The Bonneville Dam chronicle., January 13, 1939, Image 1

THE
Vol. V. Number 41
First Power
Line Ready
For Bids
BONNEVILLE
DAM
CHRONICLE
ItON XF\ II I K
REED CO LLE G E N IG H T
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On Wednesday, January IS. the
Heed College athletes and card
players are scheduled to renew
their three-year old rivalry with
the Bonneville Engineers in the
fourth annual varied sports pro­
gram.
Bonneville won the first
two events of this series, and tied
with the collegians last year. Only
four events are scheduled this year,
due to the fact that Bonneville has
no basketball team. They are:
Badminton— 4:30 to 7:00 p. m.
Volleyball— women’s, 7:30 p. m.
Men’s. 8:80 p. m.
Bridge— Time to be announced.
Handball 5:00 to 9:00 p. m.
t \S( \I>I K U KS
Power Agent
Eulogized by
Time Magazine
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I \Kl BON N K\ Il I.E I’D IIK
D R O P P E D I’O LOW KR l K\ Kl.
Beginning on Sunday morning.
January 15. 1939. water «'levaturn
of the pool above Bonneville Dam
will he gradually lowered approxi­
mately 5 f«*et front the present
elevation of 69.6 fc«*(.
Attempt
will be made to so regulate the
spillway gates tlillt the lower ele­
vation will he reached about W«>«1-
n«’sda\ noon. January IS, 1939, ac
cording to information received in
Hood River from Maj«*r Theron
D. Weaver, of the Army Engin­
eers,
It is expect«*«! that the pool will
remain at this l«*w«*r elevation for
» period of about five week».
Later noti«'«' will be issin*«! as so«>n
as definite date for raising the
pool is known.
FK ID \Y. J \Nt \»n
IS, 1939
Public Utility
Measure
Now Revised
The first major construction job
O f interest to Bonneville Dam
The revise«! «Iraft «*f the prop«*»-
of the huge Bonneville power net­
ar«*a resident* and particularly
«*«1 PUD measure for utilirati«m of
work w h s announced today by A d ­
those o f Cascade Locks is the fol­
Bonneville power was complete«!
ministrator J. D. Ross. Bids for
lowing clipping from the January 9
Satunlay by attorneys f«*r the
the erection o f the “ backbone”
issue o f the magazine “ T im e" con­
Bonneville Fe«leration of (Oregon
transmission line from the dam to
cerning Guy C. Myers o f New
on thi* eve «»f the opening session
the Vancouver substation will be
York City.
of the Oregon legislature Monday.
called for within a few days.
Mr, Myers in addition to hand­
It was releas«*«! by M. 11. McGuir«*,
Erection of the 374 tall steel
ling the Nebraska deal which the
McMinnville municipal power ex-
towers and footings and the string­
article tells about is the fiscal
eeutlve and president of the f«»der-
ing o f 219 miles of steel-reinforced
agent for Cascade l/ocki an«! not
ation.
aluminum cable will be done on a
so very long ago appeared before
Approved by J. W, McArthur,
contract basis says Charles E.
a public meeting at the high school
veteran manager «>( Eugene’s mu
Carey, principal construction en­
to explain the financing of the city
nicipal power department, the pro-
gineer. Bidders from all parts of
buying out the West Coast Power
p«>s«*«l law would replace the Ore
the country are expected to com­
Company, lie placed th«* audience
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gon PUD law «if t93t-,33-’37,
pete.
E U G E N E — With word from i at ease and on his side when, with
which public power proponents
Completion Due September 1
Bonneville that the government’s good fellowship and humor, not
now charge is an effective bar to
Completion of the first o f the transmission line to Eugem would *'\p«'ct«'d from a Wall Str«*et bank­
PUD organiaation in the state.
two lines on the 220.000-volt twin be completed by fall of 1939, Eu- er. he sat on the edge of th«- speak- ♦
Containing, it is claimed, the best
W ith the deposit of a check for
circuit will be required by Septem­ gen«' water board «»fficials Tuesday cr’s table after being introduced
provisions of all existing PUD law»
ber 1. The contractor must have siu't'de«! their program for complct- ami stated to the amazed audience: 'i l22.M7.ru in th«* United Stat«'s
in tin* country, which w«*r«> analyz-
the line ready for energizing on i ing contractual agr«*ements with “ Look im> over, I am one of the d. -tiict i«*iirt at Tacoma Thursday,
e«l for th«* f«*derntion by John C.
that date.
way was cleared for final action
Bonneville for us«* of power for wolves o f Wall Street."
Fischer, chief counsel f«»r the Bon­
" I mil', ' in its a«*ction under n construction of th«* "backbone"
"Practically all conductors and peak purposes.
ne'ill«* federation, the proposed act,
insulator- have been delivered by
Superintendent .1. W. McArthur Business, carried u picture of transmission line from Bonneville originally <iraft«*d by Attorney II.
manufacturers and are on the -.tid a "satisfactory conclusion" Myers ami the following article
I'V Mclnturff of Portland, hits th«*
ground." Carey commented. “ Some was about to be reached in regard
“ Due ymmg man who beli«'v«'s in or. Wash, Administrator J. D.
approval of Bonneville Admintstra-
o f the tower steel has been deliv­ '
rate- for pi.war Eugene takes lli"a c e Greeley's famed maxim is Ross announced today.
toi J. D. Ross, Ray Gill, State
ered. tested and approved.
lln- check covers payments for
■ m Bonneville. Tin* rat«' sched­ balding Banker Guy C. Myers of
• «rang«* master, nnd other public
’•'* Wall Street.
For several tin* line’s nght-of way h«*tw«*en
ule has not been corn'd't "d ¡-.ml no N
Contract W arded Siam
power advocates of the state.
dnt:i on this matter were released. via ls Mr. Myers has been going \ ancouver and the ('lark-Skamania
“ The contract will be awarded
The revise«! act provides for:
WY>t with profit.
Last week he county lin«'. It was deposited with
within a few weeks and work will The water board set a special meot-
1.
Issuance ««f utility revenue
the court as the initial st«*p in a
ng next Monday night when it is turn«-«! a neat profit in Nebraska.
(Continued on Pa «* * Six)
“ A -en»oned promoter who help­ , condemnation suit for uc«|uisition bonds, payable sidely «>ut of rove-
expected negotiations will !>«• com-
I :ilct< d.
ed put together Mitntan.1 Power i f property in Clark County, across
tContPineil <*n pan** Htxl
Present Bonneville plans call for 1 " , Manker Myers was discovered which th«* line survey passes.
An order grant« h I by Federal
(construction o f a substation for bv James Deimage Ross when that
Bil l. FOR CIII.OK \T F
, ’ he Bonneville power line about a alert public utilitarian was trying Judge Edward E. Cushman gave
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VNT I IS T F D
j mile and a quarter mirth o f the to raise money for the municipal the Bonneville Project the light to
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ystem h«' managed in Seattle. immediate possession of the prop­
'overhead «Tossing oil the Oregon
V mbers o f Cascadia Rebekah Electric right-of-way. From there \ft«r Mr. Ross was turned down erty so that line construction may
Hill Numlii'r 1191 offered on the
lodge held their installation last
tart without delay. However, r«*s- first day of Congr« «* was Hint hill
i rate agreement would send power b> P W A and cold shouldered by
Wednesday night. Mrs. Ivan Em- iirectl.v over a two-mile route to a bigtime
Oregon’s
Representative,
financiers,
Mr.
Myers idents o f dwellings along the route whii-h
bree taking the office of Noble city substation.
mist d $22,500,000 for him. When will 1»«* permitted to occupy their Walter M Pierce, stated some time
Grand; Mrs. Roy Weeman. Vice-
ago that he was going to introdiK'e.
<* ontl nuri j i • | *ngf F i v e )
The Eugene substation will la* Mr. Ross went on to SEC. and Los
Grind;
Mrs. Clarence Carnes. constructed in any event, McArthur Angeles started looking around
Th«* hill calls for th«* government to
Warden: Mrs. George Haggblnm. sai«i, am! w i l l
construct a plant near the Bonne­
r«*< civ«* power for $47,000,000 for a municiual McN \IM P R E S E N T S
Conductor; Mis;- Martha Wetzel, through substation A from th«' utility system, he put Mr. Myers in
ville Dam for the manufacture o f
LOCKS B IL L
Chaplain: Mrs. Ernie Manchester, McKenzie plant. The new station th«* way of that job. 1 «*w months a
alkali Chlorates for the eradica­
Past Noble Grand; Mrs. I.ester will be station E.
he for«' leaving SEC to administer
Scnutoi McNary on the first «lay tion of weeds.
Sprague. Right Supporter; Mrs.
The bill, as printed in the C«»n-
Washington’s Bonneville Proj«»ct, of Congress offer«*«! the bill he ha«l
Lee Murray. Left Supporter; Mrs.
Mr Ross hi'nrd o f the tribulations in «'sent «*<1 last year for th«* Port of | gr«*-sionnl record, is as ftdlows;
Joe Miller. Right Supporter to
N’ebr.'i ka’s "little T Y A " nnd Cun« nde Lock*. in which he aske«l
" A bill to provide for the gen­
Vice-Grand; Mrs. Melvin IL rring-
recommended Mr. Myers.
that th«* old Inrk grounds at Cas eral welfare by conserving and
ton. Left Supporter to Vice-Grand.
“ Nebraska's ’ little T V A , ’ a «-om- «•ad«* Locks be transferred to th«* i protecting th«* agricultural re­
Clara N’ i \ . Inside Guardian; Mrs.
h.nation o f
thre«* hydroelectric Port of Caacatle I<nrka from th«- sources of
the
United
Stntea
Erwin B -dliar. Outside Guardian.
projects
f
nanc«'d
h>
$60,000,000
of
*'*ntrii|
und
eradication
of
noxious
War
Department,
lie
also
intro-
At a record-breaking crowded
The lodge finished on»' of its most
Legion
Meeting last P W A funds. encountered, besides «luc«*d a bill asking for the e«*n v «««|s; t«i empower tin* s«*cr«'tnry of
slice»" sful year- in number of new American
charges of had engineering, much st ruction of Umatilla Dam.
Rep agriculture t<> construct am! «>| h t -
m«*mbers added to their rolls, eight Tuesday night Mrs. Mac Whit- the same ««»it of opposition as big
reaentative Pier« «• iiitr*.alu« t*<l the nt*' an electro-chemical plant for
mh.
State
Secretary
o
f
th«*
Leg
having joined and one member
T V A suits, injunctions, bitter an­ am«* lull in th«- house.
the manufacture o f alkali Chlor­
trnnsfermg here.
Mrs. C l a r a n*n Auxiliary, proposed and got tagonism from already established
New Repres«'ntative Homer |). ates and to distribute these herhi-
ir.derwav
a
Legion
Auxiliary
Unit
Mason and Mrs. Grace Hendrick^
power comparin'
As in the case Angell introduced a bill to author- i d«-> at cost to states carrying out
or the Bonneville Post.
were visitors from Stevenson.
of
big
T\
A
it
finally
linilod down i/.«* th«* mint t«< issue 5 ii , immi fifty programs for the control and era«li-
f rty-thr«'«' legionnaires, wives
to how th«- PW A “ hydros" couhl cent pieces of special design to * at ion of noxious w«*e«ls.’'
and
\isiters
from
Hood
River
were
Wl*.\ CAMP
(Continued on Pag«' »’>»
* omim-niorate completion o f Ron-
"r«sei.t :t th«' open meeting which
I be hill was referr«*«l to the
\ l \ R I V . C O M P L E T IO N
neville Dam.
«’«immitt»*«* on agriculture.
•tart«*d tin new organization on its
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BIG FI M l REPO RTED
The W P A camp being hliilt " a y .
Mrs. b r«'d Morton was ap-
Dispatches
from
Washington,
where the old Orino camp wn« lo­ ’«•inted temporary chairman, with
D.
( .. in th«' Portland papers last
cated near th»* Bonneville seh«>ol P
member» registered for th«'
Saturday told of the all orating of
is slowly nearing completion. Two m w unit
At the next meeting «*n
$ 15 . (MM) of
\\ PA funds for street
or thr»*e of th»- bunkhouses will he Tuesday. January 24. all interest-
improvements
in Cascade I.** ks.
rea»ly for occupancy this coming
d and eligible auxiliary m«'mbers
So
far
there
has
be«'n n«» official '
we»'k hut the cook shack will not :»re urged to he present for th«'
A fourt«*«*n million dollar con­ , l'I»*c«l biKlget IS initial work on a
notification of this award
be ready for use for several w»-»'ks. first regular meeting. At this time
struction program for 1940 to mar­
220,000 volt line from Bon-
The «amp is in «-harge o f Eel- , the charter will la* awarded and
ket power from Bonneville Dam ni'vill«. Dam to Grand Coulee and
SCO! TS II \VF Ol TIN(;
ward Paulson, Bonneville Project the election «if permanent officer*
recommend«*«! t«i C«ingr«*»t 1 erection of a warehouse adjacent
Six Hoy Scout* und«*r the lead­ was
Engineer for the W P A , an«! I,ee will take place.
ership o f Scoutmaster Jack C«*r- t*Miay by th«- Bureau of the Budget. to the major substation at Van­
Murray, for th«' Department o f In­
nett o f rr>M«p 3VP. Comrade L s ks, In addition to any rongresaional couver.
terior.
Around 200 men will be
v ‘ > < O X S T R I ( T I O N \s Y E T
s|*ent Satunlay on a trip up Kuckel appropriation that may l»e granted,
The largest single item in the
located in this camp with 22 bloat­
Difficulties «ecm to have arisen (reck .
Administrator J. D Roaa stated,
budget submitted to Congre»» i»
ed in each bunkhouse
These men <>n the construction o f the new
there will l»e a balance of approxi­
I 15,2)7,000 provided for n«w trans
will do the clearing for the Bon­ j*owerhouse. The {offman Con-
POT l.l t K SI P P F R AT
mate ly a million and a half dollars
mission flcilitiea.
Erection o f a
neville transmission line from the
tru tion Company, who secured ( \SCADE « III R O I
•f Public Works Administration
»•ries of 110,000-volt circuit» i.
dam to Hood River
the bnl. have as yet not put in
funds to be expende«! f««r trans­
proposad to serve Perwfleton. Urna
Mr. Paulson was gu< st o f honor their apjaaran«'«- on the job.
Frida* night «*( thi» week
mission line ere« tion during the
«'Ila,
Portland, and Astoria in
at the Cascade Locks Chamber of
there » i l l lie an«ithrr of the fam­
It is not definite just what the
next fiacal year.
Oregon;
Pasco. Kllenshurg and
Commerce meeting last Tuesday trouble is but there is some tie-
ous pot-lurk supper» at the In-, Widespread Transmission Planned
>i»k ma in Washington. The moat
and stated that this will be the ip.
terdenominatmnal f h u r r h at
Th«- proposed budget would pro­
'«penaive 110.000-voh line would
hardest W P A job in the state and
( »«cade Istcks
M« mher- of the
The last of the stoplogs arrived
wl** high-tension line» lu serve dia-
be the one t*. Astoria, at an esti­
that only the most experienced this w«-ek for the units 3. 4. 5. and j ( hamber of < ommefre, City
' nets throughout Oregon a n d
mated coat o f $1,6X1,000
m< n in th* falling and handling o f 6 and are being pot in place bjr • «»aneli and all others interested
Washington
Feeder lines o f low
To deliver power to a large por­
timber will be hired.
The crews the engineers «o tha* everything is | are muted
The h«»ur ia »et at cr voltage« and additional snbata
tion
o f Eastern Wa»hing*..n, the
will he urnler the «u|»ervis:on of re»«ly f.,r Hoffman to start.
6:10 p m
< ««me and have a to n equipment would bring the
budget pr*«x ides for a 20*1 ,n i|r |ln,
two of the best known woods
f*»«d lime and give ) »►««r w e « «
low -coat energy from HonnevtlU
that would pass through Franklin.
b * -««- (,f the west. He would not • ay that it wa« g >ing river aome I on the interdenominational plan
Dam to nearly every community
Menton, and adjacent rounti««. and
venture to guess as to just how of the rougher* country in the
■ h«rh I* no* bring tried <iut at
within ee*,n««mir transmission dis
would interconnect with tw«> major
long th« ■
’ -h would take but he did ,1’ r.ited States
P* nn, « ii'e and ( »»cade L » !>•
•in-«
Included in the r«>ntrm-
(C o n tin u e d on Pag* Mia*
Eugene Speeds
W o rk on Contract
Land Secured for
Backbone Line
Rebekah Lodge
Installs Officers
Bonneville Forms
Legion Auxiliary
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Major Power Program does
To 1
his Session o f Congress