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Show Colorado River Power Available In 18 when Major J. Wesley I Powell and party explored and mapped the Colorado River can-yon can-yon from Green River, Wyoming, Wyom-ing, to a point near the present lloover Dam, he pointed out that In the 1000 miles of river bed there was a mile of fall. Engineers Engin-eers haw capitalized on this potential po-tential possibility as a great source of electric power. For years past the Bureau of Reclamation has been making a study of the feasibility of harnessing harn-essing this great natural resource, re-source, and turning it into electric elec-tric energy. Other uses would be Wd'.r Bar irrigation, controlling flood Itazards, providing recreation recrea-tion facilities, and many other important benefits. These projects are costly, and too large for private corporations to undertake, therefore the Federal Fed-eral Government determines their value economically and otherwise, other-wise, then builds them on an economic eco-nomic system where they will pay for themselves through these multiple uses. On the Colorado River we have the Hoover Dam, the Glen Canyon Can-yon Dam, and the Flaming Gorge Dam, and others yet to be built Ali these are government owned and are great producers of electricity. elec-tricity. ' The power from these greet projects Is set up end sold on a preference customer plan. Plan number one Is tlie government itself, therefore in a national emergency the government may have first right Preference customer cus-tomer number two, are cities with their own distributing systems. However, there is a new ruling whzne private companies can dls-.. dls-.. bote for a cJ y, providing they w. ('. .bi:te i..jer terms ac-ixplble ac-ixplble to gu.Li-nment requirements. require-ments. Both St Georjre and Kscalante Valley own their own distributing distribut-ing systems, and are already us-ilnC us-ilnC Colorado River power coming .from Flaming Gorge. Since the -first of the year, St George has .made a 20'o reduction in elective elec-tive power rates, and at present Escaiante Valley is re-arranging its rate schelules, anticipating as much as 40 or 50 reduction in rates. Hurricane, Kanab and Enterprise, Enter-prise, like Cedar City, are lnves tlgating the possibility of ecqulr-lng ecqulr-lng electric power from the Col orado River system. Cedar City Is located In the very dooryard of the Colorado River Ri-ver power producing system. It appears quite certain we can acquire ac-quire sufficient electric power for our needs, providing we will comply com-ply with the government requirements require-ments and get It while it is available. avail-able. Otherwise It will probably be allotted elsewhere. By J. M. PALMER Member Cedar City-Power City-Power Board Committee |
