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.. :....r....., J... .~- C () N ,; T H LJ en 0 N LJ T I L I Tl E S 15 i On October 5, 1938 contract No.2 for the supply of construction power was terminated after being in effect 66 months and 12 days. This contract originally made with the Southern California Edison Company, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corpol'ation, and Southern Sierras Power Company had become, through changes in ownership and corporate name, a contract with the Edison Company, City of Los Angeles, and California-Nevada Electric Corporation. Dur- ing its life the District received 354,380,192 kilowatt-hours of electric energy for which it paid $2,214,205.14, an average cost of 6111 mills per kilowatt-hour. \ / FORNIA LOS ANGEl..E,s . '" <: Q N "- Q: " .~, ~~~'J , "OLE F-lu. 1. C01/8truct-ion 1Jower syste"m The power necessary for the remainder of the main aqueduct construction was purchased under a new contract with the Southern California Edison Company and at a lower rate. This company also .e!lteT~d)'!t() :l. ~on_tract (or. tl,e Pl!l~cha.se of a. p.OrtiO]l of th~ Oi~trict's unused firm energy from Boulder dam, the effect of the two con- tracts being to permit the District to use some of its Boulder power for aqueduct construction, by paying the Edison Company a charge for generation and transmission. Power was taken under this contract until January 15, 1940, when the construction power system was deeuergized and a final meter reading made. the delivery being 18,170,2BO kw-hr, and the cost $75,891.65, or 4.18 mills per kw-hr. Dismantling of unused substations and 33.kv tap lines continued into 1939, the salvaged materials being sold or moved into the Banning salvage yard. In October 1939 the board of directors approved the sale of the 34.8-mile 66-kv transmission line from Coltou to Cabazon via San Timoteo Canyon, including the District's ,)