessary hi earn
stand-by service.
This new plant Is Interconnect
cd Willi tho Copco tmusmlHtdon
:sytttem by means of line Jo, a 110,
000 volt power lino, OS miles lung,
extending from Dixonvlllu to North
ltonil. Ovii.
A njw 11,000 volt trumniilssion
lino approximately JO miles In
length was recently completed
from tho town of Spray no Klver
to lieatty und Hly, Ore. Tho com
pletion of tills now project will
mean an uhundunco of power at
reasonable r'ltes will be made
avullaldo tor the residents of tho
-town ot tfeaiiy as wen as iuu
many farms and homes In thu t
ISpraguo Klver valley.
Tho lying In of Hly to tho Copco
transmission system will also menu
I m p ro ved se r v I ce at 1 o w e r rat es
lor the resident of that thriving
community which wus formerly
served by niimtis uf a small Diesel
plant. Another Important Hue v.
lentUun In tac Klainuth division
has been constructed from Uon
, unrji south Into Langetl valley, a
distance of ten mites.
Many 11111111 EMc-islon
-A large, n timber of rural exten
sions wereustructed In- JfJfti
throughodt ihtf entire territory,
served to bring the comfort and
cor-v?n icncc of electric service to
local farms and rural districts.
In order to extend present power
'lines to serve as inuuy rural dis
tricts as possible nnd give the
farmer the same service as tho city
customer, the company put Into
efiect during 1930 a new exten
sion policy. This new policy pro
vides for a considerable additional
investment to serve new rural cus
tomers and Is based upon tho
estimated annual revenue. It rep
resents u substantial Increase over1
ft y- .- v ...
tlio former extension policy and i it . ' t v - " 7 . r" 5 --, ' I I 81. we f IHtf ' Ljv -wiSeaBsl
men. mo new "n
' approved by the public serv-
commissions us of Juno 15. j
I'"- :
; Wwlrit- Ctmhlii tialns
h The widespread use of electric ,
cooking showed n salisfa. tory In-1
pleled-several new lino extensions
to serve ulr beacons and cmerR-
',W landing fields located on the
aeirio Airway in (Southern ore-
nJ fltni
lndlnic- floltln, n well hji tho larwo
iivw imn.1 i. tiiiJun ni "io'ii"iUi
arc now holue aerved l)y Tho Cut-
ifurulu OroRon Power company.
Many Copeo Slot-kholderH
Tho wcll-Known hIukhh of Tin.-
('Hltrnrnta thCKtii Power enniimny,
"A nnr 1'iirt iiki'm lit I'i'iitri'KMn . Ih
exam pilfien by eantlmioim devej
"i""- "
. ;mmunltie In worthy clvlu
activities and in preferred stock
offers In which local ctiMtnmerH
aro given (lie opportunity to share
in the company's earnings. Thu
fact that over 11000 people In this
territory are shareholders in Tho
California Oregon Power compuny
Is evidence thnt this company is'
actually In partnership with the
communities which It nerves.
IMuns for l:ll
Plans for Ihe coming year In-
elude the completion of u new
subslatlun ror (irantH Pass, the
building of a regulating dam at
Keno nnd tho construction of new
lino extensions In tho rurnl ills-
trlcts ns well as necessary Im-
provements to the presenl tys-
tem. Application has also been
made ror permits Trout llio red-
oral ami nlate authorities lo pru-
coed Ininiedlately with Ihe con-
sliuetlon of a new $4, Olio. lion. 0(1
liydro-electrlc power projeel, funds
for which have already been ail -
tliorlKcd In tho Copco tntdget fur
1931.
L
klU
LONlHiN (A) London' County
Council Ui planning to spvinl ?Ui&,
ooo.ooii for hitter homes in tho
next five yearn.
Many of t he.e ml llio lis will be
I'pciu in re-hou.cn whole aieaa of
Lomlon'N fetid liims.
I' or a deeade London has hi on
overcrowded, tjoth tinder-houtied
urn) poorly hoiuu-d. Not only Lun
don but oth r KiiKtlsh cit es are
puhliiK atalo huUMt hulldinti l"
iia mtt.
In London, excluding the sec
tion knowu us "thu City," thu uu
llioritle plan al.tilO new dwrlllnKS
within tlie five yearn. In addition
metropolitan boron h eon noils plan
it. Out) add'tlomtl new holmes, brinit
itiK the total by 1S.' to 43.t;o.
The liou.-te tho authorities aro
bulldliiK raiiKc from tiny work
men cottaKcti of a few rooms to
up-to-date apartment.
Mont of the bulldlntis, howwer,
aro Rich I blockit of flats. The
Htiialler. Iofm einnfm table home
rent for low a $3 a week, hut
even Ihla rate hun brouKht some
complaint.
Ten ulten In or near the central
n it hji of Lontlon have been ac
quired for the bulldlnu of oloek
dwetllnffa and In the five year
3.7V2 of thte are to be tmlhOit a
total cot of $X.Tio,000.
Jackson County Road Work
Assumes Large Importance
As Mileage and Traffic Grow
IOxcIuhIvo of state hlghwuysl
and dedicated public roads, there'
nr0 ,,s0 2 mnPB 1)t rmxli )n jaclwoniin a separate hullcling. 30xiio foM,
f "-co.-
rvm Ihp county enff'n'er'n office tahui una fivc-t m crane witti.12
i v vnin. .Mninvx. lunnti iiut
n,iieiiKo of 128.21. Tho enwImWs;
,,, , , .
I wrfIt, 11 buH' mIn -
"-. Impruvemrnt and nmv
ruimtruirtloii work nnd the county I
i .i i . t i... t n...1
regarded a having ono of th
best road systems in the ituto.
The mileages aro classified asiwllh an area of 4 iirres, hay U-im
follows: Hltumlnoiis. K . I r ; oiled, , levelled and gravelled. t
1 1 .13 ; rock or gravel surface, Tho contemplated road program
404 (Hi:
Improved erth roads.;
Jllil.lS; unimproved, IS7.S0. The
market ro;:ds are classified as fol -
lows: Pavement, 8. 4 r; oiled, 1 1.03;
Krnded, 1.18: un mproved, 37.24. I from tho old clly water intake to
Iurlng 1 3fl. there were 30iKlsh lake. Construction will take
bi Idees built and 28 '4 miles of new ' place on the Dead Indian market
grade was constructed. Thirteen j road from Summ't toward Dead-
i miles were smfared with ruck or' wood. The Applegnln malk-t Mad
grnvel: lo'j mltei resurfaced and'
t.x miles oiled. Aiiproximat' ly,
o bridges were repaired and 960
nitles or road were maintained.!
Figures on the number of the'
bridges show there ore nine steel
bridges In the county, four eon-
crete In 'dges and 003 wood bridges,
Largo Sum i:penilcil. ;
The mum of $37 Mioo was expend-
ed for road work, divided Into
SNd.c , pppelal levies; H 05.000,
general road fund; J 1 1'.VOOO, mar-
!;'! road fund.
' Among Important projects of the
year was the construction of a new i
machine .shop on tho county rail1
ground!. It In unu or the mopt.
modern buildings In the state, with ; Cilusgow-Talent road
a main hop 100 feet by I2."i feetjKern Valley road
Ill dlin.'iislons. The watts and floor llughivt road
are of concrete covered bv a wood-j Wagner Cree4t road toll)
en malposition roof. The work Anderson Creek nad
i nom 'h I (tax 1 00, with one end
containing office. Mock room, lock
er room !ind lavatory.
The main shop contains a ten'
ton crane with a 3 1 -foot .span and j
'.'0-foot lejirunc There are also
tw' thre-tni trotlcys on each side
; f the bulUllnff.
'ARRAIGNED FOR
sV
T& N-7 d
Nellon C. Bo', Portland. Ore., millionaire, and Ana L. Pjris, hit
former oretiry, at thty wert arraigned on murder eharoet In con.
80. With I"., tubbing of Mrt.
vfv, : Mir, o'jm"?: , c - y
Shop Scpantte
The likicksm'in simp l
homed
iuui CICUl'anCG OtH 1 I lOQt Rpiln.
It i conneulfd to the nmchltie tihoi.
...
w!th tteel rail IrarU. Thrro Ih alro
an open siorucp tthd in -the yanl.
Tho oil und gn.su 11 m- huiise ets 50
feet west of the office- Und Is tof
fireproof construction. The yard,
for next year Includes the constrm-
lion of the Kama Vallcv market
:road In the Dodge bridge section
j nnd the Utile llmte market road
wilt be oiled from Itiich to Provolt
In cooin'rallons Willi funds from
special road district No. 10.
licvles Announced .
Levies for the ensuing year, cov-
ering construction and malnten-
anro work during 1931, have been
announced by Paul Itynlilna. eoun-
ty engineer. They ni" us follows:
Itir-lrlct o. I
lieter i-uad
lllatt road
Hid ireen Spr.'ngs road
; Copco ro-td
! immigrant Creek road
Total J3.900.oo
District No. 1!
S 5(10.00
2.000.00
ou. 00
1.'mu.OO
L'llii.oi)
hornis Jaek.mnvilie,
, I Klnns hlway to Wn-.
hle.s)
I .owes to Pacific highway
Talent to Corliss
liellvlew
1 Tot (I $7.(100.00
MATRON'S DEATH
l4
S' " mm
oowice m oir.. r... .
CHtU.O o
1.000. 00
olMI, 00
1 .000.00
i
lllstrict o. 3
Meridian road aurfaclng) f G00.00
Ala Vista road (grad'ng
and suiTncliiK) i 850.00
Nick Young road (surfac-
'"Kl t, 000. 00
Agate-Dodge bridge (sur-
ra'lng) 700.00
W llf'y road (surfacing.... 2, Viti.no
Trail Crook road (surfae-
i Inn anil grading) &oo.ooj
j WeHl Koruc Ufvor (grad-
we nnd aurfaclngj 5UU.00
Totul $ti.3-50.00 '
Dlfrtrlct o.
Taylor road, grade and '
faurface $ TOO. 00
Scenic Avenue, surface .... 000.00 ;
Old Stage Itoad. Heall I
Ijune .Vorth, grade and
surface J.OOO.OO
Heal Lane, oil , 2. 000. on;
Kunes Creek, surface ir.o.oo!
j Cauls Creek, surface l.'iM.nn'
' Koenltf Koud. grade f.im.no;
Tot-il J6. lino. 00
District No. II
.South Fork Itoad, grilli ng 2,0lio.tl'J
Lake Kill t road, grading
and surfacing t 1S5.00
Obenchsin road, grading
r.nd surfacing 1 50.00
Total $2.31.'.. 00;
Dl.-trli'l Xo. 7
(llly road, surracing $;1.SII0 on ;
tliiperi-l'ool
road, sur-
i.'.'OO.OO
racing
Prospect road, surfacing.. 7, Coo. oo
Camo road, grading and
?ilrf!iehv- 2.500.00
Doubledny road, grading
nnd surfacing 250.00
.lack Tungate road, sur
racing 250.00
Kredenburg road, surr ie-
y sao.uo I lug
500.00 Cook road, grading
siio.oo Cornell Hinltli road, fiir
700.no facing
1.100.00 Hancheria road, grading..
lun.OO
l.Oeu.0"
:ioo.imi
l.iMMt.MIl
I
! Total $18.00.00
District No. H
1 inlelope Creek road
' Kast of .Modoc road
91.loo.oo
sr.o.ou j
r.ao.oo '
r.ou.oa '
1.1 DO. 00
LTi0.no ,
ttumrick-Martin road
A'it Tolo road
10 Stick Lane road
I Yankee Cree.K road
I
Total $3. 7U0.no
IltrU't No. 0
1aiirc lhur-l road for crad-
Ini? and surfaeimr f6.0o0.po
Hlk CreeU load from high
way up, KradltiK and
( shale 3.000.00
tOlk Creek Koad from
Truwtys up. grad.nt; and
nlnle 3.0tin.nn
l li-ich rttad. wldenini; tind
fiirfaciiiK I . Mni.iin
Kdmondon mad. radinjr
and Mtn l'ariiii; t,.MMt an
Moore. Morgan road, urail-
'n and .shale .. ,. 3.0'Mi.no
Total US. 000. mi
HMrh't Ni. Ill
Taylor rial
MIourt l'"lat road
Thomson Creole road
I.lltlo AnpVxate road ....
l'Por Hip Applt catorond
IlililtUiiK t't'ook road
AtMdi'itato .Iarkot road.
olllliit
Apitli'Kalo-C'amcrou road .
Total 112,6.'
Ill-lrU l No. 1 1
I'PIH'.- Kvana Crc-i-k road
near 'llyla'o !prlnys
Kant isldo Uvant frock
road
Wi'at ido Evan Crvok
road
Koota Creek road
Fielder eek road
Ward.. Creek road
IMOnant Creek road Wil
liam malUwx up
Hague KivQ-Orant pass
I. ooo.no
2.000.00
s: r.o.oo
"00.00
3. .0.00
700 no
4 . St
lit in n a i mini
,oud 700.00 West Meadows Iload,
Ravage Creek loud 100.00' grade and surface 1,000.00
)v road, surfacin,; ,100.00
Total $C, 600.00 Itamsay Canyon road, ,
I DKuiit o, 2 grade and surface .- JfiO.OO
Upp:ir M.ailuw road, gi-ade t Springs road, grade and
I and surface $ 700.00 surface 000.00
lo.isi Mudi..s roail, grade
und surface I , Mill.
iws 11 tit iini
We Wish AH of Our Patrons and
Friends a Happy, Prosperous
NEW YEAR
It will be a pleasure to serve you during 1931
as we have in the past
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Mir ( nlilorniii Oregon loM-r ( ouiHiiiy'K iifv Meilford
MilMjitlon. on luisi ilnckson strwt, Is (xmsi tiered ono ot
llio finest ir Us kind in f lie went. It's constinctloir 1m
.sti'lrily iiHKlern in every pluise nnd lis eaimcfty Is suf
rieient to in eel Mwlfortl s growth for many years - to
(omo. Tho nectiiiian.vliit; itiotK:rii))lis show glimpses
or llio fino new f'oK. project. Top left Portion of
tnuisfornier structure hlmwlnjj hank of four 2001) K. V.
A. Iran-former. Top rifflit Portion of tOOO volt Kwlteli
Itiff striiettirt shouin nmp of antoinntlc km Heh houses.
lU tiom (.ciiera 1 lev tf The i'pllfornia Oregon Power
Company's Medford substation from the north side.
4
fas.; I.ane. grade and sur-
00 f;ire LT.O.lio
Increase in Business
1930
Starling the New Year is like hopping off on a new flight
to tstablish new records. That's our way of looking at
the opportunity 1931 offers. Wc have charted our course.
We have set our gosl. We are starting with a flying take
off. Wo know our success will come from serving the
ptoplc of this community in the biggest end best way
possibb. So wc invite you to put our service to a test
tc day . . , and every day in .1931.
Carl Y. Tengwald
Loans
Real Estate
Insurance
HdJEL HOLLAND BLDO. Iff 'sf
f '
Sweet Iinc, (jrado und
surface
Muft Hearle road, rado
and Hurface I
Sardine Creek road, grade,
and Hurfaco
Emergency
500 00
ii 00.00
Total Htt.000.no