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<br /> <br />14'21 <br /> <br />"52 METHOf'OllTAN 1V..TEIl DISTil leT <br /> <br />Mountain and 139.4 miles of new trunk line paralleling the trans- <br />mission line at a distance for the most part of about one mile. <br />A contract for construction of this additional line according to <br />the specifications was awarded to Newbery Electric Corporation on <br />September 13, 1935. The first line crew started work December 10, <br />1935 and construction was completed and clean-up and testing of <br />the line finished May 27, 1936. The usual construction methods <br />were followed. In favorable soil, holes were dug with a tractor- <br />mounted mechanical auger, and at ot.her locations by hand. Stand- <br />ard construction consisted of two No.6 American wire gage copper <br />wires on 5-foot 4-pin crossarms supported by 25-foot butt-treated <br />Douglas fir poles with 220-foot spans. <br />Permanent connections to the pumping plants and necessary in- <br />stallations in each plant have not. been completed. <br /> <br />J <br />