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<br />l~C'J <br /> <br />CONSTRUCTION UTILITIES <br /> <br />,I') . <br /> <br />141 <br /> <br />August 1933. The tabulation following shows the number of pay <br />calls handled during each fiscal year since ticketing was started; <br /> <br /> 1934 1935 1936 ]937 ]938 <br />Culls charged to <br />M. W. D. forces. . 65.614 140.624 145.381 160.869 134.800 <br />Ca JJs charged to <br />contractors un . ....... 11.567 32.605 42.169 35.507 1l.950 <br />Total ..no ... 77.181 173.229 187.550 196.376 146.750 <br /> <br />The cost of construction and of operation and maintenance, and <br />the credits of the system by calendar years, are given in Table <br />12. The operation cost includes all rental and toll charges. The <br />net cost to June 30, 1938 is the actual cost without depreciation <br />and interest. <br /> <br />CONSTRUCTION ROAD SYSTEM <br />In 1932 the only state highway that could serve any of the con- <br />struction camps to be built on the aqueduct east of Whitewater was <br />made up of that part of U. S. 99 between San Gorgonio Pass and <br />Coach ella, together with its branch from Coachella to Blythe, desig- <br />nated as U. S. 60, or the Sunkist Trail. This route was paved west <br />of Mecca and east of Desert Center and had a graded, graveled <br />surface between these points. Through Coachella Valley this high- <br />way is several miles south of the aqueduct and hundreds of feet <br />lower in elevation; at Shaver Canyon it approaches the aqueduct, <br />then leaves it entirely beyond Desert Center. At the eastern end <br /> <br />CALEND""l <br />YE.o\1l <br /> <br />TABLE 12 <br />CONSTRUCTION TELEPHONE SYSTEM <br />CoSls to June 30, ]938 <br />CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND <br />MAINTENANCE CRI::Dl'l'S <br />COST COST. <br />$259.623.28 S 14.411.97 $ 13,731.95 <br />31.761.53 43.230.67 66.634.10 <br />7.684.36 51,492.35 88.890.62 <br />799.50 65,571.28 101.184.28 <br />461.61 66,440.84 88,670.20 <br />347.02 32,552. i4 32,060.59 <br />300.677.30 273.699.85 391.171.74 <br />.Includes !Ill rental and loll chnrges. <br /> <br />ACCUMULATED <br />III ET COST <br /> <br />1933 ..... <br />1934........ <br />1935 .... <br />1936 ............ <br />1937 ............ <br />To June .30, 1938... . <br />Total mmun <br /> <br />$260.303.30 <br />268.661.40 <br />238.947.49 <br />204.133.99 <br />182.366.24 <br />183.205.41 <br />183.205.41 <br /> <br />of the aqueduct an unimproved county road paralleled the A.T. & <br />S.F. Railway between Freda and Earp, but east of Grommet it <br />was at a considerable distance from the aqueduct line. From Earp <br />