Show USE OF COPPER LINES ASSURED AT BOULDER funds to purchase so worth of copper for transmission lines from the boulder dam dain to southern california wore were made available monday by tho ho recon finance corporation fitter representative abo abe burdock Murdoc b lur dock lc presented a plea for copper in ill preference to aluminum said a special dispatch from washington U D I 1 0 representative murdock urged the use of copper in tho the transmission lines because of tho the ala aid to the copper industry in the west As aa a result of the IL R F C action utah mines are expected to benefit as the transmission lines afford tile tho largest single copper purchase so sei tit in sight the los angeles angelea bureau of oc power and light expressed a pro ference for the copper copper lines but sinca bids on the aluminum wire wore ware 10 per cent tower lower announced that without a federal loon loan copper would have to be abandoned it was at tilts this point that represent active murdock intervened in behalf of tiro the copper interests I 1 lie appeared before the R F C monday with A Z richards salt lake engineer and after considering si ol their pleas directors approved the use of copper despite aib greater cost the utah representative senta tive said the utah mines should share heavily in the revival of the copper market which Is ex deew to follow the placing of the th order the total cost of tho the project will bo be and the copper lines will be 14 inch copper tubes designed to carry more electrical one energy agy than to la transmitted over any ally existing system in the united tribune of june 6 |