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" ~\ '~~, .... \.. "" ~) 32 METKOPOLITA;>< WATER DISTRICT TelephoHe system Routine maintenance of telephone lines, equipment, and patrol roads was carried on throughout the year. Brush fires on Ma.v 19, 1942 damaged the telephone line at two locations: two miles east of Banning, where 28 poles were burned; and one mile east of Cabazon, where six }Jole~ were burned. Service was restored within 24 hours by running temporary lines and the damaged poles were later replaced. In June 1942, a contract was entered into with the Southern California Telephone Company covering the use by the company of twa District telephone circuits between Whitewater and Iron 1\-lountain for carrier current communication, rental of ~pace for equipment in Hayfield and Iron Mountain plants, and ,'ental of pin space on the District line between Iron Mountain and Rice. These facilities are needed to provide telephone service for U. S. Army camps in the desert training area. Installation of equipment at Hayfield and Iron Mountain and stringing of four wires on District poles from Iron Mountain to Rice were completed at the end of the fiscal >'ear by the telephone company. The net cost of the construction and permanent telephone sys- tems to ,Iune 80, 1942 was $R45,519.73. I T"(lIl::}1H-iss.inu 1i1les The 230,OOO:volt transmission lines from Boulder to the pump- inz plants we'-e patrolled and maintained throughout the year '''ithout unusual incident. Six patrolmen covered the transmis- sion and telephone lines from Boulder to Gene and Hayfield. Two patrolmen covered the telephone Jines from Hayfield to La Verne. There were 23 power outages during the year caused by electrical storms. none of which caused any material damage. Service was immediately restored following each outage. There were 5 pre- arranged outages on the transmission system dllring the year of from 2 hours to 20 hours each. Four of these were to enable the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation to complete the installation of an additional oil circuit breaker and transfer bus connection to the District's transformer bank at Boulder. The fifth was for the purpose of connecting one of the Basic Magnesium, Inc. transmis- sion lines to the Boulder switch rack. Transmission and telephone line patrol I'oads were nwilltainecl as U.'llal. There was no severe storm damage during the fiscal year to any portion of the transmission system.