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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Rogue Valley Residents Start Receiving Natural Gas from Company
W. E. Hammer Is Secretary of CPU
Walter E. Hammer was elect
ed secretary of California-Pacif
ic Utilities Company in 1959,
after serving a short term as
assistant secretary.
He joined the company when
it was formed in 1938 as pur
chasing agent and assistant
treasurer, a position he held
in the Republic Electric Pow
er Corporation.
Hammer joined the Republic
Electric Power Corporation in
1930 as a stnographer and pur
chasing agent. Prior to that
time he was with the Union Pa
cific and Denver and Rio
Grande Western Railroad Com
panies in Salt Lake City.
He was born in Salt Lake City
in 1897, and was graduated from
high school there. Hammer serv
ed as chief mechanic, artillery,
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WALTER E. HAMMER
Company Secretary
with the American Expedition
ary Force in France during
World War 1.
Natural gas was turned on
into Medford and Phoenix gas
mains Monday, and California
Pacific Utilities Company serv
icemen started checking resi
dential appliances lor proper
operation.
Company officials said serv
icing the appliances would take
several days, and no charge
would be levied for checking
appliances for proper operation.
Natural gas into Southern
Oregon started a few months
aco when a 10-inch transmission
pipeline was extended from Eu
gene to Grants Pass by El Paso
Natural Gas Company. At the
same time, a pipeline was ex
tended from Grants Pass to
Ashland by California-Pacific
Utilities Company.
Gas Now Available
Natural gas is now available
in the latter line at 300 pounds
per square inch. An eight-inch
feeder pipeline carries the gas
from a regulating station on
Perrydale Avenue at 25 pounds
per square inch generally along
floor to
ceiling-comfort
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the Jacksonville Highway and
McAndrews Road to the com
pany property on North Front
Street.
The pressure Is further re
duced at the plant in Medford
to S pounds and injected into
the distribution main system of
the city, company officials not
ed. The pressure is finally re
duced to one-quarter of a pound
at each customer's meter for
proper burner operation at the
appliance.
A second feeder pipeline con
nects to the transmission line
on Old Stage Road at Happy
Valley Drive and extends north
on Peach Street to Stewart Av
enue and east to connect to the
distribution mains at Barnctt
Road and South Riverside Av
enue, company officials added.
- Natural gas was first inject
ed into the feeder lines early
last Friday morning. Each cus
tomer was contacted that day
and the following day by a gas
serviceman who made an ad
justment on the air mixture for
each appliance.
as customers living in Phoe
nix and along U.S. 99 to Phoe
nix were handled at the same
time. The natural gas turn-in
was completed in Grants Pass,
Talent and Ashland earlier in
the week.
CPU construction crews have
been extending natural gas dis
tribution mains into areas of
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OFFICE BUILDING California-Pacific
Utilities Company office building at the cor
ner of West Main and Holly Streets, built in
1936, is shown in this picture. The building
houses the Medford district office and the
division offices for other districts Klamath
Falls, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Ashlandr Yre
ka, bunsmuir and Myrtle Creek.
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DIVISION MANAGER - V. V.
Lyman, above, is Southern Ore
gon and Shasta Division mana
ger of California - Pacific Util
ities Company with headquar
ters in Medford. Educated in
the Willamette Valley and Port
land, Ore., he was employed
by Eastern Oregon Light and
Power Company, a predeces
sor company CPU at Baker,
Ore. He was appointed purchas
ing agent in 1938. After Navy
duty, he was transferred to the
San Francisco office as pur
chasing agent, a position he
held until March this year,
when he moved to Medford as
division manager.
Gas, Rate Engineer
IS Ex-California
PUC Staff Member
Lloyd E. Cooper, who joined
the California-Pacific Utilities
Company in 1954, is in charge
of all operating and engineer
ing work for the company, a
position to wnicn he was named
in 1960.
He joined the utilities firm
as gas and rate engineer, re
signing from a position with
the California Public Utilities
Commission.
As gas and rate engineer he
was responsible tor engineering
and operating problems in con
nection with the company's en
tire gas operations and all mat
ters pertaining to rates for all
departments. In April, 1957, he
was elected vice president with
added responsibilities for ncgo
tiatlngs in connection with pur
chased power and purchased
gas rates.
Born In California
Cooper was born in Auburn,
Calif., and attended schools in
Roseville, Calif. He was grad
uated from Stanford University
in 1924 with a degree of bachelor
of arts in mechanical engineer
ing.
He was employed (or two
PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
Our congratulation to California-Pacific Utilities
Company and El Pato Natural Gas for their vision
and efforts in bringing natural gas to the Rogue
River Valley, like so many other companies, we
are delighted to be part of the team, working to
gether to bring this bright, new, economical en
ergy source to this area.
Now, we are fully equipped to join California
Pacific Utilities Company in the development of
this service. We specialize in industrial, commercial
or residential sales, installations and service.
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For Information SALES INSTALLATIONS SERVICE
Call 779-7852
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LLOYD E. COOPER
Gas, Rate Engineer
years in construction and main
tenance work in the electrical
department of the municipal
system in Roseville. He was
employed by the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company in their
general office in San Francisco
in the valuation department.
From 1937 to 1954, Cooper de
voted his time to work on the
engineering staff of the Public
Utilities Commission of Califor
nia. The latter 10 years of the
period were as gas supervising
engineer in charge of activities
of the gas section covering all
matters relating to the opera
lions, rate proceedings, and
safety of operation of all gas
utilities operating in California
under the commission's jurisdic
tion.
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COMMERCIAL MANAGER -
E. R. Hoppe, division commer
cial manager for California
Pacific Utilities Company, has
almost 34 years experience in
the gas industry. He joined the
Nebraska Natural Gas Distrib
uting Company in 1929 as man
agcr - salesman and remained
there until 1933. He was em
ployed by the Interstate Power
company at uwatonna, Minn.,
and the Northwestern Public
Service Company at Aberdeen,
S. D., before moving to Med
ford in 1939. He was division
sales manager when he first
came to Medford. In 1954,
' Hoppe was named district man
ager of the Medford district.
and named division commerical
manager Feb. 1 this year. ,
Three Accidents
Reported in City
Three non-injury auto colli
sions were reported to Medford
City Police Monday. Citations
were issued in two.
An auto-parked vehicle colli
sion occurred on Front Street
and Central Avenue when a car
driven by Samuel David Cook,
Grants Pass, struck a parked
car owned by Ronald Everett
Lehman, 3345 Bellinger Koaa,
Medford.
William Ormand Shoemaker,
Springfield, and Lynne Alice
McClurg, 1310 E. 10th St., Med
ford, were drivers of cars that
collided at Ninth Street and
Central Avenue. Shoemaker
was cited for improper passing
on the right side, police said.
Cars registered to Michael
Paul Smeltzer, 1432 E. Main St.,
Medford, and Alvera May Mer
torr, 1820 Kings Highway, were
drivers of cars in an auto-parked
auto collision. Merlon was cited
for violation of the basic rule.
The collision occurred at 913
King St., Medford, police reported.
Survey Shows Cost of
Commuting by Auto
CHEAPER BY RAIL
NEW YORK (UPI)-A New
Haven Railroad survey has com
puted the cost of driving a low
priced car from Mamaroneck,
N.Y., to Manhattan at $1,500 a
year.
The cost of commuting the
same distance daily by rail is
$262.80 a year, the railroad said.
Medford and lis outskirts not
previously served.
Studies Now Under Way
Engineering studies are now
under way to install distribution
systems in Gold Hill, Rogue
River, White City, Central Point
and Jacksonville during 1984,
company officials noted.
Service has already been pro
vided for a number of large
industrial a c c o unts, officials
said. Plywood plants, sawmills
and other industry will accom-'
plish substantial savings in their '
operating costs, company offi-'
cials said, giving them a strong-;
er competitive position and en-
abling them to expand their i
marketing territory. '. i
Present residential and 'com- j
mercial customers will benefit
by a 20 per cent rate reduction '
on their first natural gas bill, 1
company officials announced !
earlier. i
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thousands
of women
will become
better cooks
because of the expanded supply
of natural gas throughout this area
If you already cook with natural gas you know what a
treat is in store for the homemakera that will use natural
gas service for the first time this year.
For thrifty natural gas lets you set your heat where
you want it for best results from a slow, all-day simmer
to instant, intense heat that boils water in less than
two minutes.
Your natural gas companies have spent millions of
dollars to assure you of a plentiful supply of this modern
1 reliable fuel. As a major supplier of gas control equip
ment, we salute California-Pacific Utilities Company.
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