OPERATION OF POWER SYSTEM. The Roosevelt power plant was operated continuously to November 1, 1917. Units 1, 2, and 3 were not operated during this period due to the power canal not being in service and the 7-foot penstock and sluiceway tunnel not being completed. New runners, gates, and draft tubes were purchased to convert units 1, 2, and 3 into variable-head machines to operate on the reservoir head. A 100kilowatt motor generator exciter set was installed. A Tirrill voltage regulator was received but the installation was not completed. A new discharge pipe for the synchronous by-pass valve on the sixth unit was installed. The Cross Cut plant was operated continuously with the exception of the period from January 16 to February 1, when the Arizona Canal was being cleaned. New pins, babbitt bushings, and C. I. deflector shoes were installed on No. 2 exciter. A new set of steel gears was installed on No. 1 governor oil pump. A new 2-inch centrifugal pump for pumping transformer cooling water was installed. Grounding switches were placed on each of the 875 K. V. A. generators. A curve-drawing frequency meter was added to the switchboard and the transformers were cleaned. The South Consolidated plant was operated as required during the From January 25 to 30 the plant was shut down due to cleaning of the South Canal. From August 1 to 31 the plant was not operated as power was not required. The commutators on both exciters were ground true. The Arizona Falls plant was operated as continuously as the flow of water in the Arizona Canal would permit. The commutators on both exciters were ground true. The transmission lines were in continuous service during the year. The operation of the 45,000-volt lines was excellent. The 11,000volt lines in the Chandler district suffered severely during the lightning season. The substations were all in service throughout the year. Numerous repairs were necessary and all apparatus was cleaned and overhauled. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. There was a plentiful supply of water during the entire year for all lands under the project including those lands entitled to temporary service only. On October 31 there were 201,601 acres under waterservice contracts comprising 4,367 water-rental applications. All of the features were operated and maintained practically the same as during the fiscal year 1917, there being no extensions to the project, with the exception of approximately 5 miles of laterals, making a total of 821 miles of canal and lateral on the entire project. The Roosevelt reservoir conditions for the period from July 1 to October 31 are summarized as follows: The principal maintenance work consisted of ordinary repairs and upkeep of structures, the removal of sand and silt from the bottoms of ditches, and the removal of weed growth from the canal banks. Several flocks of sheep and goats were kept on the canals during this period and did good work in keeping down the weed growth. 1 Shown as number of water-rental applications instead of land owners as in previous years. PRINCIPAL CROPS. The crop yields have been good and prices above normal, making the year an exceptionally prosperous one. The total gross value of the crops produced was $13,692,000, an average of $72.60 per acre cropped. Owing to the high prices received for cotton in 1916 the area cropped in 1917 was increased from 6,000 to over 23,000 acres. Crop report, Salt River project, Arizona, agricultural year of 1917. 1. Amendment of public notice of January 18, 1917. Sections 6, 10, and 16 of the public notice issued for the Salt River project, Arizona, January 18, 1917, are hereby amended to read as follows: "6. The water-right charges for said lands shall be of two kinds (a) a charge of $60 per irrigable acre for the building of the irrigation system, termed 'the construction charge, the installments being due and payable as herein provided; and (b) an annual charge for operation and maintenance, the minimum charge therefor being due and payable in advance on October 1 of each year. The minimum operation and maintenance charge for the irrigation year beginning October 1, 1917, and ending September 30, 1918, shall be due on October 1, 1917, and shall be 75 cents for each acre of irrigable land whether irrigated or not, and for such minimum charge there may be delivered not to exceed 1 acre-foot of water per acre. For each acre-foot of water per acre furnished in addition, a charge of 75 cents per acre-foot shall be made. The charges for the additional water shall be due and payable in advance. The operation and maintenance charges for future years will be duly announced. "10. For all lands under the high line canal the water is delivered by pumping and said lands shall be subject to payment, in addition to the usual charges for water served to lands by gravity, of the annual charges for operation and maintenance of the high line pumping plant and all appurtenances, including the actual cost of power used by said plant without interest on investment, as hereafter announced. Additional charges on account of the operation and maintenance of the high line pumping plant shall be due and payable on December 1 of each year following the end of the irrigation season. "16. Until further notice, flood waters as classified under the rules hereinafter stated will, after September 30, 1917, be delivered at the same rates as are fixed for operation and maintenance charges for the same irrigation year, except that 1 acre-foot only will be charged for each 2 acre-feet delivered. The term flood waters as here used is defined as any flow in the Rio Verde in excess of the following: During December and January 800 second-feet, during February, March, and November 1,200 second-feet, and from April 1 to October 31, both inclusive, 1,600 second-feet. The said charges for the delivery of flood waters shall apply only to lands for which water-right application has been duly made." FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary of the Interior. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Project balance sheet, Salt River project, Nov. 1, 1917, dale project was turned over to Salt River Valley Water Users Association. Accounts payable... Contingent obligations.. Reserves for repayment to reclamation fund of cost of project...... Disbursement, transfer, and joint construction vouchers received.. Net investment.. Total... 16, 151, 058. 32 11,541, 507.38 21,088, 059.86 73, 718. 71 39,570.00 10,629, 837.96 10,344,933. 19 21,088, 059.86 Transmission line branch, power house No. 2.. Hydroelectric plant No. 5. Transmission line from Arizona Falls River plant to power plant No. 3.. Power house No. 2, clear-water supply. Transformer house, Roosevelt building and machinery Penstock Dam. Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co... Mesa Roosevelt transmission line reconstruction. 132, 545. 68 162,282.86 434, 517.92 188, 944. 19 49,763.00 35, 718.91 43,000.00 7,813.85 12, 891.00 9,269.00 162,282.86 87, 116.07 37,846.82 98, 536.97 48, 735. 20 2,815, 053.02 721.29 620, 071.25 7,673.05 127,353. 22 1,291, 727.34 81,378. 45 182, 010. 02 72,319.97 148, 488. 52 892.90 66.00 341.30 1,016. 55 100, 957.22 136, 731. 41 3,960.08 119, 609.95 335, 770.49 13, 159.36 39, 102. 49 32, 560.76 52, 043. 88 14,600. 20 9, 232.46 |