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<br />l <br /> <br />" 1"'. r" <br />~I.,..,d) <br /> <br />MAIN .~QUEfJIJCT <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />The net cost of the permanent transmission lines to June 30, <br />1942 was $2,459,719.59. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />Plant pralection <br />Fences with locked gates were installed in 1940 enclosing the <br />areas immediately adjacent to the pumping plants, and no visitors <br />were admitted without a pass from the general manager and <br />chief engineer. This procedure contiImed until December 1941. <br />Following the outbreak of war on December 7, 1941, armed <br />civilian guards were placed on 24-hour duty guarding the ap- <br />proaches to all plants, and admission of visitors was fllrther <br />restricted to those having business with the District necessitating <br />their presence in the closed areas. The guards were deputized <br />under the sheriffs of the respective counties. Twenty guards were <br />employed immediately after December 7, and this number was <br />increased to 37 in February to include guarding of COllper Basin <br />Dam and additional guards at the pumping plants. <br />All of the pump delivery pipe lines, transformers, and other <br />structures which originally were painted with bright aluminum <br />paint were repainted with dull colors to conform more nearly to <br />their background and reduce vbibility from the air. Arrange- <br />ments were perfected with the sheriffs of San Bernardino and <br />Riverside counties to notify all plants of blackouts and a uniform <br />blackout procedure was put into effect. <br />In April 1942, work waS commenced on a high concrete pro- <br />tective barrier wall around the main transformers at Gene plant. <br />By the end of the fiscal year this wall was about 90 pel' cent com- <br />pleted. virtually accompli,hing its protective value. <br />The California State Guard assumed protection of the Eagle <br />Mountain and Hayfield plants on June 23, and of the Gene and <br />Intake plants and Cop\Jer Basin Dam on June 26, 1\\42. Civilian <br />guards at these locations were discontinued. The District provides <br />quarter, for the guard personnel, messhalls with equipment, <br />necessary local transportation for officers and men, and transpor- <br />tation of rations, supplies, and relief personnel from Camp Rubi- <br />doux at Riverside, California. To furnish the above facilities, the <br />District provided the State Guard with two unoccupied cottages at <br />Hayfield; the messhall and equipment, " 20-man bunkhouse, and <br />all but four rooms in the dormitory at Eagle Mountain; two 20- <br />man bunkhouses and half of the gLlest lodge at Gene; and a portion <br />of the warehoLlse at [ nt"ke. The mess hall at Gene was used jointly <br /> <br />I <br />